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Florida guys dress as Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman for Halloween
In the “not the brightest move ever” category, two young men in Florida thought it would be a neat idea to dress up as Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman for Halloween. Trayvon Martin was the teenager...
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A humbling view of the inner solar system from Saturn via Cassini
I’m going to offer up just one really cool item: A view of the inner solar system, assembled by NASA from imagery by the Cassini probe currently orbiting Saturn. NASA has released a natural-color image...
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Genetic portraits: Melding photos of family members
I stumbled across a neat photo project by Ulric Collette, looking at the similarities (or lack thereof) between parents and kids, brothers and sisters, but melding their photos together so that each...
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14 Best White House Photos of 2013
I waded through the official White House photos of 2013, and found these 14 that were, in my view, the best. See what you think. Aug. 28, 2013. “Chuck Kennedy worked with the National Park Service to...
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The 7 gayest Aaron Schock Instagram posts of 2013
UPDATE: Aaron Schock just locked down his Instagram account, as outing rumors swirl. And conservative media has now picked up on the story. ___________ Is there anything more embarrassing than when a...
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Conservative media picks up Aaron Schock gay rumor
You have to hand it to the right-wing noise machine. They’re not exactly the brightest bulbs in the box. To wit: Lead far-right Web site WorldNetDaily is now writing about growing speculation that...
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This is what happens when you take the gay out of the Olympics
For only $595, you too can own the ugliest Christmas sweater of your life, and show your support for the US Olympic Team at the same time! Yes, Virginia, there are real-life consequences to taking the...
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Beautiful Sochi: Come for the terrorism, stay for the garbage
An interesting battle broke out yesterday between Putin apologists and the online community at Reddit. Sadly for Putin, Reddit won. You see, it all started when someone by the name of “Eye-Have-You”...
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Stunning close-ups of bees
I stumbled upon a wonderful collection of super-close macro photos of bees from the US Geological Survey’s Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab. I think what’s most interesting to me is how the bees...
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US Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy saves puppies in Sochi
US Olympic skier, and silver medalist, Gus Kenworthy ran into some stray puppies in Sochi, Russia, on Tuedsay, and fell in love. So he went out and got them food. That’s mom on the right, in the photo...
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Electric condoms with Internet remote-control
Condoms are pretty unpopular, though required for safer sex. There, I said it. REQUIRED. Required, and words like it, are not exactly great for the libido. They take the spontaneity out of sex. They...
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Zoomable gigapixel photo of a human face (video)
Swiss photographer Daniel Boschung has taken the gigazoom photos we see of landscapes and applied them to the human face. He has a number of examples of such photos on his Web site. You can pick a face...
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NY Public Library puts 20,000 high-res historical maps online for free
The New York Public Library has just posted 20,000 high-resolution maps, and other cartographical historical records dating from the 1600s, online, for free. It’s totally fun. I spent two hours last...
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NASA got some great photos of the Blood Moon
NASA got some great photos of last night’s (this morning’s) “Blood Moon” that occurred during the total eclipse of the moon (that those of us on the east coast missed because of the clouds). The photos...
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World’s worst Easter Bunny photos
Yes, I’m a day late, but I really wanted to put together this collection of the scariest Easter bunnies, and forgot to do it before Easter, so here you go. I’d done a Sketchy Santa post a few years...
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Police release audio of Palin family drunken brawl
Anchorage police have released a series of audio tapes of interviews with Sarah Palin and much of her family, following a drunk brawl the Palins were involved at a private party in Anchorage. It’s a...
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The 25-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin War
25 years ago (next month) I was at the Berlin Wall at 2am yanking off a hefty chunk of rebar that I proudly still have. (I had to torque the thing back and forth for 20 minutes until it finally got so...
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Sasha Claus
Okay, it’s admittedly a bit early for Christmas (though you wouldn’t know it from my trip to Home Depot today). But I was dusting off some of Sasha’s things to bring back to Chicago at Thanksgiving,...
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BREAKING: Grand jury refuses to indict Officer Wilson
UPDATE: A grand jury has decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown. ______________ It’s pandemonium out here, they’re stampeding the police, they’re pushing down the...
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Washington, DC stores empty as Coronapocalypse approaches
It’s another gorgeous sunny day in Washington, DC. Spring isn’t just finally here, it’s been here all winter, which has been kinda cool and kinda creepy all at the same time. And now, capping off the...
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