Bidaily linkpost: Earth from above

Go here. Hat tip to Carl Zimmer.

The daily linkpost: Lovecraftian horror filmed at deep drilling site

Video here, pix here. Hat tip to Mike.

When dinosaurs won the Civil War

I've been out of the country and off the net for two weeks, so this is probably old news. Still, I felt the need to commemorate a disturbing episode in our national history. Full story here.