Hyperpolygotism and The Difficulty of Prevnting Massacres

Computing

• Hyperpolygot: commonly used features in a side-by-side format for languages and tools. And it's a a cool name.

Sports

• Zonal Marking's Christmas Soccer Book List

Spaceflight

• NASA Johnson Style Gangam Style Parody

• "Almost Everything You’ve Heard About the North Korean Space Launch Is Wrong"

Birdflight

• Golden Eagle Snatches a Baby. It appears the baby was not seriously harmed. May be a hoax, as well.

Policy

• "There's Little We Can Do To Prevent Another Massacre". Decently reasoned article on the practically of gun control laws and enforcement in the US.

Writing

• Charles Stross "Understanding Reader Reviews".

...many readers are incapable of separating their own emotional response to a text from the actual content of the text. "I do not like this" is isomorphic in their mind with "this is a bad book".

So: if your work is anything but a literalistic recapitulation of a traditional narrative theme, with sympathetic characters, clearly depicted antagonists, and a cosy sense of closure at the end that reinforces traditional cultural values ("and the prince married the princess and they all lived happily ever after") you can expect a fairy ring of one-star reader reviews to circle your work on Amazon. And the more challenging the novel, the more readers will feel the need to scream I HATED THIS! I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND IT MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE! THIS IS A BAD BOOK!

Neurology

• Fractionating Human Intelligence aka Intelligence Is Not A Scalar aka "IQ is 'a Myth'"