Black Panthers Open-Carry in Texas: Members of the I-shit-you-not HUEY P. NEWTON GUN CLUB showed crybaby Tea Party paranoids that open carry works both ways. Awesome. (Ring of Fire)

When is it Ethical to Euthanize Your Pet? There’s been a massive shift in recent decades in how pets have been perceived as members of the family. But has that positive shift towards humane treatment led to too many sick animals being kept alive for too long? (The Conversation)

[Serious] Redditors Who Want Trump to Become President, Why? tl;dr, he’s alpha as fuck, bro. (Reddit)

Bernie Sanders Surpasses Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire Poll: THIS CAN HAPPEN! (HuffPo Politics)

Kurt Cobain Solo Album to be Released in November: Universal Music claims it’s “curated to feel as though one were sitting in Kurt’s living room watching him create over the course of an afternoon,” but our feelings on this are decidedly mixed. (Consequence of Sound)

Tyrannysaurus Rex Faux-Gauge Earrings: These are kind of completely awesome. (Etsy)

Found Photos of Mod Girls of the ‘60s: It’s exactly what it says in the headline, and it’s pretty great. (Please Kill Me)

Why Ferguson Erupts: Two academic criminologists discuss why the cultivation of conditions for community upheaval should come as no surprise. (The Conversation)

Amnesty International Will Call for Decriminalizing All Aspects of Prostitution: In the words of the immortal George Carlin: “Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn’t selling fucking legal? Why should it be illegal to sell something that’s perfectly legal to give away?” (Slate)

America’s Biggest Problem Is Concentrated Poverty, Not Inequality: Thanks to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, economist Thomas Piketty, and, of course, the Occupy Movement, inequality is firmly on the national agenda, but worsening economic segregation has far more compounding effects. (The Atlantic)

“Born in Chicago”: A Uniquely Musical Passing of the Blues Torch: Born In Chicago is a powerful, soulful and uplifting story that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch from the first generation blues performers who had made their way to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta to their followers, mostly young white, middle class kids. (Night Flight)

Herding Cats, the Game: Via Metafilter, this blocky, old-school puzzle game by Anna Anthropy is more fun than you’d expect. (Puzzlescript)

If you thought The Darkness was preposterous, check out Hammered Satin’s “Foxy Dude,” directed by Trip Loon...