Dangerous Finds: New Pixies video; Vatican had a male prostitution ring; ‘Sexist sausages’


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Weird items left in hotel rooms – Telegraph

As of May, there were 55,000 abandoned homes in Florida, one-third of the national total – Huffington Post

Be honest: Is your kid an asshole? – Jezebel

Gentleman may be angriest guitar player of all time – Boing Boing

Petition: Call for the resignation of Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst based on misconduct during Wendy Davis’ filibuster of sb5 – WhiteHouse.gov

The fading future of religious opposition to same-sex marriage – Washington Post

Meet the host of the KKK’s online kids’ show – The Daily Dot

California punk rock photo pop-up, booksigning June 28-30 at La Luz de Jesus – Cartwheel

Priest reveals Vatican had rentboy ring – Cath News

Alec Baldwin on latest Twitter rant: “I’m not interested in offending anyone” – Gothamist

The Japanese practice of catching and killing nearly 1,000 whales a year cannot be justified as science, an expert witness told the World Court on Thursday in a case Australia has brought against Japan – Scientific American

Letters made from household objects, by photographer Bela Borsodi – Booooooom!

Watch a supercut of Pete Campbell, Mad Men ranter extraordinaire – Vulture

Jeff Koons’ Balloon Venus for Dom Pérignon – WWD

Traer Scott’s unforgettable images of street dogs – My Modern Met

Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for UVa student – The Daily Progress

The 100 best albums of the 1980s – Fact

Storm over his and hers ‘sexist sausages’ – Arbroath

Why is the Obama administration suddenly so interested in African farms? – Mother Jones

Video: This is what Austin looks like from a drone – Austinist

US army blocks access to Guardian website to preserve ‘network hygiene’: Military admits to filtering reports and content relating to government surveillance programs for thousands of personnel – The Guardian

Byzantium explores what vampirism would actually be like – io9

Iggy Pop visits Marc Maron for a chat about Stooges, orgasms, and Andy Warhol – WTFpod

Texas Republican leader blasts Perry: He ‘crossed a line’ criticizing Wendy Davis – Think Progress

Below, video for Pixies’ new song “Bagboy”: