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And The Guardian wins ‘typo of the year’ award (it’s supposed to start with ‘R’).

And Hajabeg(x) tweeted us their story:

Solar eclipse in Australia this morning!

The ever-vigilant Stephen Scott (aka Darth Ambiguous) has discovered:  "This shot was taken by Willoughby Owen on May 20, 2012 in Cochran County, Texas. http://www.flickr.com/photos/unripegreenbanana/7239242168/in/faves-johnjoh/ …

I'm often chiding my students to check sources. I trusted the person this came from. I stand corrected and acknowledge my mistake. Here are some genuine pics from this morning's Australian eclipse: Geoff Sims  

Australian Geographic

Some interesting claims doing the rounds including the fact that North Korea might NOT have declared war and that a mistranslation (or spin) might be responsible for tension escalation.

One claim is that the North Korean original statement apparently stressed that the country would act “in accordance with wartime laws” if attacked, and that “from that time, North-South relations will enter a state of war.”

Which, given the recent US testing (of dropping dud nuclear bombs) near North Korea, would be a reasonable warning/response. Certainly would make more sense as to how we got here.