Chumbawamba gets knocked down for the final time, breaks up
http://mobile.avclub.com/articles/chumbawamba-breaks-up-gets-knocked-down-for-the-fi,82248/
...the rare case where a band can claim that they’ve done everything they could do as a band and be absolutely truthful about it...

Ethereal aerographite is lightest stuff ever made
http://www. ( Read more... )

China launches rocket carrying its first female astronaut [taikonaut -- ED]
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/06/beijing-it-might-not-be-a-giant-step-for-mankind-but-saturdays-launch-of-a-piloted-space-capsule-known-as-shenzhou-9-m.html
It might not be a giant step for mankind, but Saturday’s launch of a piloted space capsule known as ( Read more... )

Michigan State Representative Silenced By GOP For Saying ‘Vagina’
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/michigan-state-representative-silenced-by-gop-for-saying-vagina.php?ref=fpblg
Michigan House Republicans blocked a state representative from speaking on the floor on Thursday after she referenced certain parts of female anatomy in a speech ( Read more... )

FunnyJunk is threatening to file a federal lawsuit against me unless I pay $20,000 in damages
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter
I've annotated the letter below as well as outlined how I'm going to deal with this.

FunnyJunk's bewildered lawyer: "I'm completely unfamiliar really with this style of responding to a legal threat"
http:// ( Read more... )

Prosecutors: We can’t produce MegaUpload evidence
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/06/prosecutors-we-cant-produce-megaupload-evidence/
An attorney attempting to facilitate a U.S. extradition request for MegaUpload.com founder Kim Dotcom told a New Zeland judge this week that the prosecution cannot produce evidence against the defendant in a ( Read more... )

Linkfrenzy is over at Dreamwidth tonight, because one of the links is on Livejournal's blacklist, and I'm too tired to work out which one it is, right now.

Which major Australian capital city daily newspaper left in a whole page of Lorem ipsum?
https://twitter.com/saltmarsh/status/206943030626877441
Rhymes with Faily Smellograph.

War being prepared against China behind the backs of the Australian people
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/06/04/war-being-prepared-against-china-behind-the-backs-of-the- ( Read more... )

Red-Green & Blue-Yellow: The Stunning Colors You Can't See| On Seeing Reddish Green and Yellowish Blue
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2069-forbidden-colors-red-green.html
Vision research over the past 30 years has gradually proven that forbidden colors -- reddish green and yellowish blue -- are real, though some scientists still don't believe ( Read more... )

End of Gender: Buck Angel Wants to See Your Cervix
http://bitchmagazine.org/post/end-of-gender-buck-angel-wants-to-see-your-cervix-transgender-sexual-health-feminism
I recently stumbled across Buck Angel's "Public Cervix Announcement," in which the transgender porn star reminds us that transmasculine folks still need to go to the gyno. If the ( Read more... )

I wrote a response to the Forbes article about my Tesla comic - The Oatmeal:
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_response

Former Record Label Exec Ethan Kaplan: Duh, Of Course More File Sharing Leads To More Sales
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120518/17381918980/former-record-label-exec-ethan-kaplan-duh-course-more-file-sharing-leads-to-more- ( Read more... )