* Polly wants a synapsid: dinosaur feathers found http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaur-feathers-amber-photos-110915.html

* Big drop in child mortality http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14930778

* Animals evolving; Moscow stray dogs riding the subway; polar-grizzly bear hybrids http://www.cracked.com/article_19213_7-animals-that-are-evolving-right-before-our-eyes.html

* Israel using water theft to "legally" steal land http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/14/west-bank-villagers-battle-water

* Energy efficiency of transport http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/withouthotair/c20/page_128.shtml

* http://www.metaefficient.com/bicycles/longest-carfree-bicycle-routes.html

* Summary of Jane Jacobs on urban economics http://www.zompist.com/jacobs.html

* GOP war on voting http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-gop-war-on-voting-20110830
* GOP cult, from an insider http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all-reflections-gop-operative-who-left-cult/1314907779
* GOP blocks disaster aid bill http://www.goupstate.com/article/20110912/APW/1109120811?tc=ar

* Flying while brown on 9/11: http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/some-real-shock-and-awe-racially-profiled-and-cuffed-in-detroit/ * http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/sep/11/us-airline-passengers-detained/