Links for Later 9-9-13

1. The ormolu gilders of Paris rarely lived past 40, due to mercury fumes. They were given bread or a silver coin in a pouch in their mouth as a detection device. If they'd inhaled mercury nitrate fumes, the coin would turn "to gold". They also tried a snorkel-like mask, but all measures weree ineffective until mercury was eliminated from the process.
2. In the 18th Century, there was a newspaper called the New York Occasional Reverberator (via @ManhattanPast)
3. Demons enter our world through tinted SUV windows, angels nibble skyscraper light to stay afloat, and the Blue Lady will protect you from bullets if you know her secret name. The myths of the street children of Miami.
4. The funeral of the Empress Jose I Sarria, the Widow Norton, founder of the Imperial Court of San Francisco, WWII vet, first openly gay political candidate in America, held at Grace Cathedral this past weekend.

Links for Later 6-14-13

1. An idea whose time has come: adaptive Bayesian testing and approval of therapeutics. How personalized medicine will look in the coming years.
2. Edward Snowden to South China Morning Post: "I'm neither traitor nor hero. I'm an American."
3. Russian lawmakers are really afraid of gay people.
4. Hugh "Wool" Howey: why all authors should self-publish.

Links for Later 6-5-13

First, three from The Browser:
1. Notes on war and return from a soldier's wife.
2. Patrick Leigh Fermor makes fun of W. Somerset Maugham's stammer, and other stories. Third in a series.
3. What it's like to be gay in Moscow at the moment.

Next, one from Jonathan Coulthart:
4. Shoryu Hatoba, modern kamon (crest) artist.

5. Nikola Tesla's productivity hacks.
6. "Erick Erickson is derpy."
7. Dutch postal art.

Links for Later 9-11-12

1. Calder's mercury fountain
2. Making perfect pages with the Villard diagram
3. DADT has no negative impact
4. How startup investing is really "Black Swan Farming", by Paul Graham
5. Joseph Uccello, printer and designer at Viatorium Press

Links for Later 6-11-12

1. First objects in the universe spotted, not identified
2. Prometheus from an archeological perspective (funny)
3. Advice for foreign tourists in America (be on time, tip 20%, use utensils sometimes but not always)
4. The final final
5. Laura Jane Grace rocking harder than ever
6. Courage: LGBT Pride events in Iran
7. Peter Thiel's startup class: startup founders are extreme people (the U-shaped distribution)
8. Bowe Bergdahl is still a POW
9. Busted via Twitter
10. Heinz Kohut's final days
11. Death among the Buddhist yogis
12. Death among the snake-handling Christians
13. More snake-handlers
14. Military-grade face transplants
15. There is no best place to advertise; try things and track results

Links for Later 5-22-12

1. DC brothel longread
2. Lesson plans for $700,000, Alex
3. Branson: Dress like a human
4. Seal / signet rings from the classical revival
5. How to support R&D&D&D (Research & Development & Demonstration & Deployment) or, When the Military-Industrial Complex was a Good Thing
6. The story of the transition of Laura Jane Grace, nee Tom Gabel, of Against Me!
7. How to improve expert prediction

Links for Later

1. Brad DeLong on Suskind & good economic policy


2. The search for the orang pendek


3. Topological Isomorphisms of the Human Brain and Financial Markets (via marginal revolution)


4. Firefly's Sean Maher comes out

Goodbye, DADT

A soldier comes out to his father on the day of repeal of DADT.

Hard to watch. Good to see.

Links for Later

1. Notes toward an understanding of Obama's economic policy decisions
2. Germanic neopagan denominations
3. A soldier comes out to his father on the day of repeal of DADT. Hard to watch. Good to see.
4. Dave Staley: ways to become Renaissance Florence today
5. A member of the House of Representatives so poor that he cannot feed his family on $200k/year (or maybe $600k)
6. Tennis union may go on strike over too-long season
7. Ryan Gosling

Links for Later

1. Paul Krugman on the post-9/11 shame
2. Gym Jones, where the 300 actors went to train
3. Frank Netter
4. Agent trys to de-gay YA lit
5. Andy Whitfield (Spartacus) dies at 39 of lymphoma
6. Fr. Mychal Judge a remembrance
7. Economics doubles match: Barro/Cowen vs. Krugman/DeLong

Links for Later

1. Sentences, student teachers and Adam's Apples
2. The un-New York city (via bruce sterling)
3. 100 great cinematic threats (via andrew sullivan)
4. What to say to a cancer patient
5. Rafael Nadal, an appreciation
6. Michael Fassbinder was great in X Men First Class
7. How Magneto Got His Hat
8. "Were-Gay"
9. John Banvard

Links for Later

1. Urban legends of the 17th century
2. Vintage lesbians
3. Teach the Controversy T-shirts
4. Dealing with large data sets
5. Acid house comes to London
6. Umberto Eco on mad scientists and hollow Earths

Links for Later

1. The insanity of secession

2. Josh Stieber: from enlistee to conscientous objector to blogger

3. Amazing camera tricks with DIY methods

4. JQuery Sparkline app

5. A gay soldier's letter before leaving for Afghanistan

It Gets Better

After five gay teeneager killed themselves in a single week in separate incidents related to bullying, Dan Savage started the It Gets Better Project to let kids know that their lives will improve after high school. He and dozens of others have recorded videos to support this effort, including a 25-video team effort from Jake in Chicago and friends. Keep up the good work, people.

See also: The Make It Better Project

DADT

Image of the Week

As Amanda Palmer put it: "Pulitzer material". Photo: Moth Kingdom

As One Commenter Put It: "Yabba Dabba Do"

The best anti-Prop 8 ruling comments.

Some people appear to have been left in the wrong century. There are no words.

Prop 9 Ruled Unconstitutional

The good guys win one.

Plaintiffs have demonstrated by overwhelming evidence that Proposition 8 violates their due process and equal protection rights and that they will continue to suffer these constitutional violations until state officials cease enforcement of Proposition 8. California is able to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, as it has already issued 18,000 marriage licenses to same sex couples and has not suffered any demonstrated harm as a result, see FF 64-66; moreover, California officials have chosen not to defend Proposition 8 in these proceedings. Because Proposition 8 is unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, the court orders entry of judgment permanently enjoining its enforcement; prohibiting the official defendants from applying or enforcing Proposition 8 and directing the official defendants that all persons under their control or supervision shall not apply or enforce Proposition 8.

Not Just Affectionate

100 years of gay photos.

(via Americablog)

Links for Later

Why no GARCH in Basel III? 'Cause GARCH blew up, and now nobody knows what to use.

Passing or coming out? bi guys

Paul Krugman: Learned Helplessness in Macro, or Why Zombie Theories are Back

Bruce Sterling on Anna Chapman, web 2.0 user and alleged Russian spy.