I’ll be heading off to my local polling place shortly, and then sinking into a long day of labs and classes. Fortunately, there’s no dearth of good stuff to keep you entertained while I’m occupied.

• Avicenna recognizes a Catholic bigot.

• Black Skeptics have a set of voting recommendations for California ballot measures.

• Digital Cuttlefish wants you to vote. Yes, please do.

• Ed Brayton has all the election predictions. Must have been a lot of Magic 8-Balls sold this year.

• Greta Christina explains why voting isn’t a waste of time.

• Jason Thibeault has a story on Microsoft cracking down on on-line sexism in gaming. Cue denialists claiming it’s not a problem, and that if women would just shut up it would all go away.

• Maryam Namazie writes about art and fear.

• Mano Singham cites a really stupid endorsement for Romney.

• Taslima Nasrin writes about Yaseen — a boy murdered by his mother for failing to memorize the Quran.

• Kylie Sturgess presents a very entertaining short history of genetics. It’s got Dara O Briain’s name on it, but I don’t know why.

• Zinnia Jones gives her first public speech! At a conference with a distinct lack of PZ!

• But the same event had a distinct presence of Aron Ra. That should compensate, right?