Monday Blogaround

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Peter Daou: Gabrielle Giffords and the rightwing hate machine (on the bogus equivalence between right/left extremism)

Shark-fu: …comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

Mustang Bobby: The Pattern Takes Hold

Latoya Peterson: [TW child abuse, slut-shaming] The Wall Street Journal Explains “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”

Sady: [TW for sexual assault and violence] Running Toward the Gunshots: A Few Words About Joan of Arc

Kelly Oakes: Black holes are not fed by colliding galaxies after all

David Nichols for nature news: Legal highs: the dark side of medicinal chemistry. And David Kroll: David Nichols, legal highs, and the social responsibilities of the scientist (H/T for both posts to Ed Yong)

PalMD: Cold day reflections on medicine

Maud Newton: Giving grief its own corner

American Dialect Society: “App” voted 2010 word of the year by the American Dialect Society (UPDATED). (Here is a PDF press release of all nominees and winners. Warnings apply for sexual assault, disablism, and fat-hatred. On the bright side, the ADS concluded that "Man Up" is a failure.)

Michael Ruhlman: Don’t Fear the Microbes: Yeast Basics and Classic Rye Bread with Caraway Seeds

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