It fired its first beam around the track this morning. This is a very big deal. This may be the key to understanding the deepest mysterious of the universe. For a fuller report, click here.

And, hardly less significant: the 21-month occupation of an oak grove at UCSB has ended, with the remaining four protesters (none of whom was a UC student) descending from their perches in redwood trees, and getting immediately arrested. Rachael, you will be happy to know that the UCSC protesters are still in their perch (now 10 months and counting).

And I added a page of Phoebe’s pictures.