Friday, August 29, 2014

Friday Links (August is over?)

It's Friday! The last Friday in August. Wait! How did that happen? How does the time seem to fly, so? That means for many of us, this is a three-day weekend. All the more reason to be happy that Friday is finally here!

To celebrate, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

Besides Michael Brown, Whom Else Does The New York Times Call “No Angel”?.

Ferguson’s booming white grievance industry: Fox News, Darren Wilson and friends.

Cops Hold Mother And Four Kids At Gunpoint Because They Thought Her Red Nissan Was A Tan Toyota.

John Oliver mocks inaccurate Internet headlines by destroying a Pinata.

Matthew Yglesias: Michael Brown didn't do anything as a teen that I didn't — but only one of us got killed.

Mike Huckabee Pleads With Australia To Stop Canceling Anti-Gay Hate Group Conference Venues.

Same-sex couples still fighting for equality with these three federal agencies.

Confronting Lovecraft's racism.

Nitpicking the nitpickers.

Gorgeous 3D printed Prosthetic Born of Boredom. Dumb headline. The prosthetic hand is awesome, however.

'These Murders Are A Steady Drumbeat': A Year After Trans NYC Murder, Community On Edge.

The dirty little secret inside the fight for gay marriage: moralists want to own the sex lives of straight people, too. I don't know how this can be a secret, we've been telling you this for YEARS!

Judge Posner’s Blistering Benchslaps At The Same-Sex Marriage Arguments.

Evolution’s Baby Steps.

Quark Quartet Fuels Quantum Feud.

Finally! Secret of Death Valley’s ‘Sailing Stones’ Is Revealed.

The 'Times' Of London Reverts To Type To Motivate Reporters.

Republicans Poll Ladies, Learn Ladies Too Dumb To See Republicans’ Awesomeness.

Dumbo Octopus Gives Rare View. (Video embedded below)

Unusually Large Dumbo Octopus Sighting:



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KAZAKY - PULSE:



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AsapSCIENCE -- Your Brain On Coffee:



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ROSEWATER Trailer:



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Energetic roofer can't help but samba to Latino music:



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Destruction - Brett Gleason (Official Video):



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Wilson Knight - Just Missed The Train:



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MDNGHT - Breeze:



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