Abulsme.com: Friday, November 29th, 2013

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Seven Minutes of Nothing

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Doctor Who Anniversary / New Schools
Filibuster Nuked
Iran Developments / Healthcare Surcharges
Typhoon Haiyan

Recorded on 26 Nov 2013

Length this week – 57:26


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-28 (UTC)

Brandy is trying to explain the solar system, but Alex rejects heliocentrism. http://t.co/fBdP9zowBy 00:41:53
Reading – GoldieBlox’s Parody Of The Beastie Boys Is Probably Fair Use (Max Kennerly) http://t.co/F0LVhmYFAx 01:46:53
Reading – Google’s Cerf Says “Privacy May Be An Anomaly”. Historically, He’s Right. (Gregory Ferenstein) http://t.co/8Kwbn8zyEL 02:06:59
Reading – No, Angola Has Not ‘Banned Islam’. It’s a Little More Complicated Than That. (CuriousLurker, LGF) http://t.co/67ofKwEUjI 02:17:12
Just completed a 0.71 km walk – Short dog walk. http://t.co/9BVzFGfjwo #RunKeeper 02:23:35
Reading – Why there are (and should be) eight planets in the Solar System [Ethan, ScienceBlogs] http://t.co/oJM4IB3HEQ 02:39:22
Reading – Antioch College Will Cover Your $121,000 Tuition Bill If You Act Now (Tyler Kingkade) http://t.co/CeFYrk5BFb 02:49:00
My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/27/2013: 6,883 steps and 5.1 km traveled. http://t.co/0ZdhbuUa9B 03:02:00
Reading – Unprecedented neutrino discovery is a "Nobel Prize in the making" (George Dvorsky) http://t.co/G2rFuiI7YP 03:12:06
Reading – Comet ISON speeds toward the sun: 'Giving us quite a ride' (Irene Klotz) http://t.co/k2kelC1gxz 03:15:57
RT @cmdrtaco: "Black Friday Death Count" will keep you feeling festive… http://t.co/Q5ZGETdI8i 03:28:06
Reading – People Are Making 'Human Cheese' Using Belly-Button Bacteria (John Metcalfe) http://t.co/NLtip6ilT2 04:40:22
RT @BadAstronomer: Comet ISON as of 15:30 UTC today, seen by space-based SOHO. Perihelion in 2.5 hours! http://t.co/BiyaqqGueg 16:31:44
Reading – Hanging On By Its Fingernails… (Karl Battams) http://t.co/inUuikoHAi 16:36:43
Reading – Bush’s Clueless Russia Policy (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/l1ECH9As2M 16:55:26
Reading – 23 charts to be thankful for this Thanksgiving (Dylan Matthews) http://t.co/OTRpNqxM9M 17:17:00
RT @EricHolthaus: Amazing animation of Comet #ISON, completed just minutes ago. Still ~2hrs from closest approach. RT @astro_graph: https:/… 17:22:28
RT @NASA_SDO: @brendanloy We are looking for it. The SDO project scientist will be talking about it soon- watch here: http://t.co/SJrKv26juo 18:27:35
Reading – Turkey Day's Feast of Facts (Chicago Sun) http://t.co/iSvLb2i7b3 18:58:25
RT @AstroExeter: Seems fairly clear now that ISON is ISOFF. #ISON 20:02:07
RT @sky_watching: Genuinely looks like #ISON is now an ex-comet, shuffled off it's mortal coil and joined the bleedin' choir invisible! #gu… 20:02:28
RT @BadAstronomer: Hmph. Looks like *something* made it ‘round the Sun, but it’s not an intact comet I’d wager. http://t.co/XAawnaTbuZ http… 20:52:18
RT @RonanFarrow: This Thanksgiving, let's give thanks for what we have and also awkwardly apologize to the Native Americans we slaughtered … 21:01:52
RT @RonanFarrow: Thanksgiving: because genocide is a lot more festive 392 years after the fact. 21:02:03
Reading – How Can the New York Times Endorse an Agreement the Public Can't Read? (Maira Sutton) http://t.co/aXKT6OEakM 21:35:28
Reading – Is Comet ISON Dead? Astronomers Say It’s Likely After Icarus Sun-Grazing Stunt (Elizabeth Howell) http://t.co/IeLQ9zwYoh 21:40:45

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