Alright, let’s see what we have today. First up, a new species of crocodile has been named after Tolkien’s Balrog!
Orange is the New Black came back yesterday, and they made this great promo clip:
Oh god, this may in fact, be the most meta thing ever (at least in terms of the Internet).
Today in wasted money for scientific studies.
The US teen pregnancy rate has fallen to historic lows! Which is great news (except it’s still way high compared to other developed nations), but it’s because of access to birth control, women’s health clinics and abortion services and comprehensive sex ed. Imagine that.
So John Oliver set out to save Net Neutrality, and in doing so, released the Internet Trolls, which brought down the FCC’s comment page:
Garfunkle and Oates, one of my favorite comedy bands, have a new show coming to IFC which will debut in August!
It’s Pride month. Need some help understanding the T in LGBT? Here’s a great article from the Good Men Project. The Post Gazette is also running a great long-form series, check it out.
Shockingly, women aren’t really welcomed at gay orgys. A great read from The Stranger/HuffPo.
The (designated hate group) AFA is telling members to return to sender any mail using the Harvey Milk Stamp. I prefer the Ken Jennings (of Jeopardy fame) idea of using both Milk and Charleston Heston stamps on the same envelope with little hearts around them both.
Cosmos pick-up lines. Yes, you read that right.
Fun video made with an iPhone, a transparency and a marker:
Beware the spoilers, that may or may not be accurate for Star Wars.
Google actually changed the kerning of their logo.
California is thinking of banning the ‘gay panic’ defense, that bar associations have already condemned.
Gay people, we’re just like you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BaOAJsBPRw
Why would anyone think a Hunger Games amusement park is a good idea?
That’s it for now, have a great one!
