Wednesday Blogosphere Roving #17

This Wednesday's found images include a two-part presentation of jellyfish photos; an evocative representation of a beautiful summer day in Minnesota; an image that shows some of the detail on a famous building in Barcelona designed by Gaudi; and a wonderful series on the care and feeding of young starlings in Norway.

Among this week's blog articles, Mark Stoneman opines on the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the right to gun ownership (and be sure to read the comments at the end of the post for some thoughtful elaboration); Jenn Thorsen shows us some postcards from the Victorian era that commemorate American Independence Day; Evelyn presents a sampler of Hawaii blogging; and Ritu theorizes about how trying to 'game the system' at social media sites such as Digg might end up to be self-defeating.

Finally, after hearing the rumors about a purported link between certain vaccines and childhood autism, Chris decides to find out for himself whether or not those rumors are credible before he proceeds to have his baby son immunized. A scientist himself, Chris knows how to find, evaluate, and interpret pertinent research literature, and he shares his conclusions with his readers.

So then, without further ado, here are this week's offerings:

Images:

• Jellyfish - by T. Bruce in Eyes Mind Heart


• Jellyfish - Part 2 - by T. Bruce in Eyes Mind Heart


• Minnesota Clouds Late June - by Danny in Waking Up to Another Beautiful Day


• Ironwork on Balcony at La Pedrera or Casa Mila in Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona, Spain - by Carlos in Barcelona Photoblog


• Pictures of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding their young- by Thomas Laupstad in Photos from Northern Norway

Articles:

• Accepting the Court’s Decision on the Second Amendment - by Mark Stoneman in Stoneman's Corner


• Having a Blast with Victorian Fourth of July Postcards - by Jenn Thorsen in Thrift Shop Romantic


• Summer Speeds Up at the Carnival of Aloha! - by Evelyn in Homespun Honolulu


• The Autobury & System Gaming Connection: A Theory - by Ritu Pant in NetHackz


• The MMR vaccine and autism - truth, lies and the media - by Chris in chrisdellavedova.com

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And here is an assortment of things I posted on my other blogs during the past week. (NB: Usually I post one example from each blog, but this week there's another two-part tale in The Right Blue.)

In The Right Blue:

• Sipadan Island - Being there, Part 1 and Part 2 - a 'two-fer' about this tiny, remote island off the coast of Borneo

In B N Sullivan - Photography:

• Aspen's Dancing Fountain - another in a series of photos from my recent visit to Aspen, Colorado
  

In my aviation news blogs:

• Frontier Airlines joins the capacity reduction juggernaut - in Aircrew Buzz


• NetJets flight attendant sues Jennifer Lopez over dog bite, injuries - in Cabin Crew News


• New safety recommendations for operators of turbojet aircraft - in Professional Pilot News

That this week's roundup!