Monday, May 14, 2012

Miss Cellania's Links

Democracy on the High Seas: How Pirates Rocked the Vote.

No Longer Weird. Certain stories used to be classified under "weird news," but they occur so often we don't think of them as even "news." (via Boing Boing)

When Obama endorsed marriage equality, we celebrated with gifs. (via b3ta)

The band Red Fang blows their entire video budget, but end up with a killer video. And since this is the video for their song 'Wires," you can pretend it's pretty much a true story. Lyrics and graffiti NSFW. 

Why Cars In Horror Movies Never Start The First Time. (via mental_floss)

Is It Ethical To Pay Drug Addicts To Get Sterilized? Fewer addicted infants is a good thing, but how much free will does someone who's either high or desperate for a fix really have?

This guy found his stolen bike for sale on Craigslist. So he did the most logical thing and stole it back.

The Avengers set more box office records this past weekend, and has earned a billion dollars worldwide. Meanwhile, Dark Shadows was lost back in the shadows, in the dark.

The Rise of Electroshock Therapy. After overuse and then rejection in the 20th century, ECT is now recommended for the most stubborn cases of severe depression.

The Extraordinary Lives of the World’s Tallest People. They didn't ask for it, but saw the world from a different plane.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gee whiz Miss C, 'No longer weird' is 9 years old.

Miss Cellania said...

But I didn't have a blog nine years ago!