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Personally I find if you haven't read all the books in the original Assyrian Cuneiform then you haven't really read all the books.

This is really neat.

Thanks for the info. That's good to know.

If we're just trying to get people to notice, a meme would be the best option.  I've already tried bringing it up on my FB feed, but some snazzy images might be helpful, too.

Yeah, I think getting people to notice, and maybe ask questions, is a good idea.

Quick noob question on memes. Do you need to make sure that the picture used is public domain or can you use what you get from google images or various websites?

Nice rant. As someone who just ranted for the first time a little more than a week ago I can tell you that you are not the only one who hesitated a bit before pushing the post button. Everyone in the world is insane in some way shape or form. Making you think you're the only one is society's dirty little trick.

This is very messed up. I've been posting a few things on facebook yesterday and today and trying to ask some old college buddys who I'm facebook friends with that live in New York if they know anything.

Always been a bit iffy on the definition of irony but I think this qualifies.

My favorite part is that the dolphins have the option of deciding to opt out if they decide to. True cooperation.

"I'm in the wrong parade!"

Had a patient today who came 'commando' for a test on his legs. He proceeded to take the hospital gown and wrap it around his waist like a belt.

It was an awkward 45 minutes.

A much more positive example of dolphins and humans working together.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47254991#.UUO2Elc17IU

The dolphins herd the fish into nets and in return the fishermen share the catch with them

Scientists had known that dolphins work together to herd groups of mullet, a fish that's an important source of food for local fishermen, toward a line of fishermen in boats or knee-deep water. Then the dolphins signal with specialized head or tail slaps when and where the fishermen should throw their nets. The cooperation is helpful to both parties, researchers said. The two wouldn't survive without each other.

Not technically a news story but such a tremendous pile of horseshit it's worthy of posting.

I give you the most ethical companies in the world:
http://m1.ethisphere.com/wme2013/index.html

because when I think of ethics I think of Pepsi and Starbucks.

Also in hindsight taking in a decades worth of news in less than a week may not have been my best idea. My eyes are open, and it fucking hurts.

The decorative gift wrapping seems more like a Tzeentch sort of thing.

[That's because the US and Ukrainian military do indeed have dolphins, which they've been, according to previous reports, training for combat.]

Retraction from the atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/update-ukrainian-military-dolphins-not-actually-on-the-loose/273943/

Update! Sad news, friends. It turns out that one piece of the Ukrainian dolphin story is, in fact, a hoax. No dolphins from the Ukrainian army's complement have actually escaped, according to this newspaper report. The hoax began with this faked report from the museum director, which led to a story by RIA Novosti. The strangest thing about this is how plausible the whole thing actually is. Gregg studies dolphins for a living and did not seem skeptical. That's because the US and Ukrainian military do indeed have dolphins, which they've been, according to previous reports, training for combat. A reader wrote in to tell me that when he was a young sailor in Turkey, this beluga whale was rumored to have escaped from a military installation in Crimea. That is to say, the oddest part of this story -- that dolphins have regularly been used in the military -- is unchanged. But the specifics turn out to be a hoax. Our apologies for the mistake. In recompense, allow me to give you this video about the history of militarized dolphins.

So apparently militarized dolphins do exist. The hoax part is that they are on the loose........so far.

Update: Its a hoax.

More info when I have time.

Takeaway point: excitedly posting news story in 10 minutes before morning meeting might not be a good thing.