• the first glimpse of extrasolar planets (it looks suspiciously like the Eye of Sauron to me)
• attempts to recreate spider silk
• the results of the Rabbit Hash election
• very, very bad poetry
• Tired of Jesus and Mary getting all the attention, Buddha has appeared in a wasps' nest.
• an inspiring article about an Iranian woman who has turned her home into a library for young women.
• Americans are tired of working, and need to take a tip from the Europeans.

From Zazoo: Doctors in Berlin are surprised to find that a bone marrow transplant seems to have cured a patient of AIDS. Further research is pending.

If you aren't following Stephen Fry on Twitter, you should be -- he's in Africa right now and meeting lemurs!

And finally, here's a moment of weirdness: Hello Kitty, Lady Bunny, Richie Rich, and Lisa Loeb all in the same place. Wow.

Have a spiffy weekend, everyone! Hope to see you at the protests. Back on Monday.