Big story from the AP about US intelligence setting up ZunZuneo, a social media system in Cuba, with the intention of using it to encourage political resistance. Kermit Roosevelt, Jr would be proud.
Shakespeare plays, told as three-panel comic strips. (Titus Andronicus though.)
Infographic showing the depth of the ocean where the missing plane might be. Lots of people have been sharing this because infographics showing the depth of the ocean are always awesome.
Keith Ng destroys in this post about staring disaster in the face and assuming it’ll all be fine.
Great short Delia Derbyshire doco
The Atlantic has a good overview of this Heartbleed thing that’s making computer nerds everywhere change all their passwords.
Remember Tamiflu? Ben Goldacre writes about how a big pharma company tricked govts around the world into spending billions to buy its ineffective medicine, and how they didn’t break any laws to do it. Rage-inducing. (via Nate Cull)
Traffic sign tells you to do a silly walk when you cross the road.
The germ theory of culture: this popped up all at once on several social media channels. So I’m sharing it, even though I think it’s a pretty classic case of taking an interesting small idea and chasing it far beyond the point of viability. (The article itself levies this charge about 3/4 of the way through.)
Album covers, from the reverse
Geologists work out the geology of Game of Thrones
Smooth jazz version of Game of Thrones theme, feat. sax guy Dave Koz
And Goat version of the same