Friday, June 20, 2014

Friday Links (with action and adventure)!

Thank the great flying spaghetti monster, it's Friday! I don't know about you, but I have had a grueling week. Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:

Captain America Isn’t Just Any Hero. "...given the era he was born in and his class and religious/ethnic background, there is no way in hell Steve Rogers didn’t grow up as a Democrat, and a New Deal Democrat at that, complete with a picture of FDR on the wall."

Glenn Beck: ‘Liberals, You Were Right,’ We Should Never Have Gone into Iraq. And this is not the Onion!

Spacetime Might Be a Superfluid, and That Could Help Explain Gravity.

Poll: No gay marriage ‘revolt’ coming.

Americans Think It Should Be Illegal To Fire Someone For Being Gay, Don't Realize It's Not Already.

Animation's gay revolution isn't as progressive as you think.

Rick Perry, This Is What Happens When People Are Forced to Live in the Closet.

Hillary Clinton Meets The Republican Squirrel, Responds In The Best Way Ever.

Jason Hanna And Joe Riggs, Texas Gay Fathers, Denied Legal Parenthood Of Twin Sons.

A Victory in the Long War Over Seattle Math Education.

At the Supreme Court, the NRA Finally Loses One.

Marriage Equality Opponent Admits ‘No Difference’ Between Same Sex And Heterosexual Families.

We’re losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome. (Thanks to @JayelleAnderson for the link!)

Why Gay Pride Still Matters And Isn't Just About Parades And Parties.

How One Student Uncovered Multiple Constitutional Violations at His High School.

Scientists Discover Massive “Ocean” Near Earth’s Core.

Focus on the Family falls off the wagon, returns to its anti-gay addiction.

How to Win at Bridge Using Quantum Physics.

Gun violence and mental illness: Study addresses perception vs. reality.

Is There Life on Charon?.

How to build a quantum-entangled superclock.

And I wrote about guys who are Faking it (badly) and I disproved one relative's theory of why I'm gay (but more importantly recalled a beloved toy) in Action Boy!

In case you haven't already seen this tripping video shot in a single take, OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall -:



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NPR StoryCorps animates a story of a big brother (you made need a kleenex):



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David Letterman - Sam Smith: "Stay With Me":



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The Game of Thrones Title Sequence You Didn't Know You Needed (it's a parody, and I know nothing about the show, but found it quite funny):



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