March 9, 2012: Afternoon
- Chess players in Europe forbidden from showing too much cleavage or wearing skirts too short.
- China's party newspaper publishes "Beautiful female journalists at two sessions" to highlight women's role.
- Olivia Wang on Chinese artists' current (and historical) obsession with rocks.
- Tutorial and commentary on cutting letters into stone.
- Despite excess supply, lawyers stay expensive due to "sticky" salaries and limited discounting.
- The shape of keyboards is shaping which words we prefer.
- Today in #TheRooster: Glory holes and dog fights, and much discussion of books.
- A truly green car would have “no air conditioner, no heater, no radio, and unpadded seats."
- For those who read (or not) too much online: Instapaper placebo.
- Lesson for the weekend, possibly for life: "Begs the question" does not mean "raises the question."
- Johnson & Johnson hopefully to realize the profits soon in creating an Advil of contraception.
- Excerpts from the comment section for every article ever written about PETA.
- Everything you need to know about Invisible Children, Kony, and attention-based advocacy.
- Man attempts different physical challenges while his neighbors copulate.