{"id":15964,"date":"2013-12-16T06:55:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T14:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=15964"},"modified":"2013-12-16T06:55:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T14:55:49","slug":"monday-links-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/monday-links-and-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday links and videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flixxy.com\/best-christmas-lights-display.htm\" target=\"_blank\">This Christmas display<\/a> is clearly the work of a dedicated nerd. With money to burn.\n<li>And speaking of nerds (and homeschoolers and the merely educated and curious): Free ebooks! No, not the usual free-for-the-day Kindle special. But <a href=\"http:\/\/physicsdatabase.com\/free-astronomy-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">astronomy books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/physicsdatabase.com\/free-math-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">math books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/physicsdatabase.com\/free-physics-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">physics books<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/physicsdatabase.com\/general-science-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">general science books<\/a> for many levels of expertise. (H\/T H.)\n<li>Were Tolkein&#8217;s hobbits <a href=\"http:\/\/pinstripepulpit.com\/tolkiens-kentucky-hobbits\/\" target\"_blank\">inspired by Kentucky hillbillies<\/a>? Hm. Not persuaded (particularly since all those hobbity surnames came originally from Tolkein&#8217;s own country), but it&#8217;s a charming story nevertheless. (Tip o&#8217; hat to A, who probably won&#8217;t mind in this case.)\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemansperspective.com\/internet-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\">freedomista hydra<\/a>. Damn, I love Paul Rosenberg&#8217;s work.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chasfreeman.net\/snowden-and-snooping\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Snowden and Snooping.&#8221;<\/a> And courage and principles.\n<li>Dog dying in a trashheap <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/12\/13\/dog-trash-heap-miley_n_4441863.html\" target=\"_blank\">is saved and in turn helps another rescue dog<\/a>. Awww, thank you, Shel, for this one. (I once rescued a dog in that condition; what the video can&#8217;t convey is the incredible stench from the combo of mange and all those opportunistic infections. My Suki stayed with me for five years and got the best vet care possible, but she never grew all her fur back and when she was stressed, that odor would come wafting out, very faintly, right to the end)\n<li>And not to leave out you cat people. Jed dropped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2521389\/The-LOLcats-yesteryear-Incredible-pictures-animal-meme-craze-actually-began-long-Internet.html\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a> in comments the other day to prove that the LOLcat meme didn&#8217;t just begin with the Intertubz.\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"_http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8pcWlyUu8U4\" target=\"_blank\">The NSA is coming to town.<\/a><\/b> (H\/T DR in comments)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8pcWlyUu8U4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Christmas display is clearly the work of a dedicated nerd. With money to burn. And speaking of nerds (and homeschoolers and the merely educated and curious): Free ebooks! No, not the usual free-for-the-day Kindle special. But astronomy books, math books, physics books, and general science books for many levels of expertise. (H\/T H.) Were Tolkein&#8217;s hobbits inspired by Kentucky hillbillies? Hm. Not persuaded (particularly since all those hobbity surnames came originally from Tolkein&#8217;s own country), but it&#8217;s a charming story nevertheless. (Tip o&#8217; hat to A, who probably won&#8217;t mind in this case.) The freedomista hydra. Damn, I love&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/monday-links-and-videos\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday links and videos<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,19,23,28,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-and-movies","category-dogs-and-cats","category-miscellaneous","category-thuggery-and-bad-law","category-privacy-and-self-ownership","category-war-on-some-drugs","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}