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In the news today (and, despite the date, at least two of the below are factually true):

• Professor Leiter has struck a blow for intellectual honesty.
• And so has John Scalzi, if a bit less on the "intellectual" side, joined by Charlie Stross... and not joined by Jay Lake.
• The Cubs began their season with a loss to a team whose best player underwent an emergency appendectomy. It's already time to wait for next year, Cubfans: you're already cheering for a last-place team.
• A man has been "fasting" for Lent on every college student's idea of a liquid diet.
• In GBS news, there's been a change to the proposed settlement... but even the new one appears to be opt-out, so I think Judge Chin has already adequated expressed his distaste.