Issues:
xoJane: Fat kids and formerly fat kids are at significant risk of eating disorders, yet are more likely to go undiagnosed and untreated. Something that I only really thought about based on the experience of a friend, but it should seem obvious once you think about it.

Slate.com: How would American media report on the Government shutdown if ( Read more... )

NASA finds Cookie Monster on surface of Mercury. Awesome :)

Parody of anti-gay pamphlets offers detailed, behind-the-scenes view of how liars misuse real citations. Very interesting, and Relevant To Our Interests.

Sexist bastardJames Watson on The Double Helix and his changing view of Rosalind Franklin. I still want to spit at him, but I suppose ( Read more... )

You know what I've been really missing since people started spinning off to other types of social media? Awesome links that people found. I only have a couple of people left on my friends list who post cool links, and it tends to be one or two at a time rather than massive linkspams. I miss them ( Read more... )

Found completely by accident today on Etsy.com: OCTOPUS tattoo thigh high stockings / nylons.

Somehow, I don't think I can be bothered with the shaving or waxing that would be necessary to wear those; but I will link to them anyway, in case someone who does remove their leg hair would like to get some. The only problem I can see is that they are " ( Read more... )

Killing myself laughing at the Merriam-Webster "Ask the Editor" feature on the plural of octopus (which I would link to, if I could find a way to do so). Apparently, if you say "octopuses" you are correct; if you say "octopi" you are sorta correct, but have no grounds for telling the people who say "octopuses" that they're wrong; and if you say " ( Read more... )

Some links that I've had open for ages, plus one that is brand-new.

Mr Potato Head makes octopus pal. From the BBC News site a year ago. I posted about octopuses putting together Mr Potato Heads before here.

Interactive Build A Squid. Linked by mactavish, very fun. My colossal squid is called Flobalob, have a look for him sometime :)

Octopuses give eight ( Read more... )

Eeek! Turns out 8th October was International Cephalopod Appreciation Day and I didn't know! Well, for those of you who are still in a timezone where it's the 8th... follow the link for some exciting cephalopod activities.

Richard is working late this week (2pm-11pm), so I see him for a while in the morning depending on when either of us manage to get up, but am devoid of wuzzieness in the evening. As a result I shall be watching videos like this one: "Carmensita," by Devendra Banhart, featuring Natalie Portman (linked by fellow wuzzie epi_lj). It features a mad singing ( Read more... )

I have waaay too many tabs open. In an attempt to get rid of some, I'll post the links.

YouTube video: Shonen Knife - "Top O' The World (gay bear version)". Apparently there was a trend last year for bears to post videos of themselves miming to their favourite pop tunes. Most of the videos aren't terribly interesting (on several of them, the guy ( Read more... )

Weird sex: Giant squid do it deeper. Very awesome! If you like squids. Link possibly from mactavish.

Cute & funny Pokemon animation. Probably makes more sense if you are at least in passing familiar with the Pokemon games, but it's still good. Link from Alex at Pokecharms.

The Idle RPG. Amuses and disturbs me immensely. Link from hoopycat.

Alarming surreal art! ( Read more... )