It’s Friday. April is nearly over! Now I’m starting to freak out just a bit about how fast the year is careening by!

Anyway, here is a collection of some of the things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

Glass frog’s organs are visible through its belly.

For more information about other species of glass frogs: Glass Frogs – The See-through Frogs.

The Hidden FM Radio Inside Your Pocket, And Why You Can’t Use It.

Men’s Rights Activist Group Honey Badger Radio Removed From Calgary Expo For False Information, Disruption.

Dan Savage Mocks GOP Presidential Hopefuls For Their ‘Imaginary Hypothetical Gay Friends’.

Mystery of Largest Structure Ever Identified in the Universe –The Eridanus Supervoid and Cold Spot.

Ceres’ Bright Spots Come Back Into View.

Oldest crucible steel weapon in East Europe found by Russian archaeologists.

In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio. Analog radio is going away, which is why last week’s story about networks petitioning smart phone makes to turn on the FM chip in more phones is another example of skating to where the puck is…

Chemistry Ph.D. student illustrates her thesis in comic book.

Iron Age Owl Brooch Unearthed in Denmark.

A massive study of 95,000 children finds no link between MMR vaccines and autism spectrum disorders. Still and again!

Neighbors at war over feeding of crows in Portage Bay.

Iceman Already Kinda Sorta Tried to Come Out as Gay in the 1990s.

Scott Walker, forever tarnished: Republican governors have tanked the GOP brand.

Dr. Oz Can’t Afford Me.

Falling meteor may have changed the course of Christianity.

MONTANA FINALLY JOINS 49 OTHER STATES AS GOVERNOR SIGNS ANTI-BULLYING BILL INTO LAW.

10 egregious myths the religious perpetuate about atheists, debunked.

CNN/ORC Poll: Economic optimism hits new peak under Obama.

Finally, a Democrat who calls “bulls**t”: Martin O’Malley drops a profane truth bomb on GOP’s deranged economic policy.

Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor Crosses Finish Line.

Hoosier Finds Inspiration, Hope at Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference.

Taking the Homophobia Out of Fantasy.

A young man who survived “ex-gay ministries” taught me what it means to be a Christian. “The campaign against marriage equality sent me fleeing from the church. Here’s what brought me back.”

Christian America is an invention: Big business, right-wing politics and the religious lie that still divides us. The idea of “one nation under God” is a modern one — and does not date back to the Founding Fathers

The Tea Party will never understand the Constitution: What the right misses about its favorite document.

New WaPo/ABC News Poll: Support for Same-Sex Marriage at Record High. And opposition to state bans is ALSO had a record high!

Keeping Up With the Hugos.

Janet Porter: Gay Marriage To Blame For Noah’s Flood, Will Usher In End Times.

Why it’s legal to fire someone for being gay in 28 states.

Nevada state Assembly rejects controversial transgender ‘bathroom bill’.

“You are entitled to this”: The real reason Amy Schumer’s rape culture takedown is so perfect.

Portraits Of Lord Byron, In Order Of Lord Byron-ness.

Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as Attorney General After Long Delay.

Sign Of The Times: Straight High School Student Asks His Gay Best Friend To The Prom.

MR HOLMES – OFFICIAL UK TRAILER [HD] – IAN MCKELLEN:

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Kevin Kantor – “People You May Know” (CUPSI 2015 Finals) {When He Stumbled Across His Rapist’s Facebook Profile}:

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In 1966 Lucille Ball filmed a special called “Lucy in London” and Phil Spectre, wrote, produced, and sang a song about it:

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The story of an all-electric, record-shattering ’68 Mustang:

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Imperial Stormtrooper Muppets live from Star Wars Celebration VI (mute it as soon as you get there…):

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It’s Friday. April is flying past quickly, now. Amazing how time just keeps moving forward. My NaNoWriMo word count is not flying by, but then, I’m only counting net words, so whenever I delete stuff as I’m revising, that lowers my count.

Anyway, here is a collection of some of the things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

Is Fanfiction Legal? Great summary (the answer is not what most of you think!)

Harvard prof falsified sleep data: Sleep Apnea Not Related to Weight.

4,000-Year-Old Copper Crown Found in India.

World’s oldest stone tools discovered in Kenya.

‘Pull my finger!’ say scientists who solve knuckle-cracking riddle.

The long reign of terror: he fascinating history of the Terror Birds.

Cow Milk Without the Cow Is Coming to Change Food Forever.

‘Love hormone’ turns mothers into moms.

Sasquan Replaces Two Ineligible Nominees on Hugo Ballot.

WHY I WON’T BE A PRESENTER AT THE HUGO AWARDS THIS YEAR.

Hugo Story Withdrawn.

a statement on my hugo nomination.

The Real Problem With That Chart.

Will the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Ever Stop Lying?

Marco Rubio is an empty suit.

I Will Not Be Held Hostage by This Election: Hillary or No Hillary.

Coffee Shop Gives Anti-LGBT Lawmakers A Taste Of Their Own Medicine With New ‘Ban’.

CNN host wallops Marco Rubio: On marriage equality, ‘you’re the candidate of yesterday’.

Christian Pastor Condemns Colleague for Not Wanting Gay People Put to Death.

FRC’s eighth day of fasting-for-discrimination: Uses passage about forced drowning to condemn gay parents.

FATAL SHOOTING OF GAY NC COLLEGE PRINT SHOP MANAGER UNDER INVESTIGATION AS HATE CRIME.

Michigan Mechanic Won’t Serve The Queers, Time To Crank Up The Old GoFundMe.

Meanwhile, I wrote about The stories I have to tell and Pronoun trouble.

WAS BUGS BUNNY THE FIRST TV DRAG QUEEN? (thanks to @sharpclaw for the link!):

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Marriage Equality: Bring Your Family With You (a beautiful ad about the upcoming vote in Ireland):

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Mad Max: Fury Road – Legacy Trailer – Official Warner Bros. UK:

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2:

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I Really Like You Lip Sync – 23 People In One Van:

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Garbage – The Chemicals feat. Brian Aubert (Official Video):

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[Official Video] Daft Punk – Pentatonix:

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It’s Friday. Is it really already the second Friday in April?

Anyway, here is a collection of some of the things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

Brontosaurus is back! New analysis suggests genus might be resurrected. Despite its relegation to a subset of the Apatosaurus family in 1903, new research suggests that the Brontosaurus might be distinct enough to be a genus.

Existing Glaciers of Mars –“Could Cover the Entire Red Planet with One Meter of Ice.”

Galaxy S6 edge gets the bend test, actually fares worse than the iPhone 6 Plus (Video). And surely the tech press and mainstream media are going to give this story as much attention as they did to Apple with “Bendgate”… *crickets* Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Inside the Rainbow Gulag: The Technicolor Rise and Fall of Lisa Frank.

Same-Sex Marriage Is a Religious Institution Deserving Lawful Protection.

Cured Of Being Cured; The Testimony of an Ex ‘Ex-Gay’.

And Now, Political Virgins. “I’m working up to a point here. The nation is becoming more rational about gay sex and more irrational about heterosexual sex. Who would have thought?”

I Got It Wrong On Purpose: A Trans Woman On “Passing.”

How I spent 16 years in an abusive, conservative Christian cult — and finally escaped. I love how she unpacks the economic side of the quiver full movement and extreme fundamentalism: “That’s right. “Traditional Family Values” is a product and we bought it big-time…”

This Canadian cop is fighting homophobia and looking good doing it.

What to make of a gay 1916 icon? Roger Casement’s heroic status was denied.

Religious Right Leaders Continue to Insist: GOP Will Never Win Presidency if They Soften Gay Rights Stance. Demographics indicate the exact opposite, but, hey, if they want to keep losing, I’m okay with that.

This Is What Happens When You Undergo Gay Conversion Therapy.

Over $127,000 raised for homeless LGBT youths in response to Indiana pizzeria fund.

I Support Your Right to Share My Rights.

Hating LGBT people has come to define American Christianity—and that was no accident: Voters in Springfield, MO, Repeal LGBT Civil Rights Law.

on buying some hugo awards, and voting NO AWARD.

How Sci-Fi’s Hugo Awards Got Their Own Full-Blown Gamergate.

Hijacking the Hugo Awards Won’t Stifle Diversity in Science Fiction.

I wrote briefly about The stages of truth.

And about the travails of editing: Yea, though I write through the valley of the shadow of death.

The Young Professionals – All Of It But Me ft. Anna F.:

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Kadie Elder – First Time He Kissed a Boy [Official Music Video]:

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A Shred of Decency (it is adorble!!!):

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Monty Python – Theory on Brontosauruses by Anne Elk (Miss).:

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It’s Friday. We’re nearly through with March. Is it too early to comment on how fast the year is flying by?

Anyway, here is a collection of some of the things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

The improbable, 200-year-old story of one of America’s first same-sex ‘marriages’.

Let’s Get Some Things Straight About Aaron Schock.

An Open Letter to My Biggest High School Bully: My Teacher.

This is article is a couple of years old, but How Many American Men Are Gay? is still a difficult question to answer. “More than one quarter of gay men hide their sexuality from anonymous surveys. The evidence also suggests that a large number of gay men are married to women.”

It took until 2014, surprisingly, but music streaming services have finally outsold CDs.

Mystery of Darwin’s ‘strange animals’ solved.

New data on the changing face of religion in America.

The Worst Taboo In Urban Fantasy.

Women-led companies perform three times better than the S&P 500.

Emmy Noether revolutionized mathematics — and still faced sexism all her life.

35 Years After Saying Gay People Should Die, Bob Jones III Apologizes… While At Event Opposing LGBT Rights.

CA attorney general vows to halt ballot measure that would legalize killing gay people. I posted a link to a story about this when the lawyer first filed it, but now that the state Attorney General has determined that she is legally obligated to let this bill (which explicitly authorizes any citizen to murder someone they believe to be gay and forbids any state or local official from arresting, charging, or punishing said murderer) onto the ballot, the rest of the news world has noticed the story.

4 reasons I’m glad I came out as an atheist.

18 Science Facts You Might Have Believed In The ’90s That Are Wrong.

Wood Bison Roam the U.S. for First Time in a Century.

Indiana’s religious freedom law shows the new frontier in the battle over LGBT rights.

Religious Freedom? Nope, Just Plain Old Discrimination.

Blast From the Past: States Using ‘Religious Freedom’ to Justify Segregation.

A PROSECUTOR SEEKS REDEMPTION. CAN WE ALLOW PRISONERS THE SAME?

Richard III: ancient DNA solves a 500-year-old mystery.

It’s Not Easy Being Scientology: Since its founding in the 1950s, L. Ron Hubbard’s organization has put a premium on controlling the flow of information—an increasingly impossible enterprise in the Internet age.

NOM resorts to blatant lying in its 2015 #March4Marriage materials.

I wrote a long review of a book written by one of my favorite childhood/young adult writers: Book Review: Many Waters.

And Talent doesn’t mean what you think it means.

Plus The magic rule that will make you a writer.

THIS VIDEO MAKES A POWERFUL CASE FOR TRANSGENDER PRONOUNS:

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Bill Maher says fraternity culture is like a cult: Maher on Frat Culture: Get the F*ck Out:

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Sea Otter Pup Luna Meets a New Friend:

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Religious Freedom (Doesn’t Mean The Freedom To Discriminate) – funny song:

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Wait – The Music Business, Hollywood & Sleazy Manager Hijinks – Tom Goss (many musical styles):

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Municipal Violations (HBO):

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It’s Friday. We’re three weeks into March and what weird week it has been.

Anyway, here is a collection of some of the things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett: ‘He Did Something Huge and Noble’.

A second minor planet may possess Saturn-like rings: Features around Chiron may signal rings, jets, or a shell of dust.

Previously Unknown Region from Dawn of Solar System Gave Rise to Earth, Mars, Venus.

The right’s religion lie: Science, sex and the truth about God and politics.

Paleo isn’t a fad diet, it’s an ideology that selectively denies the modern world.

Alzheimer’s breakthrough uses ultrasound technology to break up neurotoxic amyloid plaques.

Who’s afraid of the Apple Watch?

Spanish caver finds 20,000 year-old drawings.

Cody Spafford found both solace and redemption in the kitchen of Seattle’s most celebrated restaurant. What turned a promising chef into a bank robber?

If you Own a Pitchfork, You Will Grab It When You See This Chart.

“Amazing” Bronze Mask of Pan Unearthed in Israel.

How Would Alien Astronomers from Andromeda Detect Life On Earth?

I Can Text You A Pile of Poo, But I Can’t Type My Name. We can’t ignore the composition of the Unicode Consortium’s members, directors, and officers — the people who define the everyday writing systems of all languages across the globe.

Rosetta makes first detection of molecular nitrogen at a comet.

Prehistoric stone tools bear 500,000-year-old animal residue.

With Just Six Delta Smelt Left, Controversial California Fish Species Faces Impending Extinction.

The Secret Lives of the Tiny People In Architectural Renderings.

Laws to Stop Marriage Equality Grow Increasingly Weird.

Florida Man Washes Sidewalk, Gets Attacked By Ants.

Oklahoma is banning atheists from getting married.

Queer As (Space) Folk: The rise and fall of sexual diversity in Who.

East Middle Earth: A Story Worth Telling?.

Five Geek Social Fallacies. An oldie, but still a goodie!

Why “Glee” Still Matters.

The ‘Vocal Minority’ And Artistic Integrity In Comics.

Internet Explorer is dead, but will continue as a work-focused zombie.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GIVES APPROVAL FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN HISTORIC VOTE.

Gay and Mennonite: They vote on everything. They’re committed to peace. Can a church that defines itself by harmony survive dissonance over homosexuality?.

New feminist Thor is selling way more comic books than the old Thor.

Starbucks is a national joke: Why its #RaceTogether campaign is so “self-righteous”.

Gamer Gate’s Crusade Against Blocking.

Black Mississippi Man Hanged From Tree.

Cell Block Tango – Broadway Backwards 2015:

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Johnny Marr is set to mark 2015’s Record Store Day with a numbered limited edition 7” release of ‘I Feel You’ (Depeche Mode cover) on April 18th:

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Aaron Schock & the Closets of Downton Abbey:

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FREE – Alright Now (1970 UK TV Performance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ (Out bassist Andy Fraser died this week, age 62):

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Zachary Quinto Remembers Leonard Nimoy – CONAN on TBS:

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Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron – TV Spot 2:

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It’s Friday. I should be excited, but yesterday the world lost a great, witty, and wonderful writer. And learning that one of my favorite writers had died was only the beginning of a really, really not fun day. So, I guess I’m just glad that Thursday is finally over.

Anyway, here is a shorter-than-usual collection of some of the things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:

Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66.

Terry Pratchett: Neil Gaiman and Ursula Le Guin lead tributes.

Video: Saturday Night Live Eviscerates Ben Carson’s ‘prison turns people gay’ comments.

The tank library will bomb you with literature.

Gay Black Lives Matter: The Importance of TV’s Sudden About-Face in LGBT Racial Diversity.

No More Dried Up Spinsters – Nancy Jane Moore.

Hot water activity on icy moon’s seafloor ESA – Tiny grains of rock detected by Cassini spacecraft point to hydrothermal activity on the seafloor of its icy moon Enceladus.

Bigger On The Inside, a song by Amanda Palmer.

Op-ed: Empire’s Queer Family of Color Is the Real ‘New Normal’.

At 18, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is Still Revolutionary.

Giant sea creature hints at early arthropod evolution.

Seaside snail most misidentified creature in the world.

Neanderthals Wore Eagle Talons As Jewelry 130,000 Years Ago.

We counted literally every road in America. Here’s what we learned. For one thing, contrary to popular belief “2nd” isn’t the most popular street name (but there are many more 2nds than 1sts).

I wrote about how Being religious is a choice, being gay isn’t.

And there was a follow-up on an earlier post: Apologist shovels more BS on the elite pile.

30 Weird Apps – mental_floss on YouTube – List Show (249):

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Blade Runner: The Final Cut (New Trailer) – In cinemas 3 Apr | BFI release:

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Ricky Martin – Mr. Put It Down ft. Pitbull:

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