Sunday roundup

The CCP can't shut up the internet so it has to listen.

Mohamed ElBaradei says reconciliation is the way forward.

Jamaica's investing in home-grown food.


What's in your chicken? [Unsurprisingly, you don't want to know.]

In another (men-behaving-badly) shocker, professor accused of harassment emphatically believes in the innocence of his sexual banter toward a student.


The latest political sex scandals are, among other things, making the Jews look bad.

Feel better about today's state of affairs by reading up on the Plantagenets, courtesy of Dan Jones.

Wow, joint replacements here are crazy overpriced.

Secret-keepers may be depressed or just cagey in their use of pronouns.
I'd still lean toward asking questions in private (in fields where my expertise is lacking), but I'd agree it's unhealthy for academic cultures to discourage "stupid" questions.

Suburbs are evolving (or devolving).

Maybe it was a rabbit that dug up and absconded with my lantana.

Check out this week's cutest mixed-species family.

Pay attention to this map for the category labels, and only for the category labels.