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Monday Night
* Sandy links: Did Climate Change Help Create ‘Frankenstorm’? “All weather events are affected by climate change because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be.”...
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Tuesday Night Wrapup
* From the too-good-to-check file: Samuel Beckett Used to Drive André the Giant to School, All They Talked About Was Cricket. * This scandal has everything! Jeb Bush caught up in LEGO-related corporate...
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Happy Monday
* Secret origins of gonzo journalism: “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,” by Hunter S. Thompson. * What’s so frustrating about really upper class kids who go on to become elite pundits and...
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Tuesday Morning Links!
* Fear of Stigma Lingers About Use of Family-Friendly Policies. Should You Have a Baby in Grad School? * Don’t Drink Starbucks Free College PR Stunt, Full of Bees. Some details. * Sun Ra: jazz’s...
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Thursday Morning Links!
* In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team. So the Redskins will be forced by lost revenue and unrestrained anti-Redskins bootlegs to change their name — at...
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Tuesday Is Soylent Green Day Links
* Exciting news! My book, Octavia E. Butler (the latest in the University of Illinois’s Modern Masters of Science Fiction series) has a November 1 publication date and a pre-order page on Amazon! *...
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Every Possible Monday Link
* 8 Quick Thoughts on the Emmett Rensin Suspension. 21st Century Blacklists in New York. * The second issue of the MOSF Journal of Science Fiction. * Huge, if true: Ongoing Weakness in the Academic Job...
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Fall Break Links! Every Tab I Had Open Is Closed!
* New open-access scholarship: Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling. My contribution is on Rogue One and the crisis of authority that seems to have plagued all the post-Lucas Star Wars...
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Return of the Son of Linkblogging: The Return!
With some new responsibilities post-tenure, a new work-childcare schedule that I’m still getting used to, and some intense end-of-the-summer deadline crunches, I haven’t had the time to do a link post...
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