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They've seen the future, all right

"Report: Every Potential 2040 President Already Unelectable Due To Facebook".

(From The Onion.)

"A Nice Thing: Boy With Leukemia Gets To Be Batman For A Day"

Very nice, indeed. 

"Are men stupid?"

Some of us--at least those with "zipper problems"--are. 

Illustration: "New York City Busts Four Principals For Inappropriate Sexual Relations".

"101 Spectacular Nonfiction Stories"

If you're looking for some good things to read, this list might help.

"This Is The Most Insane Soccer Goal We've Seen All Year"

Papiss Cisse of Newcastle scores a really fine goal. 

Trello

"Organize anything, together". Haven't tried it, but it looks interesting.

"The 15 Longest Bridges In The World"

The U.S. no longer has the longest. 

A (small) way to improve your life

Listen far less to bogus garbage from contemporary California politicians.

Listen more to contemporary New Jersey politicians. (A governor who appreciates Seinfeld has got a huge advantage.)

Four upbeat pieces related to aging

"What are the secrets to aging well?"

"Epigenetic changes linked with ageing".

"How red wine prolongs life: Scientists uncover how 'miracle ingredient' boosts body’s cell energy".

"The Surprising Shortcut to Better Health".

Two on "unnecessary medicine"

Seth Roberts wants a definition. 

But with whatever definition we choose there will be problems. Here's one example:

As director of the bioethics program at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Norman Fost regularly deplores our national pastime of wasteful and unnecessary medical testing. Yet as a patient, he writes, he has personally benefited enormously from just such testing, with not one, not two but three separate serious illnesses diagnosed with entirely unwarranted tests, leaving him with a bad case of what he calls “hypocrite’s guilt.”