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The humans, including lots of U.S. troops, shoot at the Transformers a lot, although never in the history of science fiction has an alien been harmed by gunfire.
Roger Ebert on his review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. He didn’t really care for the film but seems to enjoy tearing it apart, robot limb from robot limb.
Cell-phone styled Russian nesting dolls (via BoingBoing)
We’re way behind on our dystopian societies, despite the previious administratioin’s best efforts. (via SciFi Wire)
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
H.G. Wells (via Amy, who has some great links for riding your bike to save the planet)
I think parenting is 90% this and really only about 10% of the hard stuff (unless you don’t happen to think this is funny, then it’s all hard stuff).
Downfall … of the recording industry. Brilliant, meta parody. (via BoingBoing)
“Happiness is Love. Full Stop.” Some of the lessons from a 72 year study on happiness in over 250 men. (via BoingBoing)
Recent genetic diversity studies estimate the origin of modern humans to a desolate place along the border between Angola and Namibia. Infographic from the NYTimes article. (via BoingBoing) Abstract in Science.

