It’s Friday–time to look at cute animals! First up, we have this adorable rescued sea otter pup (from nowoo). Next, we have a hummingbird snoring (it’s so cute, it hurts), and last, if you are a cat owner, you’ve probably woken up to this before.
- Justices raise concerns about Defense of Marriage Act defense – Can someone please make Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg immortal? Because I love her.
- Straight Male Writer Is Tired of Hearing About Gay Marriage, the Poor Thing – Ha!
- Elise Andrew on why she loves science – In case you didn’t know, this is the woman who runs the “I Fucking Love Science” Facebook page. From nowoo.
- Buzzkill? How Climate Change Could Eventually End Coffee
- 4-Gigapixel Mars Panorama-Don’t Miss This Coolness – From CriticalDragon1177.
- Google Maps a Japanese Nuclear Ghost Town
- Is The USPS More Likely To Lose Boxes Emblazoned With The Word ‘Atheist’? – Answer: sadly, yes.
- The Dancing Hawaiian Girl, At Your Service – A sociological analysis of the “hula girl.” Some pictures are NSFW.
BONUS: Game of Thrones is back this Sunday, you might want to refresh on last season. Also, there are no atheists in foxholes? MYTH BUSTED. (From Zoltan.)
Mary,
In addition to Namie, I think there’s also an Island city somewhere in Japan that’s been abandoned for decades. I also remember hearing about how radically a small city in Russia deteriorated after it was abandoned due to Chernobyl. Its stunning how fast modern buildings deteriorate once no one is taking care of them. On the other hand the Egyptian pyramids have stood for thousands of years.
To be fair, the pyramids’ continued existence is largely a matter of their massive size, lack of rainfall, and the fact that the Egyptians have known they were a tourist attraction since antiquity, not necessarily due to quality construction.
It’s also due to the fact that a pyramid is a very (maybe the most) stable structure. It’s basically a pile with straight sides.
Also, I really like the restaurant’s sign: “Let’s eat delicious pork food and become healthy!”
That sounds like something you would see in Invader Zim!
Mary
Come to think of it, yes it does.
Since its cute animal friday I offer up a bunny doing some grocery shopping. http://dailybunny.org/2013/03/28/bunny-loads-up-her-shopping-cart/
Awwwww! I just blacked out a little over the cuteness.
My fantasy baseball draft is tomorrow, and I’m really unsure about my relief pitching this year…THERE, I inflicted it upon all of you! It’s totes the same as talking about civil rights!
I haven’t played fantasy baseball in years… you bastard! (Seriously, good luck and have a good time, draft day is always the funnest)
I’d like to know why so many ‘liberals’ support marriage rights but not self-defense rights… (for the record, I support both)
Way to over-simplify issues and draw false parallels there. And what’s with the scare quotes?
Maybe ‘liberals’ are just too ‘scary’ to ‘think’ about without ‘scare quotes’?
I love how in a bastion of critical thinking, I get bashed for using quotes… real nice one there guys.