Around FtB

I’ll be heading off to my local polling place shortly, and then sinking into a long day of labs and classes. Fortunately, there’s no dearth of good stuff to keep you entertained while I’m occupied.

• Avicenna recognizes a Catholic bigot.
• Black Skeptics have a set of voting recommendations for California ballot measures.
• Digital Cuttlefish wants you to vote. Yes, please do.
• Ed Brayton has all the election predictions. Must have been a lot of Magic 8-Balls sold this year.
• Greta Christina explains why voting isn’t a waste of time.
• Jason Thibeault has a story on Microsoft cracking down on on-line sexism in gaming. Cue denialists claiming it’s not a problem, and that if women would just shut up it would all go away.
• Maryam Namazie writes about art and fear.
• Mano Singham cites a really stupid endorsement for Romney.
• Taslima Nasrin writes about Yaseen — a boy murdered by his mother for failing to memorize the Quran.
• Kylie Sturgess presents a very entertaining short history of genetics. It’s got Dara O Briain’s name on it, but I don’t know why.
• Zinnia Jones gives her first public speech! At a conference with a distinct lack of PZ!
• But the same event had a distinct presence of Aron Ra. That should compensate, right?