{"id":165,"date":"2012-09-29T23:36:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T23:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenkins.cos.ucf.edu\/wordpress\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2016-12-03T20:11:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T01:11:11","slug":"political-humor-gravitas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/links\/political-humor-gravitas\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor &amp; Gravitas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Humor<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dilbert.com\/fast\/\">Dilbert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/doonesbury\">Doonesbury<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/calvinandhobbes\">Calvin &amp; Hobbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/nonsequitur\">Nonsequitur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/blog\/Comics\" target=\"_top\">Some political cartoons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyshow.cc.com\/full-episodes\">The Daily Show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/\">The Borowitz Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bahfest.com\/\">The festival of Bad Ad Hoc hypotheses<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>examples: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=MUw3s4evhTE\">why do mammals sleep<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=Wf1pNnoSuQc\">the abdominal torus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/\">The Onion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/\">xkcd<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Florida<\/span> (humor? gravitas? you decide)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/07\/26\/5_reasons_why_florida_is_the_weirdest_state_ever_partner\/\">5 &#8220;theories&#8221; about Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/FloridaMan\/\">Florida Man<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/floridawoman\">Florida Woman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/strange\/floriduh-blog\/\">Floriduh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Gravitas<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/kakistocracy\">word<\/a> for our time, resurrected [brilliantly] <a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/2gZFCw3\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/what-a-difference-2-percentage-points-makes\/\">What a difference 2%\u00a0makes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/gun-deaths\/\">33K people shot annually in US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/map\">Who&#8217;s Your Politician?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensecrets.org\/index.php\">Who&#8217;s Funding Your Politician?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/\">Politifact Truth-O-Meter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/\">Congressional Budget Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/\">Governmental Accountability Office<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/nov\/29\/great-barrier-reef-scientists-confirm-largest-die-off-of-corals-recorded\">Great Barrier is also &#8220;bleaching&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/jul\/06\/donald-trump-climate-change-florida-resort\">Climate change to cost Trump <\/a>(and <a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/2gj7AT6\">others on coasts<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2016\/oct\/17\/climate-change-could-drive-122m-more-people-into-extreme-poverty-by-2030-un-united-nations-report\">Human consequences of climate change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1732\/\">A timeline of Earth&#8217;s temperature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/sep\/07\/investigation-ordered-russia-daldykan-river-turns-red-norilsk\">Oh boy, let&#8217;s go fishing there<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-27905743\">Hippos invade Colombia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/science-isnt-broken\/\">Science isn&#8217;t broken (but it is hard)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/01\/11\/science\/anthropocene-epoch-definition.html\">We rival glaciation &amp; asteroids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development-professionals-network\/gallery\/2015\/apr\/01\/over-population-over-consumption-in-pictures\">Our &#8220;footprint&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/02\/19\/us\/2015-year-in-weather-temperature-precipitation.html\">How hot was your city in 2015?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/sep\/15\/tuna-and-mackerel-populations-suffer-catastrophic-74-decline-research-shows\">Marine fisheries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1OKFttb\">NYT video: green sea turtles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gallery\/2015\/oct\/01\/lake-toxic-foam-bangalore-india-in-pictures\">Foaming lakes in Bangalore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.org\/greenliving\/carboncalculator\/index.htm\">Personal CO<sub>2<\/sub> calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steadystate.org\/\">Steady State Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/\">IPCC&#8217;s 5-year summary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humor Dilbert Doonesbury Calvin &amp; Hobbes Nonsequitur Some political cartoons The Daily Show The Borowitz Report The festival of Bad Ad Hoc hypotheses examples: why do mammals sleep and the abdominal torus The Onion xkcd Florida (humor? 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