An urban homestead meltdown in Arcata involving yaks, 24 foot meditation towers and unhappy neighbors: http://www.arcataeye.com/2012/03/occupy-arcata-heights-ends-with-a-splatter-march-14-2012/
M16 lamp – http://boingboing.net/2012/03/15/m16-lamp.html
And . . a lamp made out of used coffee filters: http://www.recyclart.org/2012/03/coffee-filter-lamp/
The Apocalypse will be a lot like flying coach: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/the-apocalypse-will-be-a-lot-l.html
Mysterious hog farm explosions stump scientists http://arst.ch/sus
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