Remember the Yellow River Dolphin?

This is how they tried to save the Yellow River Dolphin: “Jiangsu province Changshu City Fluorine Chemical industry land sewage treatment plant (江苏省常熟市氟化学工业园污水处理厂) was responsible for collection and processing of the industrial sewage. However they did not, the sewage pipe was extended 1500 meters under the Yangtze River and releasing the sewage there. 2009 June [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

More Than Crazy, Perhaps

An infographic:

North Korea: The Craziest Country In the World

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

Earthquake in Chile

Boston.com’s Big Picture site is already on the case.

A good point made by RC2:

8.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Chile sends tsunami 500mph barreling straight for Hawaii. The entire Pacific, including Oz and Japan, is under tsunami warning, although as I type they’ve already dialed the direst predictions about how big the wave will be [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

Japanese Pesos, and Other Curiosities

Have I mentioned the currency exhibition I saw at the British Museum in 2001? It was awesome. So nerdy, so arcane. Anyway this is like that, but on an international scale. And not in real life, alas: Funny Money: Unusual and Fascinating Currency

this is currency from Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong, which is prettier than [...]

Categories: History

Creepy On SO MANY Levels

Via RC2’s Google Feed: Exposed: Naked Body Scanner Images Of Film Star Printed, Circulated By Airport Staff

UK Transport Secretary Lord Adonis said last week that the images produced by the scanners were deleted “immediately” and airport staff carrying out the procedure are fully trained and supervised.

Of course, you can just imagine all the [...]

Categories: War and Peace

Cairo University Class of 1959

This is amazing:

University of Cairo, class of 1959, and the class of 2004 (spot the difference!):

Class of 1959.Class of 2004.

Click to enlarge. Curtsy: Pajamas Media via Mark Steyn in The Corner who repeats this little anecdote I’ve tried finding before (so here it is again for ye olde external memory drive):

The other [...]

Categories: History

There There, Baby Antelope

Oops. I am retroactively dating this post.

A little busy travelling Friday cat-blogging. From the Daily Mail.

Categories: Science and Nature

On the Road Again…

Open thread!

Categories: Wildcard

Does the President Roll With Roadies to Unpack His TOTUS Whenever He Speaks to a Group of Children? Or Even 6th Graders?

Quick post after another busy day:

Curtsy: Um, I don’t remember where I saw this first. Probably Vanderleun.

They say, in his defense, that he’s not actually standing at his podium, flanked by two teleprompters, to speak to a group of sixth graders, but to speak to the press afterwords. How is it better that he needs [...]

Categories: Politics

Haiti: Day 3

Pictures at Boston.com

My long-day-long-week-late-night-deep-thought of the day: Concrete is really heavy. If they’re going to build structures so flimsy, surely it would be better to stick to something less crushing. Like grass. Or canvas. Or a wide-brimmed hat. Something less crushing.

Categories: People and Current Events

There Is Too Much Going On In the World to Coexist With the Day I Had

It’s rare that I’m busy. Like, on-the-outside-of-this-room-busy, but today I have been.

So here: 70 Cutie Baby Animals Bring You a Good Mood

Categories: Science and Nature

Peter Recommends CXVIII

This is very funny:

Andrew McDonald – A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO AVOIDING CAMERA LOSS

Australians.

Categories: Electronics

Absolutely the Funniest Item of the Day CCXXV

Peter sent me this. It would be a Peter Recommends, but it’s too flipping funny. Poor Berlusconi.

Categories: Politics

Absolutely the Funniest Item of the Day CCXXIV

Curtsy: Wheat & Weeds, I’m pretty sure.

click to enlarge!

I love the first step the most. “Are you in Canada?” “Yes.” “Tim Hortons.”

Categories: Food

Copenhagen, Flowcharted

Look! It’s our old friend, the Pedant-General in Ordinary, writing at The Devil’s Kitchen!

Categories: Science and Nature