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Dangerous Finds: $13k Run-D.M.C. t-shirt; Camel shearing; ‘The Simpsons’ to kill off character?
10.02.2013
07:53 pm
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The Simpsons to kill off major character - Hollywood Reporter

Russian Embassy in Libya comes under fire, attack repelled - Reuters

The Velvet Underground reissue White Light/White Heat as box set - Pitchfork

CNN to drop Piers Morgan? - FTV Live

Can feral cats and coyotes co-exist? - Companion Animal Psychology

Radioactive wastewater from fracking is found in a Pennsylvania stream - Smithsonian

Video: A drone crashed near Grand Central Terminal Monday evening, nearly colliding with a businessman standing below - Gothamist

It’s just a f*cking t-shirt! The $13,000 RUN-D.M.C. tee edition - Cherry Bombed

Cocaine use can make otherwise resistant immune cells susceptible to HIV - NewsWise

Climate change is taking a visible toll on Yosemite National Park, where the largest ice mass in the park is in a death spiral - LA Times

“Revenge porn” banned in California - CBS News

A newly discovered type of anthropoid (precursor to monkeys, apes and humans) has been discovered in a coal mine in Thailand - Pys.org

THE last of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb, took a trip down memory lane – to the spot where he learned to sing with his brothers - Express

Mark Twain’s Advice to Little Girls: Witty Counsel to Young Ladies of 1865 - Open Culture

Scientists discover possible cure for noise-induced hearing loss - The Positive

The Jackson family just LOST their bid to hold AEG Live accountable for Michael Jackson’s death - TMZ

Sniffing a beaver’s butt: a surprisingly pleasant experience - Boing Boing

10,000 walrus come ashore in Alaska as ice recedes beyond shallow water - Calgary Herald

Feuding neighbours allegedly threw urine and a roast at one another - Arbroath

When one woman disowned her son for being gay, her own father schooled her on being a decent human being - BuzzFeed

Beautiful camel shearing - Simply Creative

Ronan Farrow is totally Frank Sinatra’s son - Dlisted

Kitten-murdering suspect claims he ‘snorted enough crystal meth to kill Hitler’ - Death and Taxes

Swinging sixties Japanese film posters - Voices of East Anglia


Below, BBC3′s “The Bullshit Detective” exposes three mediums:

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Dangerous Finds: Lake turns animals into statues; David Bowie’s top 100 books; Syphilis teeth
10.01.2013
05:11 pm
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Breaking Bad: Vince Gilligan shares 5 alternate endings - The Wrap

Unearthly Delights: Lydia Lunch’s favourite albums - The Quietus

Syd Barrett: Under Review, a full documentary about Pink Floyd’s brilliant and troubled founder - Open Culture

Anonymous and Scientology are at war again—on Craigslist - The Daily Dot

Anatomy of a nightly struggle (with cats) - The Poke

Research disrupted as lawmakers spar over funding - Nature

Deadly lake turns animals into statues - New Scientist

Curiously vampiric teeth of untreated syphilis sufferers - Boing Boing

David Bowie’s flatmate recalls the heady days of the Beckenham Arts Lab and a recent reunion - The Art Desk

Ancient kingdom discovered beneath mound in Iraq - Discovery

Man murders wife, kills himself hours after trying out for Family Feud - Gawker

Krugman: The 1 percent has created a monster - Salon

Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament. - Washington Post

Knight’s daughter heals everyone after the joust with fairy kisses - reddit

Signs of oxygen in 3-billion-year-old soil: Which means photosynthesis is at least that old - Ars Technica

Jonathan Wilson: New video premiere - MOJO

Report: Cheaper, purer illegal substances suggest global war on drugs is failing - CNN

‘Sex jihad’ almost certainly a hoax - Raw Story

US shutdown has other nations confused and concerned - BBC News

John Lennon’s early childhood home to go up for auction - NME

David Bowie’s top 100 books - Open Book Toronto

Rewired nerves control robotic leg: Video shows man walking and kicking a football with direct signals from brain - Nature


Below, the trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug:

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10.01.2013
05:11 pm
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Dangerous Finds: Kanye wants ironed carpets; ‘Lost’ had no plan for ending; Prisoners want to stay
09.20.2013
07:06 pm
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Jail for mother over son’s ‘I am a bomb’ 9/11 top - The Local

A website to name and shame poachers in Kenya—PoachersExposed.com—has been launched by wildlife campaigners - BBC News

Television reveal they have nearly-finished album sitting in the vaults - NME

Research finds Neandertals, not modern humans, made first specialized bone tools in Europe - Phys.org

Leaked Lost document reveals they had no plan for an ending - The Vulture

Kanye West makes outrageous demands, wants dressing room carpet IRONED & decorated in all white - Radar

Sign of the times: a lost drone poster - Kottke

Due to the economic crisis in Portugal, some prisoners are renouncing their rights to parole, preferring to stay in jail - Digital Journal

Minneapolis sheriff is positive that rape and murder are linked to marijuana use - Death and Taxes

Stephen King damns Shelley Duvall’s character in film of The Shining - The Guardian

Burglars stole midget porn before burning down home - Arbroath

This Porpoise slaughter is seven times bigger than the Cove’s, so why haven’t you heard about it? - Take Part

Parents of teens who trashed Ex-NFL player’s house threatening to sue him - Gothamist

Man’s gut fermented food into alcohol, making him drunk, case study finds - CNN Health

Two universities in the United Kingdom ban “Blurred Lines” for promoting rape culture - Think Progress

92-year-old World War II vet avoids eviction by daughter - ABC News

Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man banned in North Carolina - LA Times

Hong Kong braced for ‘strongest storm on earth’ as 180mph monster Super-Typhoon Usagi gains strength over the Pacific - The Independent

Starbucks wi-fi more secure than Pentagon network - ABC.net

The legacy of imprisoned investigative journalist Barrett Brown - The Daily Dot

A collection of Japanese manhole covers - Flickr


Below, Flag live at Irving Plaza on September 19th, 2013, performing “Damaged.” Shot by Glen E. Friedman with a little pocket digital camera after running out of film shooting stills.

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09.20.2013
07:06 pm
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Dangerous Finds: RIP Peanuts-Smiths mash-up Tumblr; Pagan ritual costumes; Proof of alien life?
09.19.2013
07:07 pm
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How a panic attack reminded me of the power of music - FlavorWire

Universal Music makes Peanuts-Smiths mash-up Tumblr take down hysterical strips - The Daily Swarm

Nintendo visionary Hiroshi Yamauchi dies aged 85 - BBC News

Idris Elba on Liam Gallagher clash: ‘Fuck that idiot’ - NME

Scientists reviewing biology textbooks urged Texas education officials not to use books questioning evolution lest the state become a “national embarrassment” - UPI

Carole King will be honored as the MusiCares person of the year during the 2014 Grammy Awards week - Billboard

16 kilos of cocaine wash onto St. Augustine beach - Click Orlando

Two men died Wednesday, Sept. 18, in a shootout that stemmed from a road rage confrontation - M Live

Creative costumes of still-practiced Pagan rituals of Europe (19 pics) - Bored Panda

Zimbabwean President wants rapists castrated - Africa Review

The truth IS out there: British scientists claim to have found proof of alien life - The Independent

M.I.A. fights back against NFL’s $1.5 million fine for Super Bowl middle finger - Pitchfork

What would Pussy Riot do? – a Jeffrey Lewis comic strip - The Guardian

A blood test developed by Duke University researchers will help doctors learn whether a patient’s infection is caused by a virus or bacteria - HealthLine

Killed for eloping: Girl lynched by family, boy beheaded in Haryana village - NDTV

Mice lose cat fear for good after infection - Science News


Below, misheard lyrics to The Clash’s “White Riot”:

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09.19.2013
07:07 pm
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Dangerous Finds: The Mighty Boosh reunite; France bans child beauty contests; iTunes Radio launched
09.18.2013
06:54 pm
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The Mighty Boosh reunite for first UK dates in four years - NME

Scientists have identified the body language that ensures bartenders will serve you first in a busy bar - Telegraph

Medical marijuana users fight to keep infant daughter - WILX

Public masturbation declared legal in Sweden after landmark trial - Gawker

Apple launches iTunes Radio - iTunes Radio

How AMC almost lost Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul to Netflix - Hollywood Reporter

Scientists have developed a new material that can be painted onto surfaces to keep them wet or dry, and which never needs cleaning - ABC Science

Greece moves to ban far-right Golden Dawn party - The Guardian

Bl’ast From The Past: Dave Grohl & more talk hardcore innovators - The Quietus

Cross-dressing man with tattooed horns arrested for flashing - Arbroath

Thurston Moore and Doug Aitken talk art, music and “Station to Station” - NPR

Half the world’s richest women are Chinese - Zero Hedge

The rational choices of crack addicts - New York Times

Facebook apologized for featuring an ad for a dating website that used a picture of Rehtaeh Parsons, the 17-year-old Nova Scotia girl who died after attempting suicide in April - The Vancouver Sun

French lawmakers ban child beauty contests - The Local

Is this the most extraordinary human brain ever seen? - New Scientist

Bill to legalize, tax marijuana introduced in D.C. Council - WAMU

Study shows use of feces as building material by termites serves as antibiotic - Phys.org


Below, BBC News presenter Simon McCoy picks up a pack of photocopier paper mistaking it for his iPad:

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09.18.2013
06:54 pm
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Dangerous Finds: Chuck Berry’s perversions; Iggy Pop to play stoned caterpillar; New Ian Curtis book
09.17.2013
07:13 pm
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The perversions of Chuck Berry - VICE

Edward Snowden is in the running for a European human rights prize whose past winners include Nelson Mandela and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi - Reuters

Iggy Pop to play stoned caterpillar in upcoming TV show Once Upon A Time In Wonderland  - Cherry Bombed

Thailand’s cure for meth addiction? The leafy jungle stimulant, “kratom” - Global Post

California: 95-year-old war veteran marries boyfriend of 20 years - Pink News

Pig-manure fertilizer linked to human MRSA infections - Nature

It’s a miracle that Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits even got made - io9

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it dumped about 1,130 tons of tainted rainwater Monday into the Pacific Ocean after it accumulated at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant - Japan Times

Surviving Whole Foods - Huffington Post

Ear wax from whales keeps record of ocean contaminants - NPR

A Grand Theft Auto fan was hit with a brick, stabbed and robbed of the new computer game moments after queuing to buy it - Telegraph

10 great films considered failures in their time - Pop Matters

Ian Curtis’ lyrics and notebooks to be published in new book - Faber Social

The most depressing discovery about the brain, ever - AlterNet

AMC announced today that the final season of the Lionsgate series Mad Men will be expanded to 14 episodes and equally portioned with seven episodes airing in spring of 2014 (“The Beginning”) and the final seven episodes of this iconic series (“The End of an Era”) airing in the spring of 2015 - AMC TV

Professor Stephen Hawking, the scientist, has given his backing to the legalisation of assisted suicide for the terminally ill - Telegraph

Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit - Ars Technica

How Birds Got Their Wings: Fossil data show scaling of limbs altered as birds originated from dinosaurs - Science Daily

Redneck Socks - Neatorama


Below, Brainiac live in Oxford, Ohio, 1995 (entire set):

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09.17.2013
07:13 pm
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Dangerous Finds: Vagina mind control; Breitbart readers react to shooting; Good time to be the 1%
09.16.2013
07:06 pm
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London museum acquires world’s first 3D-printed gun - CNN

Rallies across Canada ask Canadians to ‘Stand Up for Science’ - Common Dreams

US super-rich hit new wealth record five years after financial crisis - Guardian

Breitbart readers react to DC shooting - Joe.My.God.

One weird trick to control your boyfriend’s mind (the trick is pouring juice in his dickhole) - The Hairpin

AMC developing a Walking Dead spinoff - Vulture

Russian man shot in quarrel over Kant’s philosophy - ABC News

A day in the life of an 11-year-old transgender boy - Towleroad

Video: Cop threatens to break photographer’s jaw during Occupy protest - Gothamist

NASA astronauts will begin growing and eating their own greens on the International Space Station this December - HealthLine

Kinetic Sand - YouTube

Music vet Jerry Sharell attacked by girlfriend’s machete-wielding ex - SPIN

Antibiotic-resistant bugs have become a common cause of death, says first report of its kind - Washington Post

Smaller animals tend to perceive time as if it is passing in slow motion - BBC

Watch Carl Jung: The Wisdom of the Dream: A three-part documentary on the psychologist’s life & ideas - Open Culture

A 23-year-old man died and at least 14 others were suspected to have overdosed on drugs at a dance music festival near Sydney, Australia, over the weekend - Arts Beat

Let Breaking Bad’s Jonathan Banks read you fairy tales (NSFW) - Salon

First grid-scale compressed air battery now operational - Engadget

Facebook makes people more unhappy and lonely - University Herald


Below, Guided By Voices perform “I Am A Scientist” live in Seattle, 1995:

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09.16.2013
07:06 pm
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Dangerous Finds: Transgender teen TV drama; United sells tickets for $2.50; Bad Religion Xmas album
09.13.2013
05:32 pm
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Glitch causes United to sell tickets for as little as $2.50 - LA Times

Baby elephant rejected by mom wept inconsolably - MSN

Dozens dead in fire at Russian psychiatric hospital - Reuters

Inner ear dysfunction linked to hyperactivity - Scientific American

Jimi Hendrix Movie Premieres in Toronto: All Is By My Side covers one year in the guitarist’s life - Rolling Stone

Man using cluster balloons takes off from Maine and lands in Newfoundland - AP

Amoebas farm bacteria and carry guards to protect their crops in the wild - Phys.org

Does the Dog Die is a website dedicated to ranking movies based on whether or not the dog gets snuffed - io9

The gulf between the richest 1 percent and the rest of America is the widest it’s been since the Roaring ‘20s - CNBC

The Scottish government has said it wants the country’s towns and cities to be free of emissions from petrol and diesel vehicles by 2050 - BBC News

Bad Religion to put the “punk” back in the holidays with Christmas Songs album - Slicing Up Eyeballs

John Cleese’s philosophy of creativity: Creating oases for childlike play - Open Culture

Swedish man arrested for sticking his dick in a mail slot - Death and Taxes

Transgender teen drama in the works at the CW - Vulture

Brooklyn’s newest made-up job title is “Book Therapist” ($30 Per Hour) - Gawker

Orangutans plan their trips like humans, tell others their future travel routes - IB Times
 
Below, The Delta 72 live in Philadelphia, 1996 (complete set):

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09.13.2013
05:32 pm
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Dangerous Finds: Radio station bans Neil Young; Butterflies drink turtle tears; ‘Mr. Show’ tour
09.12.2013
06:00 pm
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Verizon’s diabolical plan to turn the Web into pay-per-view - InfoWorld

How much will the US defense industry make from a missile strike against Syria? - VICE

Vodafone hacker accesses 2 million customers’ banking data - BusinessWeek

Vintage photos of the Meatpacking District’s “Drag Queen Stroll” - ANIMAL

Grey wolves left out in the cold: US plan to remove federal protection elicits howls of protest - Nature.com

9 photos of grisly vintage crime scenes on today’s NYC streets - Gizmodo

Pope Francis tells atheists to abide by their own consciences - The Guardian

Hidden & Satanic Messages In Rock Music - UbuWeb

Portraits of Nigerian Monarchs - Creative Roots

This insect has gears in its legs - National Geographic

Darwin’s dilemma resolved: Biologists measure evolution’s Big Bang - Phys.org

Russia warns of ‘catastrophe’ if N.Korea restarts reactor - Yahoo

U.S. measles cases in 2013 may be most in 17 years - CNN

This is a complete list of Wall Street CEOs prosecuted for their role in the financial crisis - Washington Post

Amazonian butterflies drink turtle tears - Discovery

Fort McMurray radio station bans Neil Young after rocker blasts oilsands - Calgary Herald

David Cross and Bob Odenkirk discuss the new Mr. Show book and tour - AV Club

Below, Rodan perform “Everyday World of Bodies” live in Athens, GA, 1994:

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09.12.2013
06:00 pm
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Dangerous Finds: William Shatner’s progrock album; Erase bad memories; Bob Odenkirk screaming
09.10.2013
06:32 pm
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Game of Thrones casts Sigur Rós in season 4 - Entertainment Weekly

How the Occult Brought Cremation to America - Huffington Post

An oral history of electronic music in East Germany - RBMA

Alleged Brooklyn heroin dealers careful to observe Shabbat - Gothamist

Farmer ants draft parasite ants as mercenaries - NBC News

Here’s a montage of Bob Odenkirk screaming on Mr. Show - Death and Taxes

Superman fan had 19 surgeries to look like Clark Kent - Inquisitr

Nicolas Cage loves DARKTHRONE and SATYRICON according to his son - Metal Injection

What’s this ‘rare and fatal brain disease’ in the Northeastern U.S.? - The Atlantic

Life found in the sediments of an Antarctic subglacial lake for the first time - British Antarctic Survey

Preview a new double-LP of gay porn disco from Patrick Cowley… - The Daily Swarm

The fascinating FBI files of 10 cultural icons - FlavorWire

New study discovers copper destroys highly infectious norovirus - AlphaGalilieo.org

William Shatner to perform his new album Ponder the Mystery with prog rock group: featuring Billy Sherwood and Tony Kaye formerly of YES - Prog Rock Music Talk 

Turning rebellion into money? The Clash Sound System box set reviewed - The Quietus

New study suggests possibility of selectively erasing unwanted memories - University Herald

Sexist tweets cost Business Insider exec his job - CNN Money


Below, a young Lemmy performs with his band Sam Gopal, 1969:

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09.10.2013
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Dangerous Finds: RIP Cal Worthington; Drunk pig fights cow; Small balls make for good dads?
09.09.2013
04:58 pm
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Campers told to lock up food and drink after feral pig goes on bender in Western Australia and ends up in altercation with cow - The Guardian

Syria welcomes Russian chemical arms arsenal proposal - Reuters

Dutch media set up their own website for whistleblowers - DutchNews.nl

My Bloody Valentine announce North American tour - Pitchfork

NASA’s black-hole-hunter catches its first 10 supermassive black holes - Science Daily

Blind Iowa man doesn’t see the big deal about being issued a gun permit - Gothamist

Yale in uproar over missing campus squirrels - Gawker

Meat inspector: “We are no longer in charge of safety” - Salon

H.P. Lovecraft’s original sketch of “Elder Things” is precious - ANIMAL

“Heimdall can’t be black!” 14 casting decisions that sparked outrage - AV Club

Showman car salesman Cal Worthington dies at 92 - LA Times

The smaller the better: Size of a man’s testicles is linked to his parenting skills - The Independent

A journalist-agitator facing prison over a link - New York Times

Homes for the taking: How a small debt becomes a big problem - Washington Post

DMX took his bare peen for a run through the hallway of a hotel in Detroit - Dlisted

Mammograms before 50 could save lives, researchers say - ABC News

Apple sued for false advertising after dividing up the final 16 episodes of Breaking Bad into two seasons on iTunes - TUAW

The combination of a gun and a surprise gone wrong left a beloved 18-year-old track star dead - CNN

Drug cocktail that protects monkeys from deadly virus may aid humans - New York Times

A tailgate decal suggesting that a woman is bound and tied in the back of a truck is raising some eyebrows in Waco, Texas - Arbroath

Researchers fabricate new camouflage coating from squid protein - Phys.org
 
Below, Peter Sellers performs “A Hard Day’s Night” by The Beatles, in the style of Laurence Olivier’s interpretation of Richard III:

Video via Open Culture

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09.09.2013
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Dangerous Finds: NSA’s Holy Grail of spying; Neil Young’s new business; Serial ‘pigeon strangler’
09.05.2013
06:42 pm
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Bacteria from slim people could help treat obesity - The Guardian

The nightmare continues for Russia’s LGBT community: a member of parliament is proposing a law that would deny gay and lesbian parents custody of their own children - The Bilerico Project

The Shaggs’ Dot Wiggin announces debut solo album Ready! Get! Go! - Pitchfork

Deep-sea squids’ tentacle tips swim on their own - CBS News

Reporter tries to cook egg with London’s ‘deathray’ building—gives up when his hair starts to catch fire - The National Post h/t reddit

Arthur Russell’s 1994 album Another Thought will be issued for the first time on vinyl this autumn - The Quietus

Ministry of Sound sues Spotify over copyright infringement… - Digital Music News

NSA attains the Holy Grail of spying, decodes vast swaths of Internet traffic - Ars Technica

Teen busted smoking weed in his room by parents, friends online recorded it - Death and Taxes

Your dog wants steak - Arbroath

An Indian woman whose memoir about life under Taliban rule was turned into a Bollywood movie was shot dead Thursday by suspected members of the Islamist militia - AP

Sacred Bones selling original pressings of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks soundtrack - Sacred Bones Records

The hypothetical illicit marijuana growers have been cleared as blame for the Yosemite Rim Fire shifts to a lone hunter - Salon

A serial “pigeon strangler” has been prowling a historic street in Cambridge to rid it of the messy birds - Cambridge News

Woman, 43, NAKED from the waist down busted fleeing bedroom of her 13-year-old’s lover by boy’s dad - Daily Mail

Children burned by household fruit - Hanford Sentinel

Beekeepers in three counties said they’re harvesting red honey, and the turn of events has some people worried - FOX 13 Salt Lake City

Husband asking people on the street for a kidney for his wife gets one - Gawker

Neil Young’s MP3-killing music service finally gets a release date - Death and Taxes


Below, Scratch Acid perform “Mess” and “El Spectro,” May 23, 1986:

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09.05.2013
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Dangerous Finds: Criss Angel’s 80s hair metal magic; Corey Feldman speaks out; Marijuana deaths
09.04.2013
07:36 pm
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This is what happens when you smoke too many marijuanas.
 
Here are all the people who have died from a marijuana overdose - Huffington Post

U.K. firm introduces ‘anti-trolling’ software - The Daily Dot

Massive storm churned up water from Saturn’s depths, finds Nasa’s Cassini - Wired

Here’s Gilbert & George’s new High Line Billboard - ANIMAL

The Arsehole Gene - YouTube

Super-douche magician Criss Angel, performing his “magic” while fronting his late-80′s hair metal band - Cherrybombed

Cow Tipping: Fake or really fake? - Modern Farmer

China’s diabetes epidemic is worse than previously estimated—much worse - Bloomberg

Photos of the incredibly elaborate women’s hairstyles of Nigeria - Laughing Squid

Avant-garde poet Henri Michaux creates educational film visualizing effects of mescaline & hash (1964) - Open Culture

Genetic similarities between bats and dolphins discovered - Science Daily

Little girl sent home from school because of ‘faddish’ dreadlocks - Jezebel

‘Under God’ part of Pledge of Allegiance under review in Massachusetts - CNN

Edible bar codes aim to swallow counterfeit drug market - Mashable

8 biggest victims of America’s predatory capitalism - Salon

New trend: Women selling positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist - WFAA.com

Kodak’s back in action and making film stock again - The Dissolve

With rooftop solar on the rise, U.S. utilities are striking back - AlterNet

Fire Fighting: Steve Albini Interviewed - The Quietus

Penn biologists show that generosity leads to evolutionary success - Penn News

Corey Feldman speaks out against cyberbullying of Corey Feldman - AV Club


Below, monkey dressed in toddler’s winter wear frolicking in the snow:

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09.04.2013
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Dangerous Finds: Drunk driver kills cannabis activist; Chicken rental service; Four new Pixies songs
09.03.2013
05:34 pm
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Why Unwound is the best band of the ’90s - A.V. Club

Here are four new Pixies songs - ANIMAL

RIP Frederik Pohl, the man who transformed science fiction - io9

Iraq war vet arrested while playing a banjo at protest against Syria attack - AlterNet

Coworkers nationwide embrace tearfully after painful 3-day separation - The Onion

Brazilian government plans national ‘anti-snooping’ email system - Wired

Medical marijuana activist Jenny Kush killed by drunk driver - The Weed Blog

‘Heat Days’ become more common for sweaty schools - Weather.com

100 Miles Per Hour: An oral history of punk by Alan Vega, Suicide’s main man - VICE

Language and tool-making skills evolved at same time - University of Liverpool

Military same-sex spouses eligible for benefits today - HRC

HBO announced today that True Blood will end its run after seven seasons in 2014 - EW

Two most wanted poachers were among seven people arrested by the Kenya Wildlife Service within the Tsavo conservation area over the weekend - Daily Nation

Fukushima leaks: Japan pledges $470m for ‘ice wall’ - BBC News

Children of gay parents in Russia hide ties under new law - Bloomberg

Dennis Rodman went back to North Korea to see his homegirl Kim Jong-un - Dlisted

Do it yourself Dark Side of the Moon: Isolated Multitracks [MP3s] - WFMU

Rapist finds out from police that his victim has HIV - Gawker

Facebook employees reveal the worst things about working for the social network - Telegraph

Watch this Chinese man steal a woman’s iPhone using chopsticks - Elite Daily

New Mexico rehab clinic offers free treatment to addicts who watch Breaking Bad - Death and Taxes

Everything you know about naps is wrong - Gothamist

Couple’s chicken rental service is catching on - Arbroath

Watch new video for Savages’ “I Am Here” - Pitchfork

Gambian women fleeing female genital mutilation threat - BBC


Below, new-ish “best of” Vine compilation for the month of August:

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09.03.2013
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Dangerous Finds: Death metal pugs; Anthony Weiner ‘supporters’ were paid; Philip Glass goes polka?
08.28.2013
04:30 pm
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‘I Am the Central Victim’: Art dealer Ann Freedman on selling $63 million in fake paintings - New York Mag

Rotating masturbator nabbed outside convenience store - Huffington Post

49 years ago: Bob Dylan introduces the Beatles to marijuana - Ultimate Classic Rock

Listen: Flying Lotus gets his own radio station in Grand Theft Auto V with new music from Tyler, The Creator and more - Pitchfork

Waterloo mathematician solves 40-year-old problem - EurekAlert

Just Thinking about Science Triggers Moral Behavior: Psychologists find deep connection between scientific method and morality - Scientific American

Apple tries to trademark the word ‘startup’ - Wired

Anthony Weiner reportedly paid actors to pose as supporters - Gothamist

Mysterious big cat roaming the streets of Detroit killed, thrown in trash - Death and Taxes

Former MOCA curator resigns as head of Amsterdam museum - LA Times

Through internet videos, tracing the African roots of twerk - Boing Boing

Miniature ‘human brain’ grown in lab - BBC News

Animatronic band from Showbiz Pizza Place plays Baby Huey’s “Pop, Lock and Drop It” - YouTube

Grunge Street Fighters Project by Butcher Billy - Behance

N. Korea sees ‘bright future’ in tourism - Capital News

Kitchen spices found to be a major source of salmonella - Salon

Philip Glass goes Polka! - Music For Maniacs h/t WFMU

Should your aging parent try medical marijuana? - Forbes

She’s Such a Bitch: The oral history of Juliana Hatfield Three’s “My Sister” - SPIN

Rock and Roll Striptease Songs: MP3 mix by JR Williams, from WFMU - Rock ‘n’ Soul Ichiban Blog

Glaswegian chippy lover accuses Edinburgh chip shop of racism.. after being charged for tomato sauce - Daily Record

A man targeted by marketing companies is making money from cold calls with his own premium-rate phone number - BBC News


Below, pugs “sing” death metal:

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