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Awake for a bit 'til I get Coco. I was flaring yesterday, so I rearranged my schedule for some extra sleep. Still feeling kinda crappy, but not as bad.

The Obama administration has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, because it’s unconstitutional.
More: Obama DOJ Abandons DOMA Defense

Transmetropolitan Graffiti on the streets of NYC

Libyan forces turn on Gadaffhi, declare "Free Benghazi," capture foreign mercenaries

Archive.org and 150 libraries create 80,000 lendable ebook library

New Zealand earthquake, 98 confirmed dead, 226 missing.

Indiana deputy attorney general tweets: "Use live ammunition" on demonstrators
More: Let's get this straight: Both sides are, in fact, not "just as bad," when it comes to institutionally sanctioned violent and eliminationist rhetoric.

Injustice Everywhere: The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project

The Solar System from MESSENGER

Little Phoenixes at the Taipei Zoo

Fat Cookies shut down

Today on BoingBoing: Highlights from the world's largest general science conference
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Snowman Slide: insanely elaborate slide

Irish government sneaks in Internet censorship law

Single mom sets herself on fire in Morocco

The House That Fun Built of the Day

Guest Post: Reactions to the Case of Lara Logan

Order of Odd-Fish, a funny, mannered, hilariously weird epic romp -- Sounds like my kind of thing.

Books marching around a bookcase: stop-motion animation

Prisoner's beautiful, weird eyeball sculptures

Secret Chambers and Hidden Passageways, Built to Order

Inventables: new material gizmos by and for inventors

Lara Logan, Julian Assange: Two cases of rape culture

Common parasite uncovers key cause of Crohn's

It's the Inequality, Stupid

Hijinks Ensue: Assisted Mobility

Star Size Comparisons

Cats Ready to Kill You

XKCD: Flying Cars -- almost exactly the conversation Grafton and I were having the other night, actually (problems with getting all drivers competent in three dimensions when so many have problems handling two). We also came up with great plans for making Lorain Ave a high-speed pedestrian region.

Very NSFW pic from big group shot at Dark Odyssey Winter Fire

Jefferson's books found in US university library

Queen's University researcher connects cannabis use and sexual dysfunction

Hibernating Bears Keep Weirdly Warm

Best Science Pictures of 2010 Announced

Boobs, Bodies, and Book Covers

the activism trap -- This resonates quite strongly for me.

Gov. Scott Walker’s Amazing Prank Call with ‘David Koch’

The risks of CAM: How much do we know?

Little Pandas Grow Up So Fast!

Tom Baker's tribute to Nicholas Courtney

Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who's legendary Brigadier, mourned by fans

Why Save PBS?

Steroids to treat asthma: How safe are they?

Chandra finds superfluid in neutron star's core

Exclusive premiere of the Justice League XXX trailer, with Ron Jeremy as the Penguin

An open letter to Nathan Fillion

Hollowed-out bug-sculptures

"Getting familiar with polyamory in Wisconsin"

FDA Asked to Rein in 'Get Slim' Surgery Ads

Bear cub plays rough with cat

Upgrading the Electric Grid With Flywheels and Air

The oldest swinger in town? Milly, 96, makes £50,000 a year... as an escort

Hathaway Nature Preserve, Indiana