Friday, January 8th, 2010
Mass Extinction

Of Languages.Some linguist dude is suggesting that 90% of the 6,000 languages spoken today will be extinct in a century. He suggests that minor languages are a barrier to full participation in prosperous societies and that the unique world views encoded in them are kind of boring when you think about it. I’m down with […]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Global Warming on Pause

Well it looks as though the Polar Bears might not all die, and Ted turner can let his crack anti-cannibal security team relax for a while. The world will not boil, not this year at least. According to NOAA Southern hemisphere sea ice (yes I know, no Polar bears there) is at its highest recorded […]