Random links
- ‘Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ going back to publisher
- "Earlier this week, Alex recanted his testimony about the afterlife. In an open letter to Christian bookstores posted on the Pulpit and Pen Web site, Alex states flatly: 'I did not die. I did not go to Heaven.'" The kid's message isn't 'become an atheist' but rather 'read the bible - it's all you need'
- Why do most minifigures have a yellow skin color?
- The answer seems to be to avoid having them classifiable as part of a particular ethnic group. (I'd add that there's nothing that forces the generic Lego character to be seen as male either - though some seem to think a hair piece is required to enable the character to be female).
- BPA alternative bisphenol-S might be even more harmful: study
- "University of Calgary scientists say bisphenol-S, an ingredient in many products bearing “BPA-free” labels, disrupts normal growth in an animal embryo."
- How many blacks pass for whites? Historically, more than you think.
- It probably doesn't need to be pointed out that this is US data - "Using the full population of historical Censuses for 1880-1940, we document that over 19% of black males “passed” for white at some point during their lifetime, around 10% of whom later “reverse-passed” to being black" - quoting a paper by Emily Nix and Nancy Qian