Dangerous Finds: Ian MacKaye on life/family; Idiot stuck in traffic cone; Why we have sex at night
Scientists in Japan have cloned a mouse from a single drop of blood – BBC News
Dischord’s Ian MacKaye on touring as a family, building community, making the world a better place, and what he’s got in mind for Ypsilanti this Friday evening – Mark Maynard.com
Who wants to be in a Matthew Barney film? – Animal NY
A squeal of pain: Vita Sackville-West’s love letter to Virginia Woolf – Letters of Note
Wendy Davis fans write hilarious reviews of her sneakers on Amazon – Salon
Global warming may affect soil microbe survival, with unknown consequences on soil fertility and erosion – Science Daily
Forced to work sick? That’s fine with Disney, Red Lobster, and their friends at ALEC – Mother Jones
Is there any point to the 12 Times Table? – Wolfram Blog
“I got raped, then my problems started” – Vice
Scientists explain their processes with a little too much honesty [17 pictures] – 22 Words
Watch how a pro surfer inspires autistic kids to smile – Yahoo
Publicly mourning a private man: Seitz on the funeral of James Gandolfini – Vulture
Florida burglar hacked with machete, shot with own gun during robbery attempt – NY Daily News
Hey, MSM: All journalism is advocacy journalism – Rolling Stone
How Shirley Jackson wrote The Lottery – Slate
‘Happy endings’ not illegal: men masturbation in exchange for money in Guangdong is not considered an act of prostitution, and those who provide these services will not face prosecution – Global Times
18 jaw-dropping ocean photos you have to see right this second – BuzzFeed
Why Is Hip hop (and the rest of pop culture) still so obsessed with Kurt Cobain? – FlavorWire
Wade Robson details sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson – TMZ
Dutch city council erroneously pronounces Nelson Mandela dead – Huffington Post
Way too many Americans spend most of their income on rent – Gawker
First unlooted royal tomb of its kind unearthed in Peru: Three queens were buried with golden treasures, human sacrifices – National Geographic
Chris Pace imagines the New York City subway as an 8-bit video game – Motherboard
When the last of us are left, how long would it take to transcribe Wikipedia? – Scientific American
A squirting Iggy Pop – Dlisted
Humans can have sex anytime we damn well please – so why do we mostly do it in the dark? Here’s what science has to say about our preference for nighttime hookups – io9
None of Tesla’s all-electric vehicles are sold in car dealerships, which could be a problem in states that are looking to ban auto manufacturers from selling directly to customers – CNET
Do chimpanzees understand death? Boing Boing
Hundreds of maggots crawling over elderly woman’s open wounds helped keep her alive after she was neglected and left to rot by daughter – Daily Mail
Below, some idiot gets himself stuck in a traffic cone, because why not:
Video via HYST