3 December 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 03 Dec 2009 Somalia's worst terrorist attack since June kills 19, including three ministers. "Tall, fashionable, slim" French legislator wants airbrushed advertisements to be labeled as retouched. Walt Whitman now selling Levi's. I'm surprised that people seem so surprised that scientists are human beings, stuffed full of all the usual flaws and biases. Economics and history to explain why the market for Pop art won't implode. British musician invents acoustic piano that emits multicultural music. Video: Grant Morrison explains why Earth would be hell to a superhero. Today's astronomy brief: Introducing "dark flow." (See also: annotated worm lab.) Ribeye is good. And, yes, bone-in. Schmuck. How to cook a fucking steak. Ten types of internet commenter, including she who "angrily denounces literary theory in a discussion of Irish cuisine." Nabokov predicted the emoticon. Appreciation of both heavy metal and elephantoid mammals: Some concerns about googling "mastodon."
