- Ignoring the first image (which shows a scientist wearing improper personal protective equipment, tut tut), enjoy this article about science and Thanksgiving.
- Regardless of the occasion, we love pie. Here’s an infographic about the 9 most popular pies this time of year, and an overwhelming list of pie and tart recipes.
- Internet-famous cats, getting things done: not only was Lil Bub hired as a Buzzfeed editor, but this cutie from Japan is actually a stationmaster of her own train station.
- Some of the women at Bioware are speaking out about troubling tendencies and plot tropes when it comes to rape.
- Remember those dolphin curtains you had in your room? Maybe? Well, now you wish you’d kept them, because seapunk is totally a thing.
- We really admire this man in Monrovia, Liberia who runs The Daily Talk, a perfectly hand-lettered chalkboard daily newspaper, to provide public access to current news.
- We can’t stop staring at these animated GIFs by the rrrrrrrroll collective
- Support the Troops! Especially support the ones who put together this Call Me Maybe cover, even if they were a little late in riding the viral train.
- New studies indicate that women do ask for raises, they just get less when they do.
- A long but worthwhile read about the gender pay gap, showing large differences in as little as a year after college.
- The European Gender Summit hopes to make up for last year’s sexist “Science: It’s a Girl Thing” video by letting anyone submit a video. Vote on your favorites!
- Notions of female attractiveness influence the gender imbalance in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.
- Two things: if you’re not following @Horse_ebooks on Twitter, you really should; and you should also check out the beautiful poetry composed by one Kimberly Walters, using the bot-account’s tweets.
- These little wood-carved LEGO guys are the cutest, and oh so very sold out. Booooo.
And last but not least:
(via Open Culture)
Seapunk is over.