May, 2011

A mother calms her napping kitten with a hug. I’m not much of a cat guy, or a cat video guy, but this shit will give you diabetes.

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The Joy of Tech

Welcome to the war on drugs. Helmet cam footage of Pima County SWAT personnel raining bullets down the hallway of ex-Marine, husband, and father of two Jose Guerena during a marijuana raid (which yielded no marijuana) has made its way to the web. Guerena had no prior criminal record, and the police found nothing illegal in his home.

Guerena was shot while holding an AR-15, which still had the safety on, despite police reports that they saw muzzle flashes coming from the bedroom. The reason he was probably armed:  ”Last year, two of Vanessa Guerena’s relatives were murdered by armed intruders. The intruders also shot the couple’s children.”

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The 5 Strangest Ways Your Mind Can Get Your Body Sick – [Cracked]

People That Think The Onion Stories Are Real Reacting On Facebook – [Literally Unbelievable]

Top 10 Myths About The Brain – [Smithsonian Mag]

Twitter Lets You See Other People’s Twitter Feeds - [TechCrunch]

Twitter has just rolled out a nifty little feature. Now on anyone’s profile, when click on the “Following” link, you’ll be able to see exactly how they see Twitter. In other words, you can see the same timeline of tweets that they see when they’re looking at their main feed.

Amazon Reveals Most Well-Read Cities in the U.S. – [Mashable]

Stereotypes about which areas of the United States are “more literate” than others are common, but actual data on the matter was hard to find until Amazon volunteered its records on Thursday. The company tallied all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since January 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents.

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Chuck & Beans

Jay-Z posted this video of Beyoncé preparing for her performance of “1+1″ prior to last night’s season finale of American Idol.

Sometimes you need perspective. You’ve been right in front of greatness so often that you need to step back and see it again for the first time. This is the dressing room rehearsal for American Idol. NO MICROPHONE. No effects. – Andy WarHOV.

Life+Times | Related: “Dangerously In Love” at the Grammys, “Listen” on Oprah

Charlie Chaplin’s fantastic speech from The Great Dictator (which he wrote, directed, and starred in) gets combined with Hans Zimmer’s “Time” from the Inception OST.

Via | Previously: United We Rise

The Story Behind People In 10 Famous Photographs – [Listverse]

11 Fictional Family Trees - [Mental Floss]

The 20 Worst Jay-Z Songs – [Smoking Section]

Rainforest Activists Murdered In Brazil – [Boing Boing]

The bodies of Amazon rainforest activist Joao Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife Maria do Espirito Santo are carried to burial by friends and relatives, in the municipal cemetery of Maraba, in Brazil, on May 26, 2011. The identity of those responsible for the shooting in northern Brazil on Tuesday has not yet been determined, but da Silva predicted his own death six months ago, and was the recipient of frequent death threats by illegal loggers and cattle ranchers.

Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine Over 60 Times In Botched Pot Raid – [Huff Post]

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department initially claimed Guerena fired his weapon at the SWAT team. They now acknowledge that not only did he not fire, the safety on his gun was still activated when he was killed. Guerena had no prior criminal record, and the police found nothing illegal in his home. After ushering out his wife and son, the police refused to allow paramedics to access Guerena for more than hour, leaving the young father to bleed to death, alone, in his own home.

3 Months Of Civil War In Libya (Photos) – [In Focus]

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A ridiculously fit gentleman runs NAB Coronado’s infamous “O Course”.

Via | Related: American 50K record-holder Josh Cox takes a shot at it.

From Olly Moss’s “Paper Cuts” show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles.

Via | Tear-inducing context.