- Poetic Discourse (EVE Online): The First Alliance Tournament in 2005. For those of you who play the MMO I do, the story of the “first” alliance tournament. Number 11 just wrapped up last weekend.
- Jim C. Hines: Sexual Harassment Conversations in Comic Form. A current big deal in sci-fi, comic, and a variety of geek related circles. I’m glad it is finally being approached head on and I’m grateful for everyone who is speaking out against it.
- io9: Space burials cost about as much as earth burials now. I look forward to doing my first committal in low earth orbit.
- Sovereignty Wars (EVE Online): We need more PINK in EVE. A pink planet in the real universe demands a pink planet in the virtual one.
- io9: What would a world map look like if the names of each country were in the language that the locals used?
- Brad Delong: Central Banking is still a man’s world. A good argument for why diversity matters and why it needs to be fought for.
- Brad Delong: The problem with 401ks. Fees fees fi fom.
- Brad Delong: Why the EITC matters (and is a good thing!)
- First and Orange: “My job is to be open.” I might use a quote from this story in my approval essay.
- io9: The clearest photo of a sunspot ever taken.