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This was in a book I had in junior high school, called The Bawdy Bedside Reader. [more inside]
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 11:45 PM PST - 15 comments

Play All, a collection of 17 music videos by The Books. (track links inside) [more inside]
posted by Going To Maine at 11:27 PM PST - 4 comments

The fart heard round the world: how an Australian musician's fart went viral. "When an Australian musician recorded his fart on his phone he had no idea it would become an educational talking point for music students all around the world. His 7-tone fart was so unique, he turned it into a symphony and it went viral." [2m9s]
posted by hippybear at 9:38 PM PST - 11 comments

BANANAS. KALE. FRESH SQUEEZED ORANGE JUICE. CARROTS. CEREAL [more inside]
posted by Grandysaur at 3:38 PM PST - 36 comments

The talented Teddy Powell and His Orchestra perform Serenade To A Maid (1941). WARNING: undignified
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 2:08 PM PST - 10 comments

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, creator of the Konami Code, a cheat code first used in Gradius and later popularised in Contra, has died at 61. The Konami Code has been used in over 100 Konami games, and has spread far and wide beyond the company in games, software, and other media. [more inside]
posted by adrianhon at 1:48 PM PST - 40 comments

A Key FBI Photo Analysis Method Has Serious Flaws, Study Says After ProPublica’s reporting last year, scientists at UC Berkeley tested one of the FBI Lab’s photo analysis techniques, identifying bluejeans by the pattern on their seams, and found flaws that challenge the method’s reliability. [ProPublica]
posted by readinghippo at 1:19 PM PST - 42 comments

Cosmos, a piece inspired by the disorienting beauty of spaceflight. Ocean, a crashing journey through stormy seas. Sarah is notable not only for her wild use of arpeggios, but also for her pop covers. For fans of Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Yann Tiersen, Daniel Thorne, Liszt, and Ravel.
posted by fake at 12:37 PM PST - 3 comments

Thomas Pynchon Unmasked The great California writer—if unknowingly—answers our questions about a U.S. Department of Jesus, moving back to the Golden State, and winning a Nobel Prize. By David Kipen
posted by chavenet at 12:19 PM PST - 30 comments

“ For Torres and many others, including famed El Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, expression of true faith meant advocacy for a revolutionary reorientation of society. If charity couldn’t feed the hungry, then the only choice was a more radical option.“ The Saints Of The Christian Left (Protean) The Institute for Christian Socialism is an ecumenical institute founded on the conviction that the socialism of the Gospel is irreconcilable with capitalism and demands Christian participation in the emergence of new forms of political economy today. - Current Affairs interview with IfCS co-founder Josh Davis on the history of Christianity and leftist movements (YouTube)
posted by The Whelk at 9:46 AM PST - 9 comments

The political awakening of Norman Rockwell.
posted by Chrysostom at 8:35 AM PST - 26 comments

The History Of Farts In Video Games [GEEK] “As video games mature, their ability to simulate different aspects of the world we live in just gets better and better. From early days when black and white spaceships jittered across displays to the immersive 3D virtual worlds we expect in 2017, the vidya experience gets more and more like reality. That’s a long-winded (no pun intended) way to say that you can fart in video games. Yes, this might seem like a silly use of our time, but this is Geek. We’re all about exploring the sacred as well as the profane. What better way to do so than to look at digital representations of gas passing from the digestive system through the butt? For whatever reason, developers have been including farts in video games for decades. Let’s don our gas masks and venture into digital history to discover how flatulence has been used in gaming through the years.” [Gaming's Greatest Farty Butts][YouTube]
posted by Fizz at 7:53 AM PST - 35 comments

Scores of organs — mostly kidneys — are trashed each year and many more become critically delayed while being shipped on commercial airliners, a new investigation finds.
posted by Etrigan at 7:29 AM PST - 17 comments

In a surprise announcement, Disney CEO Bob Iger, who oversaw the company's growth and expansion after the tumultuous ouster of Michael Eisner in the 2000s, is stepping down from the role, with Disney Parks head Bob Chapek succeeding him. (SLSlate) [more inside]
posted by NoxAeternum at 7:23 AM PST - 35 comments

People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia (Vice): Over the past 60-some years, scientists around the world have been writing about this mystery. They've analyzed past studies, combed the wards of psychiatric hospitals, and looked through agencies that treat blind people, trying to find a case. [...] These findings suggest that something about congenital blindness may protect a person from schizophrenia. This is especially surprising, since congenital blindness often results from infections, brain trauma, or genetic mutation -- all factors that are independently associated with greater risk of psychotic disorders. [more inside]
posted by not_the_water at 7:12 AM PST - 17 comments

Can a fart propel you in zero g? I ask two aerospace engineers to find out. (SLImgur)
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 5:39 AM PST - 48 comments

"The couriers are selected by Foodora and required to deliver food on the terms and conditions determined by Foodora in accordance with Foodora's standards. In a very real sense, the couriers work for Foodora, and not themselves." In a "historic precedent for precarious workers", the Ontario Labour Relations Board has ruled (PDF) that Foodora workers are eligible to join a union. The votes they cast months ago to unionize (previously) can now be counted.
posted by clawsoon at 5:33 AM PST - 11 comments