It's Friday! The final Friday in September, in fact! Don't forget, September birthdays are extra special, because September babies are superior. It's a fact. No, really.
Okay, okay, it's possible I'm not completely objective about this. It is true that this week I ceased to be prime. My age, which last week was a prime number of years, is now a number that is divisible by 2, and also by 3 several times. But enough about that!
Anyway, in honor of this final Friday in the glorious month of September, 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:
Is it actually ironic? 3 TED-Ed Lessons on irony. Three great videos. I embed the first one below.
A Neo-Nazi Is Running For The Kentucky Senate On The Slogan 'With Jews We Lose'.
46 Years Later, Owner to Get Stolen Jaguar Back.
Absurd Creature of the Week: The Parasitic Worm That Turns Snails Into Disco Zombies.
Do You Suspect That Right-Wing Trolls Are Psychopaths? You’re Correct (Video).
Hatred and Bigotry: It's All They Have Left.
Banned Books Week: Why Gay Characters Matter.
New Horizons Spies Pluto's Tiny Moon Hydra.
Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’.
Denver Area Students Walk Out Of School In Protest.
Up to half of Earth's water is older than the sun.
7 Gadgets Rosetta Is Sending To the Surface of the Comet.
The 12 Weirdest Reasons For Banning Science Fiction and Fantasy Books.
John Oliver’s takedown of Miss America boosts donations to women’s scholarships.
JIMMY CARTER: 'I NEVER KNEW OF ANY WORD OR ACTION OF JESUS CHRIST THAT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ANYONE' - VIDEO.
A Look Back At Bisexuality Studies And Their Weird, Troubling History.
HOLLOWAYS: ROADS TUNNELED INTO THE EARTH BY TIME.
Pat Robertson: Genocide Commanded By God Totally Different From Genocide Commanded By Allah.
'The Roosevelts:' Ken Burns Closets Eleanor, Disappears FDR's Gay Sex-Entrapment Scandal in the Navy.
Limbaugh's decision to publicize the personal information of volunteers who encourage his sponsors to drop his show highlights his fears over bleeding sponsors, stations dropping him.
Ignore the typos, also, NSFW: UPDATED: Fleshlight should sponsor the NFL since Proctor and Gamble won’t.
Ig Nobels: British researchers take coveted science humour prize.
New Study Favors Quantum Mind: Quantum coherence in brain protein resembles plant photosynthesis.
Somepony Else’s Friends.
Oh, bi the way….
Feeling lucky.
Situational irony: The opposite of what you think - Christopher Warner:
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Adrian Peterson, Child Abuse, and the NFL:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Physics of Space Battles:
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iPhone 6 Plus vs 6 vs 5S vs 5C vs 5 vs 4S vs 4 vs 3Gs vs 3G vs 2G Speed Comparison Test (half the fun of the video is watching all those hands working the phones at once):
Friday, September 26, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Friday Links (Shocked! Shocked! edition)
It's Friday! The third Friday in September, in fact! Don't forget, September birthdays are extra special, because September babies are superior. It's a fact. No, really.
Anyway, in honor of this third Friday in the glorious month of September, 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:
A Pennsylvania teenager is facing criminal charges after posting pictures to Facebook of him simulating a sex act with a statue of Jesus.
After 13-Year Search, A Woman Reportedly Tracked Down The Owner Of A Photo Found At Ground Zero On 9/11.
Nothing is scarier than a pack of white dudes drunk on privilege and microbews within spitting distance of my sofa.
5 Things I Learned as the Internet's Most Hated Person.
I love reading anything Stephen Fry writes: Apple Hit Successive Sixes.
Texas Law Enforcement Groups Come Out for Gay Marriage.
Dear DC Comics, This Is Why You Shouldn’t Leave Creative Little Girls Behind.
Lawmakers unveil bill to de-militarize cops.
New York pastor’s wild ‘rectum’ rant: NASA Voyager probe proved ‘homos’ are perverts.
“Wretched, disgusting commie leftists”: My nightmare fighting gun nuts in a red state.
CBS Sports' James Brown: 'More than 3 women per day' are killed by their partner.
How Attending a Gay Wedding Impacted My Straight Marriage.
You have to read this just to click through to see the crazy web page, still active but unchanged 17 years later: The Online Legacy of a Suicide Cult and the Webmasters Who Stayed Behind.
Philly Hate Attack Mob Claiming Self Defense After Brutal Beating Sends Gay Men To Hospital.
... and: Catholic High School Coach Fired For His Role In Beating Of Philadelphia Gay Couple.
... and :Alleged Hate Attack Group Members Reportedly Claiming Self-Defense [UPDATED].
... and: The Catholic Church Is Shocked—Shocked—to Learn That Catholics Are Attacking Gay Couples.
Adrian Peterson: The excuses we hear for inexcusable violence.
Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers.
Pat Robertson loses it after Air Force nixes ‘God’ oath for atheists: ‘How can they fly?’ - I want to know what form of black magic is keep this fossil breathing.
Seattle Tunnel Tops "Highway Boondoggles" List.
NASA Finds 'Big Surprise In Teeny Tiny Galaxy' (PHOTO).
Listen To A Fox News Hero Lash Out At Gay People On A Conference Call.
‘Queer People Don’t Have the Luxury to Stop Telling Our Stories’.
Facebook 'Name Change' Policy Disproportionately Affecting LGBT Community (UPDATE).
Brazil Selects 'The Way He Looks' For Foreign Language Film Oscar, Adding To a Very Queer Race This Year.
Europeans drawn from three ancient 'tribes'.
#WhyIStayed #WhyILeft.
The internet rage machine.
Homo devils in space! (though I really should have titled it, "Homo Devils in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!"
Meet Billy, Rescued From a Puppy Mill - 2013 CINE Award Winner:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Branden Urie and Panic! At The Disco: Bohemian Rhapsody (LIVE):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Erasure - Elevation:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Annie Lennox - I Put A Spell On You:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Huntington - Secret:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, in honor of this third Friday in the glorious month of September, 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:
A Pennsylvania teenager is facing criminal charges after posting pictures to Facebook of him simulating a sex act with a statue of Jesus.
After 13-Year Search, A Woman Reportedly Tracked Down The Owner Of A Photo Found At Ground Zero On 9/11.
Nothing is scarier than a pack of white dudes drunk on privilege and microbews within spitting distance of my sofa.
5 Things I Learned as the Internet's Most Hated Person.
I love reading anything Stephen Fry writes: Apple Hit Successive Sixes.
Texas Law Enforcement Groups Come Out for Gay Marriage.
Dear DC Comics, This Is Why You Shouldn’t Leave Creative Little Girls Behind.
Lawmakers unveil bill to de-militarize cops.
New York pastor’s wild ‘rectum’ rant: NASA Voyager probe proved ‘homos’ are perverts.
“Wretched, disgusting commie leftists”: My nightmare fighting gun nuts in a red state.
CBS Sports' James Brown: 'More than 3 women per day' are killed by their partner.
How Attending a Gay Wedding Impacted My Straight Marriage.
You have to read this just to click through to see the crazy web page, still active but unchanged 17 years later: The Online Legacy of a Suicide Cult and the Webmasters Who Stayed Behind.
Philly Hate Attack Mob Claiming Self Defense After Brutal Beating Sends Gay Men To Hospital.
... and: Catholic High School Coach Fired For His Role In Beating Of Philadelphia Gay Couple.
... and :Alleged Hate Attack Group Members Reportedly Claiming Self-Defense [UPDATED].
... and: The Catholic Church Is Shocked—Shocked—to Learn That Catholics Are Attacking Gay Couples.
Adrian Peterson: The excuses we hear for inexcusable violence.
Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers.
Pat Robertson loses it after Air Force nixes ‘God’ oath for atheists: ‘How can they fly?’ - I want to know what form of black magic is keep this fossil breathing.
Seattle Tunnel Tops "Highway Boondoggles" List.
NASA Finds 'Big Surprise In Teeny Tiny Galaxy' (PHOTO).
Listen To A Fox News Hero Lash Out At Gay People On A Conference Call.
‘Queer People Don’t Have the Luxury to Stop Telling Our Stories’.
Facebook 'Name Change' Policy Disproportionately Affecting LGBT Community (UPDATE).
Brazil Selects 'The Way He Looks' For Foreign Language Film Oscar, Adding To a Very Queer Race This Year.
Europeans drawn from three ancient 'tribes'.
#WhyIStayed #WhyILeft.
The internet rage machine.
Homo devils in space! (though I really should have titled it, "Homo Devils in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!"
Meet Billy, Rescued From a Puppy Mill - 2013 CINE Award Winner:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Branden Urie and Panic! At The Disco: Bohemian Rhapsody (LIVE):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Erasure - Elevation:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Annie Lennox - I Put A Spell On You:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Huntington - Secret:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, September 12, 2014
Friday Links (with truth bombs)!
It's Friday! I'd be happier about it if I wasn't sick. Don't forget, September birthdays are extra special, because September babies are superior. It's a fact. No, really.
Anyway, in honor of this first Friday in the glorious month of September, 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:
5 ways America changed God. (Thanks to @foxraven for the link!)
Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs, Growth And Investing.
Straw man arguments are the scourge of public discourse, but there is an alternative.
Possibly headline of the week: Man With Horns and Bolts Tattoos on his Face Stabs Couple and Skates Away.
But this one is also a contender: Devil statue with giant erection pops up in Vancouver, BC [NSFW].
WATCH: Benedict Cumberbatch Has A Giggle Fit In This ‘Sherlock’ Blooper.
How they made those gorgeous end credits for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I love these as a work of art, but also how they evoke some of classic illustration technique while evoking the characters and events of both Captain America movies.
Hot Alaska Gossip: Sarah Palin's Whole Family Was in a Nasty Brawl. Best quote: "This isn't some damned Hillbilly reality show!"
Pop Sonnet: Is this the waking world, or do I sleep?
Cold Dark Matter May Have Kept Our Milky Way All Alone In Its Corner Of The Universe.
EA Pledges to Fix "Gay Filter" in Sims 4.
Bush apologist hits new low: An infuriating attempt to rewrite Iraq history.
It's hared to love gay culture if you don't know what it is.
Social Contracts and “the Cult of Likability."
A Conservative Judge Did A Stunning About-Face On Gay Marriage.
A Black Hole Doesn't Die -- It Does Something A Lot Weirder.
Remarkable 3,900-Year-Old Suit Of Bone Armor Found In Siberia.
Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found.
Our birds are in real trouble. Can we fix it? Yes we can!
Pennsylvania town will no longer evict domestic violence victims who call the police seeking help.
Georgia State Senator: Voting Is Too Convenient For Black People.
Ancient Egyptian Art Contains The Records of Past Extinctions.
Al Franken Drops a Truth Bomb On The Senate: Citizens United Is Money Laundering.
The Best Commentary on Ray Rice's Suspension Comes From Joe Biden.
Southern secessionist group forming paramilitary unit called the “Indomitables."
With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce.
20-Year Mystery of the Universe's Brightest Objects Solved.
Huffington Post: We Figured Out Why The Westboro Baptist Church Hates Us So Much.
Tennessee Pastor Robert Gallaty Suggests Gays 'Must Be Put To Death' Or Remain Celibate.
Two New Rulings Unmask the Weakness of the Case Against Marriage Equality.
Fossils push back origins of modern mammals.
Shattering DNA may have let gibbons evolve new species.
So You Want to Understand Bayes’ Theorem and/or Look at Photos of Cats.
The Planets that Never Were.
A High-end Watch Guy's Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal.
Life In The Only State Where Gay Couples Can Get Married One Day, Fired The Next.
Oh! That explains it!
Rough, manly sport, part 5.
…but I don’t hate anyone!
Robert Plant - Rainbow | Official Music Video:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
In The Ray Rice Situation, Everyone Must Go:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
What a lovely song: Holly Johnson 'In And Out Of Love' (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
A Den Of Kittens (just 2 and a half minutes of purring kittens, really):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Baby Bear on Golf Course - At Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, BC:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, in honor of this first Friday in the glorious month of September, 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:
5 ways America changed God. (Thanks to @foxraven for the link!)
Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs, Growth And Investing.
Straw man arguments are the scourge of public discourse, but there is an alternative.
Possibly headline of the week: Man With Horns and Bolts Tattoos on his Face Stabs Couple and Skates Away.
But this one is also a contender: Devil statue with giant erection pops up in Vancouver, BC [NSFW].
WATCH: Benedict Cumberbatch Has A Giggle Fit In This ‘Sherlock’ Blooper.
How they made those gorgeous end credits for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I love these as a work of art, but also how they evoke some of classic illustration technique while evoking the characters and events of both Captain America movies.
Hot Alaska Gossip: Sarah Palin's Whole Family Was in a Nasty Brawl. Best quote: "This isn't some damned Hillbilly reality show!"
Pop Sonnet: Is this the waking world, or do I sleep?
Cold Dark Matter May Have Kept Our Milky Way All Alone In Its Corner Of The Universe.
EA Pledges to Fix "Gay Filter" in Sims 4.
Bush apologist hits new low: An infuriating attempt to rewrite Iraq history.
It's hared to love gay culture if you don't know what it is.
Social Contracts and “the Cult of Likability."
A Conservative Judge Did A Stunning About-Face On Gay Marriage.
A Black Hole Doesn't Die -- It Does Something A Lot Weirder.
Remarkable 3,900-Year-Old Suit Of Bone Armor Found In Siberia.
Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found.
Our birds are in real trouble. Can we fix it? Yes we can!
Pennsylvania town will no longer evict domestic violence victims who call the police seeking help.
Georgia State Senator: Voting Is Too Convenient For Black People.
Ancient Egyptian Art Contains The Records of Past Extinctions.
Al Franken Drops a Truth Bomb On The Senate: Citizens United Is Money Laundering.
The Best Commentary on Ray Rice's Suspension Comes From Joe Biden.
Southern secessionist group forming paramilitary unit called the “Indomitables."
With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce.
20-Year Mystery of the Universe's Brightest Objects Solved.
Huffington Post: We Figured Out Why The Westboro Baptist Church Hates Us So Much.
Tennessee Pastor Robert Gallaty Suggests Gays 'Must Be Put To Death' Or Remain Celibate.
Two New Rulings Unmask the Weakness of the Case Against Marriage Equality.
Fossils push back origins of modern mammals.
Shattering DNA may have let gibbons evolve new species.
So You Want to Understand Bayes’ Theorem and/or Look at Photos of Cats.
The Planets that Never Were.
A High-end Watch Guy's Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal.
Life In The Only State Where Gay Couples Can Get Married One Day, Fired The Next.
Oh! That explains it!
Rough, manly sport, part 5.
…but I don’t hate anyone!
Robert Plant - Rainbow | Official Music Video:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
In The Ray Rice Situation, Everyone Must Go:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
What a lovely song: Holly Johnson 'In And Out Of Love' (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
A Den Of Kittens (just 2 and a half minutes of purring kittens, really):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Baby Bear on Golf Course - At Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, BC:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, September 5, 2014
Friday Links (Hair Bear edition)!
It's Friday! The first Friday in September. It's a month full of birthdays and anniversaries. Okay, okay, every month is, but September birthdays are extra special, because September babies are superior. It's a fact. No, really.
Anyway, in honor of this first Friday in the glorious month of September, 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:
New Atlanta LGBT Youth Homeless Shelter Benefits From Viral Campaign.
Father Charles Pope: Cancel The St. Patrick's Day "Anal Sex" Celebration. These haters always focus on a sex act that not all gay people participate in, and which literally millions of straight people do.
Incredibly stupendously high resolution picture of the Andromeda Galaxy.
EMBARRASSING TYPOS MAR OTHERWISE SPARKLING ROLL-OUT OF LGBT 'RAINBOW HONOR WALK' IN SF.
Want Marriage Equality? Don't Sit out These Elections.
Gay Board Games from the ’70s and ’80s.
Prehistoric Leafcutter Bee Pupa. (Because invertebrates are cool, but fossil invertebrates are cooler!)
Dramatic Cave Art Confirms that Neanderthals Were Capable of Abstract Expression.
How junk food changes eating behaviour.
The Point of Pointing.
Time Travel Simulation Resolves “Grandfather Paradox”.
Whitman Was Not a Neuroscientist, or Why There is Yet No Grand Unified Theory of Neuroscience.
University Of Kansas Considered Community Service Too 'Punitive' For Rape Punishment.
If the NFL doesn’t want people to think it’s homophobic, it should stop being so homophobic.
S.E. Cupp on nude photos: Don’t own things other people want if you don’t want to have them stolen!
“I Went to the Woods So I Could Steal Candy From Children”: The Maine Hermit Is A Terrible Hero To Have.
The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families.
The Pros and Cons of Straight Guys in Gay Bars. The guy who wrote this seems to live in a completely different universe than I do. I can't figure out if this is a profound commentary or fluff.
What Happens to “Holdouts” Who Refuse to Sell Their Homes to Developers?
One Year Later, Horror Stories About This City's LGBT Non-Discrimination Law Haven't Come True - Prohibiting Anti-LGBT Discrimination Hasn't Threatened Religious Liberty.
Barely Literate? How Christian Fundamentalist Homeschooling Hurts Kids.
Senior GOP spokesman comes out as gay. Someone needs to tell him that those "friends" who consider his sexuality corrosive to society were never his friends; they liked the person he was pretending to be while closeted, and never knew him.
DEFROCKED PASTOR DEFENDS GAY RIGHTS AT NEW PULPIT.
The golden age of science fiction magazines served up some interesting queerish images. We have seen the future, and the future is gay. I don't normally like linking to slideshows/listicles, but some of these covers were too silly.
How gay marriage made me want to get straight married.
Dreadnoughtus! New Dino May Be Largest Land Animal Ever.
Is There Any Rational Case for Banning Gay Marriage? In an exhilarating takedown of Indiana and Wisconsin's prohibitions, Judge Richard Posner rules there isn't.
Literary Crimes.
Recycled Boy: 5 Years on Testosterone Picture/Timeline:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The 2 Bears - Get Out:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.) (I have no idea why the decided to use footage from the 70s Saturday Morning Cartoon, "Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch!" but the song is very cool.)
Anyway, in honor of this first Friday in the glorious month of September, 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:
New Atlanta LGBT Youth Homeless Shelter Benefits From Viral Campaign.
Father Charles Pope: Cancel The St. Patrick's Day "Anal Sex" Celebration. These haters always focus on a sex act that not all gay people participate in, and which literally millions of straight people do.
Incredibly stupendously high resolution picture of the Andromeda Galaxy.
EMBARRASSING TYPOS MAR OTHERWISE SPARKLING ROLL-OUT OF LGBT 'RAINBOW HONOR WALK' IN SF.
Want Marriage Equality? Don't Sit out These Elections.
Gay Board Games from the ’70s and ’80s.
Prehistoric Leafcutter Bee Pupa. (Because invertebrates are cool, but fossil invertebrates are cooler!)
Dramatic Cave Art Confirms that Neanderthals Were Capable of Abstract Expression.
How junk food changes eating behaviour.
The Point of Pointing.
Time Travel Simulation Resolves “Grandfather Paradox”.
Whitman Was Not a Neuroscientist, or Why There is Yet No Grand Unified Theory of Neuroscience.
University Of Kansas Considered Community Service Too 'Punitive' For Rape Punishment.
If the NFL doesn’t want people to think it’s homophobic, it should stop being so homophobic.
S.E. Cupp on nude photos: Don’t own things other people want if you don’t want to have them stolen!
“I Went to the Woods So I Could Steal Candy From Children”: The Maine Hermit Is A Terrible Hero To Have.
The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families.
The Pros and Cons of Straight Guys in Gay Bars. The guy who wrote this seems to live in a completely different universe than I do. I can't figure out if this is a profound commentary or fluff.
What Happens to “Holdouts” Who Refuse to Sell Their Homes to Developers?
One Year Later, Horror Stories About This City's LGBT Non-Discrimination Law Haven't Come True - Prohibiting Anti-LGBT Discrimination Hasn't Threatened Religious Liberty.
Barely Literate? How Christian Fundamentalist Homeschooling Hurts Kids.
Senior GOP spokesman comes out as gay. Someone needs to tell him that those "friends" who consider his sexuality corrosive to society were never his friends; they liked the person he was pretending to be while closeted, and never knew him.
DEFROCKED PASTOR DEFENDS GAY RIGHTS AT NEW PULPIT.
The golden age of science fiction magazines served up some interesting queerish images. We have seen the future, and the future is gay. I don't normally like linking to slideshows/listicles, but some of these covers were too silly.
How gay marriage made me want to get straight married.
Dreadnoughtus! New Dino May Be Largest Land Animal Ever.
Is There Any Rational Case for Banning Gay Marriage? In an exhilarating takedown of Indiana and Wisconsin's prohibitions, Judge Richard Posner rules there isn't.
Literary Crimes.
Recycled Boy: 5 Years on Testosterone Picture/Timeline:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The 2 Bears - Get Out:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.) (I have no idea why the decided to use footage from the 70s Saturday Morning Cartoon, "Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch!" but the song is very cool.)
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