Dangerous Finds: Patti Smith mourns Lou Reed; Nick Cardy RIP; Billy Corgan buys TNA Wrestling?
Nick Cave watches The Saints perform at the Tiger Room, Melbourne, 1977. Image via Suicide Watch.
A bone found in a garden in Suffolk belongs to what has been described as “the scariest animal that has ever lived in the sea” – BBC News
Patti Smith pays tribute to Lou Reed – New Yorker
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company promoted powerful psychiatric drugs for unapproved uses in children, seniors and disabled patients – Big Story
Starfish are dying in huge numbers from a gruesome wasting disease – The Verge
80-year-old man survives after falling off a cliff while fighting a bear – TIME
Kylie Minogue joins Nick Cave on stage in London for duet – NME
Uncensored Instagrams from North Korea buck brutal trend of secrecy – Wired
Kuwaiti woman arrested in Saudi Arabia for driving her diabetic father to hospital – The Independent
Mass killings can haunt elephants for decades – Science Mag
Billy Corgan in talks to purchase TNA Wrestling – Consequence of Sound
50 incredibly tough books for extreme readers – FlavorWire
Nick Cardy, a revered and influential comic book artist known best for his DC Comics work in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, passed away Sunday at age 93 – CBR
Morrissey’s autobiography audiobook to be read by David Morrissey of The Walking Dead – Pitchfork
Herbal supplements are often not what they seem – New York Times
NSA, GCHQ among worst surveillance offenders, Snowden says – CNN
Dissident poet Joseph Brodsky gives life tips to college grads (1988) – Open Culture
1.8 tonnes of ivory found in Chinese home in Tanzania – Wildlife News
CIA made doctors torture suspected terrorists after 9/11 – The Guardian
Lamenting Madagascar’s last lonely lemurs – Global Post
Even in the dark, brain “sees” its own body’s movement – Vanderbilt University
Below, an absolutely wonderful useless dog trick: