I don’t know what it is, but it sure is cute.

Carnival of the Godless #46 has the latest atheist ramblings to prove that morality and good nature and critical thinking and… well, just that being human is not contingent on metaphysical nonsense.

Carnival of the Cats #124 is terse and fulfilling.

You know what web worms are, right?  Or maybe you know them as tent caterpillars.  They’re the caterpillars that spin webs in trees and consume the foliage, much to the detriment of the trees they infest.  I have never seen them this bad before.  That’s very disturbing in the coolest of ways.  Be sure to let all the photos load before working your way from top to bottom.  It’s like a bad horror flic, huh?  [via Phil Plait]

“BATHING [swimming] was banned along 15 kilometres of the Italian Riviera yesterday when more than a hundred holidaymakers were taken to hospital after being infected by toxic tropical algae. Doctors at Genoa, where most of the victims were treated, said that the poisonous micro-organisms were almost invisible. Ostreopsis ovata are single-cell algae normally found in tropical waters but they have migrated to the Mediterranean because of rising sea temperatures. Doctors at the San Martino Hospital in Genoa said that the symptoms suffered by swimmers — children and adults — included nausea, breathing difficulties, high fever, stomach cramps, irritation of the eyes, vomiting and diarrhoea.”  Not only unpleasant, but definitely not an indication of global warming.  Uh-huh…

A distinct increase in anti-gay violence.  I suppose it’s that compassionate conservatism at work, huh?  That’ll teach those queers to sit down and shut up and quit being uppity.  Who are they to ask for equality anyway?