Random links
- Guns don't kill dictatorships, people do
- "the country ranked last on the [Small Arms] survey -- with only 0.1 guns per 100 people -- is Tunisia, which as you'll recall was still able to overthrow a longtime dictator in 2011. With only 3.5 guns per 100 people, the Egyptian population that overthrew Hosni Mubarak was hardly well armed either. On the other hand, Bahrain, where a popular revolution failed to unseat the country's monarchy, has 24.8 guns per 100 people, putting it in the top 20 worldwide. A relatively high rate of 10.7 guns per 100 people in Venezuela hasn't stopped the deterioration of democracy under Hugo Chávez."
- Gammas don't get girls
- A response to the BBC piece The battle against 'sexist' sci-fi and fantasy book covers which makes the hilarious observation that of the book covers targetted for including scantily clad woman which "draws the heterosexual male eye but may turn away women readers" a seemingly-above-average number of them actually have female authors and Amazon reviews from primarily female readers.
- Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013
- A guy previously opposed to genetically modified crops changes his mind after focusing on the climate got him more interested in looking at the underlying science.
- Choose your n-words carefully when interviewing Samuel L. Jackson
- Frankly the movie seems ridiculous, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird have also occasionally gotten much the same treatment.