Don't you love that this movie is the answer to so many blog questions?

I think you're probably right. Moffat's big series-ending episodes have just been nonsense.

Transgender is not the same as intersex...

An intersex person is someone who has a variation in sex characteristics, including chromosomes and genitals that don’t allow them to be identified neatly as either male or female.

There is also a new Discworld novel in November. It's called "Raising Steam".

Europe should probably be an African discovery.

So answer their questions and get on with your life.

Oh, FFS, an accelerated reference frame is an accelerated reference frame.

"accuracy in science writing." Oh get down off it. Einstein's principle of equivalence means that we don't have to split hairs when talking about where a gravitational effect is coming from. The spinning creates gravity for the people on the station. If they are mathematically the same (gravitational "force" as…

Twisted Slither

Doctor Who: This jammie dodger is the TARDIS self-destruct button. For reals!

The science is resolved on this. It's not a debate any more. The data speaks for itself. I wish it wasn't mind you, but that can't change facts.

"Did this polar bear stave to death because of global warming?" is a baiting headline. With the first sentence in the article being "There's no conclusive evidence one way or another, but isn't this a sad image."

Climate Change Deniers : io9 ::
MRA's : Jezebel

This is stupid.

I would say Ofelia getting shot in Pan's Labyrinth is way, way up there.

"Deflecting an asteroid a few degrees off an Earth impact trajectory is a really bad idea. Yes you save the earth from immediate threat, but the steroid is still on an earth crossing orbit, and will threaten the earth again when it comes back around."

Track it. Deflect it a few degrees again.

"The best thing to do is…

Cue the bitter MRA-lite comments.

I long for the day when all the Ayn Rand fans abandon us parasites to go and live in their perfect libertarian utopia.