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LAX, ca. 1928 (via rick prelinger) Now, with the same map in overlay (lower right): LAX flight paths ca. 2004 (source): ]

NYT [Insert sardonic Economist caption here.]

NYT infographic on ursine cryptography: Where’s Jared Diamond when you need him to reaffirm your master narrative?

National Pork Producers Council: [S]ince 1948, manure generated by U.S. meat-producing animals has been reduced 25 percent while production of meat has increased 700 percent. The US population increased roughly 110% in the same period.

“The Present General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum,” 507 S Main St, Hobart, OK, according to tommyfranksmuseum.org: “The General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum,” 507 S Main St, Hobart, OK, according to maps.google.com: (abu muqawama)

Interactive display of the Cu Chi tunnel complex, from oobject.com: From Wikipedia: A good book on the subject: Mangold and Penycate, The Tunnels of Cu Chi (Berkley, ’86), notable for aerial photos of graffiti carved into jungle terrain. (kottke)

“Lynx and logging share interests,” (Carpenter, Boston Globe, 27 Apr ’09): Strangely, it’s not an excess of clear-cutting that is the problem; this time, it’s a lack of clear-cutting that is creating environmental worries. Environmentalists may hate clear-cutting, but lynx love it—because when trees are cleared away, a dense spruce-fir thicket often crops up in [...]

WiReD says Brazillians are using “high-performance antennas and homebrew gear to turn U.S. Navy satellites into their personal CB radios.” <cane-wave>Not like the good old days when equating something with CD radio meant it was boring.</cane-wave>

So says Ian Heap, chair of the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee, in response to a call about herbicide-resistant coca. (hb)

“Alternating ash and snow fall over several days create layers in this examination of tephra-fall deposits (volcanic ash) from the initial explosions from Redoubt volcano on March 22 and 23, 2009. Picture Date: March 31, 2009. (Kristi Wallace / Alaska Volcano Observatory),” from the Big Picture: Source notes that (amidst all the toney, pseudo-historical historical [...]

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AJC (Schwartz, “Drug Violence in Atlanta Tied to Several Cartels,” 31 July ’08): “Powerful Mexican cartels have assumed control of drug distribution networks throughout the United States, sparking worry from U.S. law enforcement and experts that they may export the same violent methods that have ravaged Mexico for years.” Kidnapping, for example. Vast tracts of [...]

A math whiz says math is the first step to solving colony collapse disorder: Using the data from the inspectors’ survey, we can assume that one-third of 150,000 colonies die off over the course of six months. Supposing that during the same time the number of infected but not yet collapsed colonies declines (as it [...]

“Matching luggage” means overstuffed garbage full of someone’s life, and “residential units” means someone trying to live in a self-storage space—according to Fred Reger, auctioneer and ironist. This from an NYT story about self-storage sites auctioning off the property of people who’ve defaulted on their storage rental fees. “U-Store-It’s stock is up 33 percent this [...]