Computing: ListVerse tells us about 10 popular web sites/apps that started out as something considerably different. (Amazon used to sell books, nothing else, for example.)
National Public Radio reports on some sophisticated on-line scamming techniques.
Gizmo's Freeware describes a free program that easily downloads YouTube videos.
Education: Grammarphobia: Should it be Moses's staff, or Moses' staff?
The Panda's Thumb says that the Ohio lower house has passed a bill with some disturbing implications. To quote from the blog post: House Bill 164, labeled the “Student Religious Liberties Act,” would amend the state’s Education Code to forbid schools from “prohibit[ing] a student from engaging in religious expression in the completion of housework, artwork, or other written or oral assignments.” The blog post points out that this would seem to prevent a teacher from marking an answer like this as wrong: "God told me that the capital of Ohio is Tallahassee."
Politics: Relevant says that Stephen Miller, influential White House advisor, has to go. He seems to be the driving force behind President Trump's immigration policies, which, among other things, have drastically cut the number of refugees entering the US, and tried to prevent all Muslims from entering the country.
Relevant also reports that the US detains more of its children in various facilities, than any other country.
Science: The Scientist reports on a study that indicates that very few children are the result of an extra-marital affair.
The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, it is free to use like this.
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