Daily Linker – 01/21/09
by graeme
Canada
- York University is still on strike after union rejects latest offer. Sigh.
World
- Mississippi places disclaimers in evolution textbooks. Dummies.
- Inauguration day, from 423 miles up.
- Two men claim they spent 25 days floating in a cooler after their boat sank. Fishy.
- The rising problem of postal workers who hoard mail.
- Former Bush speechwriter calls Obama’s speech “cliched”. Sour grapes, much?
Media
- Chavez Watch: everyone’s favourite dictator will begin writing his own newspaper column. That should be enlightening.
- The White House finally has a blog. Presidency 2.0!
Science & Tech
- This Peruvian Dung Beetle is totally badass.
- Cannibal stars…on video!
- The world’s oldest weapons-grade plutonium found in a abandoned lab. History! Dangerous, dangerous history.
Pop Culture
- Barack Obama is a pretty good slow dancer.
- American Apparel ads have crossed the Rubicon into full-on porn (NSFW).
- A cryptozoology toy set? Yes please.
- Further evidence that I’ve wasted my life: a 12-year-old girl makes a zombie feature.