From the monthly archives:

January 2013

If the fetus splits, you must acquit.

by kara on January 25, 2013

  So much for “humanizing” (our country’s most sacred resource), fetuses! A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial. So after the baby is born, they take […]

Girl Krush

by kara on January 24, 2013

Anna Selezneva Russian born model in French Vogue, 2009

by kara on January 23, 2013

Fivla and Vitamin, cardigan-sweater-wearing Shetland ponies, are the official ambassadors of VisitScotland’s new campaign celebrating Year of Natural Scotland. via Gawker

by kara on January 21, 2013

by kara on January 21, 2013

by kara on January 21, 2013

by kara on January 18, 2013

by kara on January 17, 2013

by kara on January 15, 2013

18th-century guns were notoriously dangerous. The powder could go off when rammed in; the ramrod could break off and be incredibly hazardous to remove; the load could get jammed so the powder would blow the barrel apart when fired; the powder might not catch immediately when the spark hit it (especially if slightly damp), only […]

One less Genius in the World.

by kara on January 14, 2013

Aaron Swartz killed himself in his Brooklyn apartment Friday. His girlfriend found Swartz’s body hanging from a belt, sources said. The 26 year old internet activist was facing federal charges for allegedly hacking into MIT’s journal archives. Swartz was a wizardly computer prodigy, a savant who designed his first website at age 13, and at 14, […]