Yay geeks

One thing I really love is people being geeky about topics they're knowledgeable about. So links gathered from this week:

rochvelleth, who has a professional interest in language and linguistics, actually hosts a round of linguistic prescriptivism debate

americanbeetles, a real entomologist, on insect irridescence and some recent science news stories (and the comment thread features an awesome macro). Obviously don't follow the link if you find insect pictures traumatic.

lilairen is not, AFAIK, a professional biologist, but she is both wittily scathing and informative on rhetorical misuses of evolutionary metaphors. The post is more hilarious if you hang out in poly and other unconventional sexuality subcultures, but yay for evolutionary cluefulness.

Also, redbird has a really touching response to the recent XKCD cartoon about spiritrover. I'm linking to the LJ version cos the comment clarification makes the post even more poignant.

( my weekend )