Dangerous Finds: ‘Fight Club’ sequel; Russia’s war on gays; Chomsky-Žižek feud escalates
The Hoboken Sound: An oral history of Maxwell’s – Vulture
Janis Joplin’s psychedelic porsche – Voices of East Anglia
Climate change is making poison ivy grow bigger and badder – Post-Gazette
Plain packaging on tobacco products is associated with lower smoking appeal, greater support for the policy and a higher urgency to quit among adult smokers, a new study has found – The Conversation
“A walrus asleep on a Russian submarine.” – reddit
Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out – Reuters
Iconic NYC music venues, then and now – BuzzFeed
Chuck Palahniuk announces a graphic novel sequel to Fight Club – Tumblr
According to a study by scientists at the University of Wisconsin and Yale University, small, herbivorous, dome-headed dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous period known as pachycephalosaurids used domes atop their heads to fight for territory and mates – Sci-News
The sounds heard during a near-death experience – Daily Grail h/t WFMU
10 scientific and tech visionaries who experimented with drugs – io9
In Afghanistan, a quest to save the snow leopard – The Washington Post
Judge rules white girl will be tried as black adult – The Onion
Through photos and memorabilia, Stanford’s Allen Ginsberg collection captures a generation – Stanford.edu
Kick-Ass 2 stuntmen rescue suicidal woman on balcony at Comic-Con – Today
Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has declared war on homosexuals. So far, the world has mostly been silent – New York Times
America sterilized over 60,000 of its own citizens from 1907-1979—A program so successful that even the Nazis asked for consultation – UltraCulture
Singh street style – Singh Street Style
The future of farming: GM crops on organic farms fertilised by human excrement – University of Sheffield
The feud continues: Noam Chomsky responds to Žižek, describes remarks as ‘sheer fantasy’ – Open Culture
Greening of the Earth pushed way back in time – Phys.org
Why 80 percent of people worldwide will soon stop eating wheat – Raw For Beauty
Below, Girls Against Boys perform “In Like Flynn” live in 1993.