Reality Checks: Losing the War on Terror, Paleolithic Oatmeal, Arctic Mosquitoes, and a Coup in Burkina Faso

Elizabeth — September 17, 2015

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In signs that we’ve officially lost the war on terror, a teenager was detained by police for making a clock. At least Obama is on his side. (via NYT)
Ancient people ground oats! (via Discovery News)
In more bad news about climate change, it’s good for mosquitoes. (via Nature World Report)
The presidential guard in Burkina Faso have staged a coup. (via BBC)

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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