Boing Boing: Penn Jillette: An Atheist’s Guide to the 2012 Election http://goo.gl/mag/fkfgZ

(via Worst “Steve Jobs Is Dead” Jokes | Mole Empire)

This, as we saw so vividly at Old Trafford on Monday night, is to constantly re-seed a winning team.

Not for the future but for today. Not according to some well-honed philosophical principles, but the need to create seamless progression while always retaining the ability to win at the highest level.

Things you don’t expect to read when catching up on the Sci-Fi news.

melisaki:

Plague of flying foxes

Mataranka, Outback Northern Territory, Australia; photo by Trent Parke, 2004

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Is selfless behavior in humans a unique evolutionary development? For years, studies designed to test prosociality, or altruism, in chimpanzees have presented them as “reluctant altruists” that are indifferent to the welfare of their fellow chimps. But now it seems that chimps care more for their fellow apes than we realized.

(via Explosions in the Sky Play Letterman < PopMatters)

Summer is a cruel time… (by ciderman9000000)

The pains of being a United fan during the summer. Inspired by this thread on Redcafe.