Politics
- $5 Million Per Year: Outrageous Salary for Komen CEO Nancy Brinker
- I Will Not Be Pinkwashed: Komen's Race Is For Money, Not Cure
- Arizona State University unblocks Change.org after outcry.
- As the Komen Foundation Caves, the Internet Wins Again
- The privatization trap: From schools to prisons, outsourcing government's works typically ends with cronyism, waste and unaccountability
World News
- The picture that shames Italy
- [Interview] Egypt's new revolution 'against the military'
- Alexander Yellin became famous a decade ago for the song he wrote that became the anthem of Vladimir Putin, praising him as the perfect Russian man. But now, as Putin runs for re-election and his popularity wanes, Yellin has written the anthem of the anti-Putin crowds
- Iran says will hit any country used to strike its soil
- Anonymous says it will leak giant cache of Iraq war e-mails
Science
- Scientists chart high-precision map of Milky Way's magnetic fields
- NewsDaily: Siblings' brain scans may hold key to addictions
- Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease
- American Indians originated in one region of Siberia
- Schizophrenia: When hallucinatory voices suppress real ones, new electronic application may help
- Preference for fatty foods may have genetic roots
- Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600-million-year drought, say scientists
- Were Early Humans Natural Sea-Farers? Genetic Evidence Suggests They May Have Left Africa Via The Indian Ocean
Economics
- "Why economic inequality leads to collapse"
- Why the Early U.S. Didn't Go the Way of the Euro?
- Why Most U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Are Gone Forever
- Bagehotian Prescriptions for a 21st-Century Money Market
- The Great Anti-Keynesian Flip-Out - Hints of recovery in Ireland (which proved a false dawn)? Keynesianism is wrong! A relatively encouraging month on the jobs front? Keynesianism is wrong!
BestOf
- thatsagoodpunchline writes his version of The Aristocrats
- Soldier's account of firing on a house with innocent civilians inside (a woman and children). Don't judge, just listen and try to understand. When you judge, you ensure that others who would've come out and talked about it won't now.
- A plant pathologist explains what organic food really is...
- Long before Jack and Jill...
- thatsagoodpunchline tells The Aristocrats - NSFW Text
- Guy in r/mildlyinteresting having a conversation with himself via AMA. Goes on longer than you'd think.
- Saulace and Rabidwolverine reminisce about the worst strip club in the Northeast Corridor. (NSFW)
- TIL That not all cultures view cheating on your SO in the same way
Entertainment
- If you’re like me and are more jazzed about decorating chocolate covered strawberries to look like mini-footballs than about the big game, here is a list of some hotly anticipated things to look forward to when the ole’ pig skin is taking a breather.
- Punk Rock Johnny Cash: Jesse Morris RIP
- Backlash as Iran hardliners label Oscar favourite a 'dirty picture'
- Ben Gazzara dies aged 81
- Control an LED sign through the internet on this awesome livestream
Technology
- Dumbass sentenced to 30 months in prison for hacking into Marriott Systems in an attempt to extort a job in Marriott's IT department
- First Downloaded and 3D Printed Pirate Bay Ship Arrives
- Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights | Tecca
- AT&T math: 250MB < 350MB < Unlimited < 3GB < 5GB
- The 10 most hated programs of all time
Programming
- C++ AMP open spec published
- MySQL in Prolog (x-post from prolog)
- GoingNative 2012 On Demand: Bjarne Stroustrup -C++11 Style
- Speed running web games with Python
- Google Summer of Code 2012 - Google Code
- TPM-backed SSL
- Efficient Database Index Design: Analysis of the RaptorDB v2 Index Format (Sorted Lists + Hash Tables) and how it might be enhanced.
