June 21, 2013: Afternoon
- Brazilian president holds emergency cabinet meeting after more than a million people join nationwide protests.
- Fun facts learned from Snowden.
- California's booming marijuana business endangers redwood forests and ecosystems much like industrial logging.
- Angela Merkel discovers the "new territory" of the internet, inspiring a meme.
- German town hosts a multi-national bovine beauty pageant.
- Excellent account of discovering the Denisovan, a third type of human, from an "unspectacular" chip of bone.
- Accounting for Cleveland musician and "grown-ass man" Obnox's DIY, punk-and-flyer approach to music.
- See also: Jamie xx's recent set at Live at Night + Day Berlin.
- Kanye is part of a long tradition of black artists who have fashioned a deeply political articulation of what it means to love yourself.
- General-interest story about Digg's process of building software to replace Google Reader.
- Pi contains all numbers, but that doesn't mean it contains all information.
- Photographic reconstructions of famous paintings; some of them, like the paintings themselves, not safe for work.
- Taiwanese cafe chain features latte art that depicts customers' faces.
- Kickstarter page for The Amazing Spider-Man 2: ’Stache Cash Fast.
- Federal criminal statutes are ballooning, and many don't require a prosecutor to show that the defendant had criminal intent.
- Club employee's tumblr features pictures of equipment used by touring rock bands.
- Joyful weekend read for anyone who likes pianos: "A Pianist's A-V," from art and artists to virtuosity.