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  • Things banned by the Bible punishable by death

    76 things banned in the Bible, most of which are punishable by death Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net An oldie but good­ie single-purpose Tum­blr list­ing things banned in Leviti­cus, the banny-est of all scrip­tures. The sex stuff you can imag­ine (no bonk­ing ani­mals, dudes if you are a dude, divorcées, your grand­moth­er, or your own chil­dren… RT…

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  • Breast cancer exploitation and the pink nausea

    Possibly the worst example of “pink nausea” and breast cancer exploitation ever Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net As I said to can­cer pals on Twit­ter ear­li­er today, if my loved ones arrange a funer­al for me where every­one is dressed like this, I swear unto you that I will come back from the dead and stab every­one…

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  • Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

    For those about to opt-out: a TSA scanning machine cheat-sheet Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net As Cory notes in this pre-Thanksgiving trav­el day post, some trav­el­ers in Amer­i­ca will be opt­ing out of scan­ning machines in TSA lines for pri­va­cy con­cerns, or for health and safe­ty rea­sons. I want­ed to post a reminder, how­ev­er, tha… RT @xeni:…

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  • The long term side effects of cancer treatment: chemo brain

    New evidence of ‘chemo brain’ proves cognitive damage from cancer treatment isn’t ‘all in your head’ Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net Can­cer sur­vivors every­where are nod­ding in agree­ment today: “chemo brain” is real, as those of us who have expe­ri­enced the cog­ni­tive dam­age asso­ci­at­ed with chemother­a­py already know. Mem­o­ry loss, prob­lems with con­cen­tra­tion an… RT @BoingBoing: New…

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  • What jellyfish can teach us about immortality

    Do jellyfish hold the secret to immortality, and a cure for cancer? Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net Nathaniel Rich on the so-called “immor­tal jel­ly­fish,” Tur­ri­top­sis dohrnii: “[It] seems able to sur­vive, and pro­lif­er­ate, in every ocean in the world. It is pos­si­ble to imag­ine a dis­tant future in which most other species of li… RT @BoingBoing: Do…

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