Friday links: January 8

In response to new Irish anti-blasphemy laws - top 25 blasphemous quotes. [link]

Al Frankin's amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill passed into law. The amendment withholds defense contracts from companies that forbid employees from launching sexual assault and battery lawsuits against the company or other employees. That is, they make it legal for male employees to rape female employees. 75% of Republicans opposed this bill. [link]

Gravity wells of our star system. [link]

Tree goats. Lots and lots of tree goats.

From the Bible: God sics bears on children because they mocked a prophet's baldness.

Evolution tree. [link]

Winter vacation wasn't about family, gifts, visiting friends, or starting a new year. It was about getting my Doctor Who fix.
Here's the trailer for the new guy.

God and an angel discuss the problems with God's flood idea.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks.

Percussionist cockatiel.

For reasons unknown, watching this 11 minute British comedy is a Christmas tradition in Germany.

Glow in the dark record.

Death Calls The Tune (lab binaer) from lab binaer on Vimeo.

A dungeon building contest. [link 1 link 2 ]

Video of trees being cut into lumber.

The Congo River is just nuts.

The impact of vaccines on measles.

Eiffel tower diagrams and construction photos. [link]

Girl had her Mac laptop shot up at an Israel border crossing. Interview and laptop shown here.

Stuff Obama has pulled off. [link]

Awesome car review. Trust me. Wait for it.

Hard science fiction stories have been proposing this power supply for decades. Recently several power companies are looking at it seriously. [link]

Christmas tree launch.

Game themed cupcakes. [link]

Pi to 2.7 trillion places. It fills a 1 TB drive. [link]