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A new children’s album about SCIENCE!!!!11!

Cory Doctorow points to an Ed Felten article that uncovers the reality of the AP “anti-copying” magic beans–it’s just the hNews microformat, which includes explicit rights definition (using ccREL, which only extends free use and the rights granted by copyright, not restricts them). Someone’s having an Emily Litella moment right now

Happy birthday to Doc!

Leave it to Cudlin to not bury the lede: “What does the world need? More videos of cats playing avant-garde 20th century music.”

Money quote in this article about the rising respectability of “food styling” in movies: “Mr. Flynn had to debone 60 ducks over the course of ‘Julie & Julia.’”