Linker – 03/18/09
by graeme
World
- A refugee from Darfur was kicked out of the UK, then promptly murdered in Sudan. Good job, guys.
- Congrats to Martin Brodeur. The winningest goalie. Ever.
- The Pope is basically a giant dumbass. When it comes to AIDS, anyway.
Science & Tech
- The first bat in space. The first dead bat in space, that is.
- Chernobyl is still really, really contaminated. Surprise, surprise.
- Saturn is such a moon-whore.
- Extreme shepherding!
- That’s one big pliosaur.
Pop Culture
- The poster for Where the Wild Things Are is pretty freakin’ cool.
- io9 gives us 25 better names for the recently re-branded Sci Fi Channel (it’s now SyFy).
- The guy who wore the Darth Vader suit in the original trilogy is battling prostate cancer. Get better, David Prowse.
- And now, the sequel to Bruce Springsteen’s hit song, “The Wrestler”…. “One-Thinged Guy“.
- Magnetic Fields is composing the music to the Coraline Musical!
- In case you missed it, here is Neil Gaiman on The Colbert Report.
Hey,
Did you see the Jon Stewart with Jim Cramer as guest. March 12th. Possibly the greatest piece of journalism I’ve seen. More honest and interesting than Frost Nixon.