I have way too many browser tabs open, so let me get rid of a few here.
A new model of the origin of the Earth-Moon system:
http://nautil.us/issue/13/symmetry/when-the-earth-had-two-moons
Steampunk podcast:
http://steampunkfamily.podbean.com/
Sixth-century manuscript decoded by spectroscopy:
http://www.laserfocusworld.com/articles/print/volume-50/issue-06/newsbreaks/sixth-century-manuscript-makeup-decoded-via-spectroscopy.html
Wikipedia recently featured Wells Cathedral, one of the places I've visited in England:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Cathedral
Comcast plans to turn its paying customers into free hot spots:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/184263-comcast-turns-50000-paying-customer-homes-into-public-hotspots-millions-more-by-the-end-of-the-year
Just before the world marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day, Sir Winston Churchill's last living child died. She was quite the badass in her day:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/world/europe/mary-soames-daughter-of-churchill-and-chronicler-of-history-dies-at-91.html?hpw&rref=books&_r=4
Stupid password tricks:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/21/security_questions_one_time_passwords_two_stupid_password_tricks_i.html
What things are like for young people today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/opinion/sunday/starting-out-behind.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
What the hell is wrong with America?
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Americawhat-the-hell-is-wrong-with-us.html
Current politics of the ISS:
http://www.nature.com/news/space-station-science-ramps-up-1.15388
Forget universal preschool -- we need a 13th grade:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/06/10/forget-universal-preschool-we-need-a-13th-grade/?hpid=z10
What ever happened to LiveJournal, anyway?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/06/10/whatever-happened-to-livejournal-anyway/
This week Republicans killed Elizabeth Warren's plan to ease Americans' crushing student loan debt:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/republicans-filibustered-elizabeth-warren-bill-student-loans
Growing partisan rancor:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/12/five-charts-that-show-how-conservatives-are-driving-partisan-rancor-in-dc/
This town's local friendly maker club:
http://www.voanews.com/content/couple-turns-science-into-community-affair/1932671.html
A private browser thing I might want to try:
https://www.surfeasy.com/private_browser/
Some career thing to read later:
http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Finding-Happiness-at-Work-with-Advice-from-Marcus-Buckingham
A new model of the origin of the Earth-Moon system:
http://nautil.us/issue/13/symmetry/when-the-earth-had-two-moons
Steampunk podcast:
http://steampunkfamily.podbean.com/
Sixth-century manuscript decoded by spectroscopy:
http://www.laserfocusworld.com/articles/print/volume-50/issue-06/newsbreaks/sixth-century-manuscript-makeup-decoded-via-spectroscopy.html
Wikipedia recently featured Wells Cathedral, one of the places I've visited in England:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Cathedral
Comcast plans to turn its paying customers into free hot spots:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/184263-comcast-turns-50000-paying-customer-homes-into-public-hotspots-millions-more-by-the-end-of-the-year
Just before the world marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day, Sir Winston Churchill's last living child died. She was quite the badass in her day:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/world/europe/mary-soames-daughter-of-churchill-and-chronicler-of-history-dies-at-91.html?hpw&rref=books&_r=4
Stupid password tricks:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/21/security_questions_one_time_passwords_two_stupid_password_tricks_i.html
What things are like for young people today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/opinion/sunday/starting-out-behind.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
What the hell is wrong with America?
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Americawhat-the-hell-is-wrong-with-us.html
Current politics of the ISS:
http://www.nature.com/news/space-station-science-ramps-up-1.15388
Forget universal preschool -- we need a 13th grade:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/06/10/forget-universal-preschool-we-need-a-13th-grade/?hpid=z10
What ever happened to LiveJournal, anyway?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/06/10/whatever-happened-to-livejournal-anyway/
This week Republicans killed Elizabeth Warren's plan to ease Americans' crushing student loan debt:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/republicans-filibustered-elizabeth-warren-bill-student-loans
Growing partisan rancor:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/12/five-charts-that-show-how-conservatives-are-driving-partisan-rancor-in-dc/
This town's local friendly maker club:
http://www.voanews.com/content/couple-turns-science-into-community-affair/1932671.html
A private browser thing I might want to try:
https://www.surfeasy.com/private_browser/
Some career thing to read later:
http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Finding-Happiness-at-Work-with-Advice-from-Marcus-Buckingham