Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for October 16th from 13:47 to 21:45:

• America’s economy: Meh ceiling? | The Economist – I love The Economist's headlines.
• Twitter / KGWNews: Portland in top ten for best … – Portland in top ten for best Trick-or-Treating towns
• Portland in top ten for best Trick-or-Treating |
  kgw.com Portland – Portland in top ten for best Trick-or-Treating towns
• swissmiss | FiLIP – Okay, Penny!
• jwz: This is the best headline I’ve read in a long time: – "Space-born Jellyfish Hate Life On Earth" mmmmmmm this is Stephen Baxter's universe