Miscellaneous backscatter

Day four of laryngitis, joined now by sinus congestion. I don't know what the heck this is (it's far from typical post-flu stuff), but it's getting very old. I feel fine otherwise, just stuffy and squeaky.

I hope all of you are having a good holiday, by whatever metric you use. It's a slow day here, which suits me just fine.

Being a slow day, I'm catching up on links... Here's another look at the safety of airport backscatter machines, this time by a scientist who researches breast cancer and low-level radiation damage for a living. The redacted TSA documents are a little disturbing. I haven't seen anything yet to make me feel safer about the health aspects of these things -- looking "naked" pales in comparison, AFAIC. Something to mull over as you're waiting for your flight home, perhaps.