Interesting post on the geographic distribution in the decline of violent crime in the US. Needs more crunchy statistical analysis, but it does look like the urban-rural divide is relevant.

Because there's no such thing as climate change.So glad I have chorus practice on Monday so I won't be tempted to watch the first debate ( Read more... )

This is adorable.

Some stuff I didn't know about DuckDuckGo.

The New Yorker profiles Anonymous.

How to spot an ATM skimmer.

Saved for later viewing: Mallory Ortberg reading male novelist jokes.

I feel conflicted about this article. Hmm. Too much about the heroic archaeologists, not enough about the tribe's concerns (or the difficulties of ( Read more... )

This guy is hiking the trail of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Political outdoorsmanship!

In Iceland, if your name doesn't appear on a special list maintained by the government, you're not allowed to use it. Huh. (Boing Boing)

OK, this is a very strange story: thieves are stealing Tide laundry detergent to use as currency on the street. WTF. (Long ( Read more... )

NASA provides a guide to watching the Quadrantid meteor shower (Boing Boing).

The New Yorker has a long profile of a legendary pickpocket. (Bruce Schneier)

So the FBI really was conducting counterterrorism operations inside the Occupy movement. As a friend of mine remarked last night, it's hard to ignore the radicals when they keep being proved ( Read more... )

Emma Stone & Andrew Garfield got stalked by paparazzi this weekend, and made a charitable promotion out of it. That's pretty awesome.

Linked for later reading: Malcolm Gladwell on how child molesters get away with it.

Outside wants to know why people keep dying on Everest.

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Fans of a certain age will get a kick out of this brief write-up of ( Read more... )

So Xeni Jardin, one of the front-page bloggers at Boing Boing, was diagnosed with breast cancer. This is how she found out. The take-away? Get that mammogram, folks.

Wow, I really really hate the headline on this story about the strong crop of women pop culture critics. OTOH, the story itself looks pretty good. But someone should kick the ( Read more... )