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A bunch of baby pandas. Because we all need a dose of adorable right about now. Because with the beginning of the American apocalypse Friday, we could use a nice big dose of adorable. 23 baby pandas making their public debut in China should do the trick.
posted by azpenguin at 5:47 PM PST - 22 comments

New York Times President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning.
posted by freakazoid at 1:32 PM PST - 203 comments

"The fact that people make the opposite judgment — that kids are in more danger when parents leave on purpose — strongly suggests that their estimates of risk have been unconsciously inflated to help justify their stronger moral disapproval of parents who choose to leave children unsupervised."

We’re really bad at judging risk to kids. We’re really good at judging parents. [more inside]
posted by The Gooch at 1:07 PM PST - 127 comments

Ryan Sutton at EATER asks the hard question: What are the best fast food chain chicken nuggets?
posted by The Whelk at 10:13 AM PST - 125 comments

“Dogs think people are God, but cats don’t. Cats know that people act as middlemen to God’s will. They’re not ungrateful. They just know better.” Film maker Ceyda Torun and cinematographer Charlie Wupperman have finished their documentary about Istanbul's cats. Coming soon to a city near you. (The movie, not the cats.) [more inside]
posted by BWA at 9:08 AM PST - 19 comments

Butterfly takes over Koala Joey's Photoshoot and owns it like a BOSS!
posted by Evilspork at 4:15 AM PST - 22 comments