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 […]
From the monthly archives:
January 2013
Anna Selezneva Russian born model in French Vogue, 2009
Fivla and Vitamin, cardigan-sweater-wearing Shetland ponies, are the official ambassadors of VisitScotland’s new campaign celebrating Year of Natural Scotland. via Gawker
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 […]
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, […]