McAfee held a S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) campaign to test the results of giving email addresses out freely. Participants signed up for every "free gift" offer they could find, for a month. And they blogged about it.
Unsurprisingly, spam is evil, and doesn't stop with a "don't email me" tickbox. picked by lynxears 3 weeks ago

Poynter Online, the definitive source for ongoing journalism education, posted this Q&A explaining the motives behind the Page One photo of a baby boy in Zimbabwe with both legs broken. A nice look at the thought that gets put into the front page.
(*image is partial of NYT image, cropped for reasons in the story*) picked by lynxears 4 weeks ago

We're not sure where they came from, we don't really know how to stop them, and they're eating our electronics from the inside out!

The only (and small) good news is they eat fire ants. picked by lynxears 2 months ago

A 900-foot (and growing!) sinkhole has opened up in a Texas town, swallowing oil equipment, an 18-wheeler and everything else in its way. picked by lynxears 3 months ago

Ever wonder what Stormtroopers did in their free time? picked by lynxears 3 months ago

A dual-citizenship American/French man dies. LA police call it a suicide, French police aren't so sure.

..."The homicide detectives' theory — which strikes his family and friends as unlikely, even absurd — was that de la Plaza took drugs, stabbed himself, then washed or disposed of the knife before dying." picked by lynxears 3 months ago

Still images of cities around the world, taken clearly from the international space station for the first time.
It's beautiful, and amazing.
(Other cities-from-space photos have been taken, but these are vivid. Check it out). picked by lynxears 4 months ago

General Santa Anna captured the Alamo 172 years ago today. picked by lynxears 5 months ago

"It includes personal letters to and from former District Attorney Henry Wade, a gun holster, official records from the Jack Ruby trial, letters to Ruby and clothing that probably belonged to him and Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, said Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. And conspiracy theorists will rejoice over one find: a highly suspect transcript of a conversation betw... read full post picked by lynxears 5 months ago

After 9/11, the CIA tried to better infiltrate Islamic terror organizations by making fake corporations.

But..."because businessmen don't usually come into contact with Al-Qaeda operatives, the cover didn't work, The Times said." picked by lynxears 5 months ago

Then you'll love this database of homegrown limericks. Some SFW, some less so. All awesome.


(Image is of County Limerick, Ireland) picked by lynxears 6 months ago

Female spies are suing the CIA over gender discrimination in CIA policies. picked by lynxears 1 year ago

A dinner guest discovers the host's wife and stepson in the deep freezer while helping tidy up. picked by lynxears 1 year ago

A janitor somehow mistook rotten oranges for "a human substance" that was thought to be a fetus...until they took it to the medical examiner. picked by lynxears 1 year ago

PETA thinks Kevin Eubanks and Carrie Underwood are the sexiest vegetarians.

...I prefer meat-eaters, if that's the case. picked by lynxears 1 year ago

Some rings last forever. But forever is a really long time. Plus, those rings are expensive. And they don't vibrate at all. picked by lynxears 1 year ago