- Congratulations to 64 year old Diana Nyad for being the first person to successfully swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage! What a badass.
- Carol Burnett to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph paying tribute.
- Batwoman writers decide to leave the project after facing resistance from DC to allow Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer get married.
- Controversy is flaring up again over Penny Arcade co-creator Mike Krahulic. Rachel Edidin explains quite thoroughly why she (and likely many others) will not return to PAX in Seattle. Krahulic since has shared a guarded apology, but is it a little too late?
- Two great articles for you to read about the need for diversity in speculative fiction.
- There’s a masked vigilante in Ciudad Juarez murdering bus drivers who sexually assault female passengers. Proceed with caution, as there is discussion of rape in article.
- A wonderful essay on social code-switching by Lauren Lyons, examining the emotional toll of choosing between “fitting in” or speaking up as a Black woman in White, male dominated fields.
- The UK branch mega store Toys”R”Us met with Let Toys Be Toys, an organization campaigning to stop gender-based marketing of toys. We see change on the horizon!
- Popular web browsers and social media sites, drawn as anime characters. Why not?
- Bill Nye is going to be on Dancing with the Stars.
- You had us at “short documentary on Lisa Frank“.
- Our new favorite way to procrastinate is, quite simply, The Procatinator. It is exactly what it sounds like.
- Not enough cats? Here are great photos of adorable, three-legged kitty wearing tiny paper hats. You’re welcome.
- Listen to Kate Winslet, the two lovable lugs from the IT Crowd, and Andrew Scott (Moriarty on Sherlock), among others, read Roald Dahl.
- Last, but not least… FRAKA-KAKA-KAKA-KOW:
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