Wednesday morning roundup

Tourism to Egypt has taken a hit. And politicians are not helping:

Officials also are pushing to attract tourists from new markets, to replace the American and other visitors sitting out the current crisis. The government has focused on India, and especially Iran, whose relationship with Egypt has started to warm after decades of official animosity.

But even that effort has been troubled by politics: a few days ago, the arrival of the first planeload of Iranian tourists brought a fevered response from ultraconservative Sunni Islamists, who promised new efforts to warn Egyptians about what they called the “dangers” of Shiite Islam.

Even with the enormous progress made over the decades, the road to (gay) equality is exhausting.

Ted Gup makes the case that new DSM standards diagnose--and so encourage medication for--the conditions of being human.

Professor Gumperz found that intonation mattered.

The nature of interAmerican immigration is changing.

Seattle's new green building is really f*ing green.

Mark Bittman on healthful fast food.

I certainly won't be buying "It's All Good." But I love the Venus-on-the-cabbage-leaf imagery. It's not about hate or any other feeling; I don't like Alicia Silverstone (especially after she went anti-vaccine on her blog), but she has a lot of great recipes that are not insane. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that "The Kind Life" is a godsend to new vegans who don't want to base their diets around fake meats and other processed foods, and who want to focus on interesting things to eat, rather than on what not to eat. She surely does not engage in this "sometimes a man needs a steak" BS (and if he does, can he not procure one himself?).

Animal webcams are taking over the world.