Geeking Out

  • Congratulations to 64 year old Diana Nyad for being the first person to successfully swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage! What a badass.
  • Carol Burnett to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph paying tribute.
  • Batwoman writers decide to leave the project after facing resistance from DC to allow Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer get married.
  • Controversy is flaring up again over Penny Arcade co-creator Mike Krahulic. Rachel Edidin explains quite thoroughly why she (and likely many others) will not return to PAX in Seattle. Krahulic since has shared a guarded apology, but is it a little too late?
  • Two great articles for you to read about the need for diversity in speculative fiction.
  • There’s a masked vigilante in Ciudad Juarez murdering bus drivers who sexually assault female passengers. Proceed with caution, as there is discussion of rape in article.
  • A wonderful essay on social code-switching by Lauren Lyons, examining the emotional toll of choosing between “fitting in” or speaking up as a Black woman in White, male dominated fields.
  • The UK branch mega store Toys”R”Us met with Let Toys Be Toys, an organization campaigning to stop gender-based marketing of toys. We see change on the horizon!
  • Popular web browsers and social media sites, drawn as anime characters. Why not?
  • Bill Nye is going to be on Dancing with the Stars.
  • You had us at “short documentary on Lisa Frank“.
  • Our new favorite way to procrastinate is, quite simply, The Procatinator. It is exactly what it sounds like.
  • Not enough cats? Here are great photos of adorable, three-legged kitty wearing tiny paper hats. You’re welcome.
  • Listen to Kate Winslet, the two lovable lugs from the IT Crowd, and Andrew Scott (Moriarty on Sherlock), among others, read Roald Dahl.
  • Last, but not least… FRAKA-KAKA-KAKA-KOW:

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