May 31, 2012: Afternoon
- Let's back up a moment to explain why a revolution was even needed: before 1960, the province was basically run by the Catholic Church.
- Fugitive porn star wanted by Interpol for mailing a severed foot to Canadian political party headquarters.
- Cold War fears spurred the creation of Google Translate.
- Russian singer of viral "Trololo" song in coma after stroke.
- The "Trololo" video that started it all back in the 1970s.
- When politicians tweet, then delete, Politwoops archives their words for posterity.
- Obama awards Dylan presidential Medal of Freedom
- The Non-Expert's "Your Best Bob Dylan Album Calculator."
- David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker) on how the internet screws creators.
- After months of pestering from friends, family...I consulted my personal physician about whether it was time to switch to a strict, all-kale diet.
- The recently decoded tomato has 7,000 more genes than a human.
- Lower education levels correlate to more time wasted online.
- Laura Miller begs to differ with researchers' claim that math proves literary classics are useless.
- Rosecrans Baldwin will read from Paris, I Love You... tonight in Miami.
- TMN's Graham T. Beck welcomes the death of cursive.
- Related: Beck's "Tempest in an Inkpot."