links for 2011-01-21 | Molecularist

Hawk in Library of Congress – Wash Post

"What appears to be a Cooper's Hawk has taken shelter inside the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress."

Interesting conversations on Facebook for the venerable library.

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Ironic Sans: Thsrs – The Shorter Thesaurus

"Enter a long word. Receive shorter synonyms."

Quite clever.

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