Guitar solo faces make a lot more sense when the guitars are replaced with giant slugs.

Strangely true.

I can't bring myself to put this into my "interesting links" feed, but it's been amusing me every time I tab by it for the last two days.

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I'm changing how I share links - instead of making topic-grouped posts, I'm using Pinboard and tagging links "interesting" that I would have saved for a Link Roundup. There are two ways to read them:

1. To read here on LJ, add mindways-links to your reading list. (Thanks jennet!)

2. To read in the RSS reader of your choice, go to my "tagged: interesting" pageI ( Read more... )

I've been following as I can the rising anger and protests over Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, and others. A few tabs that have stayed open for me to read/re-read:

The narrative after a shooting.

The St. Louis Police Officers Association does not represent all St. Louis police officersI think I linked to this in a past post, but JIC not ( Read more... )

I just assembled this for a friend, looked at it, and thought, there are probably other parents who could use this.

So, you're looking for some boardgames for your 2.5-4 year olds? Chutes & Ladders is not your only option!

GENERALLY: boardgamegeek.com has a sub-domain specifically for children's games, meaning you can browse them separately. ( Read more... )

* Healthy Relationships - not one-size-fits-all.
* Best Night Ever - gee, can't imagine why this speaks to me. :P
* I Am Not Your Teachable Moment - avoid Othering, but also avoid Pestering.
* Body Policing Police
* Science! The Movie!
* Solstice - I'm more cold-sensitive than dark-sensitive, so this one speaks to me.
* But Men! - awesome ( Read more... )

1. I'm a big fan of public-domain art1. And there's a fair body of music in the public domain that has no freely available recordings of that music. The Musopen project is working on changing that; their current project is all of Chopin's works - plus some original compositions2, if they hit a stretch goal they're less than $2K from ( Read more... )

Video of what happens when you wring out a washcloth in space.

A rather pretty-looking Tarot on Kickstarter.

There is a lizard which repels predators by squirting blood from its eyes. [YouTube] Found via the "WTF, Evolution?" Tumblr.

Lovely RegEx crossword puzzle from this (or last?) year's Mystery Hunt. Have fun!1 (OK, not actually visual ( Read more... )

A brief reflection on deciding. The line that caught my eye: "You have to say no to a lot of good things to have a great life." Plus, a metaphor to help with deciding among close options.

How your brain behaves when reading fiction. (And a similar article with a focus on storytelling.

Why your mental narrative is wrongWhen really working on ( Read more... )

Games are fun. Ask people to define "what is a game?", and "fun" will probably be mentioned.

But just because something's fun doesn't mean it can't also be serious, or controversial. (Witness: sports, music, movies, sex, reading...) Nor is "fun" mutually exclusive with "meaningful" or "thought-provoking".

A friend recently talked a bit about ( Read more... )

A very good TED talk on why we make bad decisions. (video) The speaker is talking about economic decisions, but our brains take many of these shortcuts for non-economic things as well. If you have the 20 minutes to spend, this is well worth watching.

Why we (in the general) don't believe in science.

An article on economic fallacies that won't die ( Read more... )