June 6, 2018

These birds are armed

In which Giselle Clarkson confronts a serious avian problem for artists everywhere
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:17 PM PST - 19 comments

They were found in a folder called “DO NOT UPLOAD.”

70 Long-Lost Japanese Video Games Have Been Discovered in a 67GB Folder of ROMs on a Private Forum [Motherboard] “Until yesterday, rare Japanese PC game Labyrinthe, developed by Caravan Interactive, was long thought to be lost forever. That is until the almost mythical third game in the already obscure Horror Tour series was found on a 67GB folder of ROMs on a private forum. Other rare games from the folder are expected to become public soon.” [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 7:47 PM PST - 19 comments

Literary Classics Support Incels & Misogyny

Incels aren’t monsters of cruel internet culture – they are the product of the American literary canon that has long glorified male sexual frustration
posted by MovableBookLady at 7:26 PM PST - 129 comments

They're already wearing little hats.

r/cospenis is a subreddit of people who dress their dicks up in little costumes. Like as a cactus or the Boss or maybe just in a cute little hoodie. Previously. EXTREMELY NSFW. ALL LINKS CONTAIN PICTURES OF ACTUAL PENISES. ALSO SOME LINKS CONTAIN REDDIT. IF YOU ARE NOT OK WITH DICK PICS (even adorbs cute ones!) OR REDDIT, THIS IS NOT THE FPP FOR YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
posted by phunniemee at 3:50 PM PST - 49 comments

Muster cluster

A neighbourhood in Surrey, British Columbia has been home to a lot of peacocks for quite a while. Right now, it's mating season, and the male peacocks have been spotted throwing down with their own reflections on parked cars. One resident recently took matters into his own hands, illegally felling a tree that the peacocks were roosting in at night. The situation escalated again earlier this week with the alleged assault of a bylaw officer investigating complaints about a man feeding the peacocks. Other residents have taken things a little more in stride.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:32 PM PST - 44 comments

Chicago scientists to choose Sterile Neutrinos or Symmetry Violation

Boffins quietly cheering possible discovery of new fundamental particle [more inside]
posted by GhostRider at 2:13 PM PST - 18 comments

"we sell ads."

Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and WhatsApp’s Founders [WSJ, Archive] [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns at 10:28 AM PST - 30 comments

With Great Power Comes Great Responsiblity

Actress Kelly Marie Tran, Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, recently deleted all her Instagram posts in response to continuous online harassment. It's part of a long chain of heavy harassment of Star Wars actors that leads to withdrawal from social media and public life. Director Rian Johnson took to Twitter to praise positive fandom and slam trolls, leading to a recognition that people in positions of power in genre fandom can help shut down vitriolic fans. [more inside]
posted by ZeusHumms at 10:22 AM PST - 293 comments

Contains 100% more Mahershala Ali spider-dad jokes

"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" full-length movie trailer, featuring Afro Latino teenager Miles Morales as a newbie Spider-Man. (Teaser trailer previously.) [more inside]
posted by nicebookrack at 9:17 AM PST - 45 comments

Murder with impunity: Where killings go unsolved

The Post has mapped more than 52,000 homicides in major American cities over the past decade and found that across the country, there are areas where murder is common but arrests are rare.
posted by standardasparagus at 7:59 AM PST - 29 comments

Radicalism 101

The Chicago DSA and Midwest Socialist presents Primer Red, introductions to the basics of radical thought and history. Dialectical Materialism (“What are the forces of history?) - Alienation (“The cheaper each worker is, the more they have to work to survive.”) - Class (“What do you sell in order to live?”) - Value (“Why does surplus abundance go to the people who need it least?”) - Praxis (“How do you do things?”)
posted by The Whelk at 6:35 AM PST - 21 comments

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