- Former Congressman and Internet cowboy Ron Paul is feuding with his fans over ownership of his eponymous domain. The free market capitalist is appealing to the UN’s IPO authority, ’cause — I guess — he’s irony-deproved. Politics is a funny bid’ness.
- Leave it to Bad Astronomy’s Phil Plait to offer everything you need to know about this friday’s close shave by Asteroid 2012 DA14. Spoiler alert: it’s not going to hit us. But damn, it’s close.
- So, Pope Benedict is to become Ex-Benedict by resigning the papacy. Like no Pope has ever done before that wasn’t squarely in the middle of political intrigue or a compromising situation. In the entire history of the church. Ever. Come to think of it, the Papacy is a funny bid’ness, too.
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- Leonard Nemoy as Spock meant so much to kids like me who grew up geek. Spock struggled with being both human and alien. So did we. #LLAP
- RT @TheRealNimoy: "You are a child of the universe. No less than the trees and the stars." LLAP
- RT @scalzi: Good night, Twitter. When I wake up, I expect that these dresses and llamas will be all sorted out. Don't let me down, Twitter.
- @hasbean @NickCho Lots of them, yes.
- @mercurek @sarahreesbrenna I'm confident it's little more than an oversight and easily corrected.
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