Today's Forecast

They're a little hazy on the temps, but the wind chill is killer.

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Ghosts of the tsunami. Longform article from the London Review of Books about the supernatural/psychological effects of the recent tsunami.

I met a priest in the north of Japan who exorcised the spirits of people who had drowned in the tsunami. The ghosts did not appear in large numbers until later in the year, but Reverend Kaneda’s first case of possession came to him after less than a fortnight.

Showing off my baby Coatls!

Just hatched a nest in Flight Rising. :D

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Evolution and adaptive significance of low intelligence in fish. (YouTube, short) From the Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses, which should probably tell you what to expect.

Also, the Q&A for the talk.

Makes sense

Norse crisis flowchart.

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