Article: 5 Unintended Consequences of America’s War on Pubic Hair

5 Unintended Consequences of America’s War on Pubic Hair
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Recommended read from Salon.com: Nobody “needs” to rape

Nobody “needs” to rape

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Four-pound hairball removed from tiger

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Big cats get big hairballs, which I suppose we might have guessed.  Ty the tiger, from Widlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, was clogged up by a hug hairball (he lost 100 pounds), which had to be surgically removed.

WTSP News has the story, pictures, and a video:

The hospital says Vernon Yates with the not-for-profit Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc. brought in the 17-year-old male jungle cat to see a specialist on Monday, after the tiger had not eaten on his own for nearly two weeks. 

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The Girl Who Turned to Bone – Atlantic Mobile

The Girl Who Turned to Bone – Atlantic Mobile.

“Children Are Dying” – People & Politics – Washingtonian

“Children Are Dying” – People & Politics – Washingtonian.

Solomon Shereshevsky, the Unforgettable

Solomon Shereshevsky, the Unforgettable.

Mike Jay reviews ‘Permanent Present Tense’ by Suzanne Corkin · LRB 23 May 2013

Mike Jay reviews ‘Permanent Present Tense’ by Suzanne Corkin · LRB 23 May 2013.

Holler If Ya Read Me: African-American Writers—and Readers—Fret Over the Future of Thug Lit | Observer

Holler If Ya Read Me: African-American Writers—and Readers—Fret Over the Future of Thug Lit | Observer.

My Medical Choice by Angelina Jolie – NYTimes.com

My Medical Choice by Angelina Jolie – NYTimes.com.

Interior Lives, Katherine Rowland interviews Claire Messud – Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics

Interior Lives, Katherine Rowland interviews Claire Messud – Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics.

Republicans Agree to Stop Using Word Scandal in Every Sentence If Obama Resigns : The New Yorker

Republicans Agree to Stop Using Word Scandal in Every Sentence If Obama Resigns : The New Yorker.

Pearl Jam Baby (She was only 2)

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Sneezing Animals Compilation

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Famed bird reappears after 400,000 miles of flight

Famed bird reappears after 400,000 miles of flight.

Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea?

Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea?.

Scientists capture one of the world’s rarest big cats on film (photos)

Scientists capture one of the world’s rarest big cats on film (photos).

NOVA | Australia: First 4 Billion Years

NOVA | Australia: First 4 Billion Years.

Article: 10 Common Ideas About Sex — That May Be Totally Wrong

10 Common Ideas About Sex — That May Be Totally Wrong
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Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History | TomDispatch.

Roger Alan Wade- Fryin´ Bacon Nekkid

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Drive Thru Zombie Headless Prank

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Swedishness

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Flirting With Animal Facts | Pleated-Jeans.com

Flirting With Animal Facts | Pleated-Jeans.com.

Springbok pronking

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Top 5 Strangest Rainforest Animals – Wildlife

Top 5 Strangest Rainforest Animals – Wildlife.

How to Make a Mini Bow and Arrow

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Rafsanjani’s Exclusion from Iran’s Presidential Race a Sign of Creeping Totalitarianism | Informed Comment

Rafsanjani’s Exclusion from Iran’s Presidential Race a Sign of Creeping Totalitarianism | Informed Comment.

Sen. Inhofe: “When a Disaster Occurs in America… Everyone … wants to pour Money on’em” | Informed Comment

Sen. Inhofe: “When a Disaster Occurs in America… Everyone … wants to pour Money on’em” | Informed Comment.

The Rag Blog: Michael James : Bill at Chester’s Hamburger King

The Rag Blog: Michael James : Bill at Chester’s Hamburger King.

The Rag Blog: REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘La Vida Coca’ in Bolivia and Peru / 3

The Rag Blog: REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘La Vida Coca’ in Bolivia and Peru / 3.

Yet more felids: the Javan leopard

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by Greg Mayer

We've noted a number of times here on WEIT the great things that have been done using camera traps to survey rare and endangered species, especially felids. Age Kridalaksana of the Center for International Forestry Research has gotten pictures and produced a video of his successful search for the Javan leopard, Panthera pardus melas (see also the video on conservation challenges in Indonesia).

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Time Regained! by James Gleick | The New York Review of Books

Time Regained! by James Gleick | The New York Review of Books.

Pathetic Little People / Жалкий Людишк а

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How To Disappoint Your Parents In 61 Seconds – BuzzFeed Mobile

How To Disappoint Your Parents In 61 Seconds – BuzzFeed Mobile.

Spinosaurus vs Carcharodontosaurus – The balance of power – Planet Dinosaur – BBC

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Republicans Question Whether Obama Could Handle Actual Scandal : The New Yorker

Republicans Question Whether Obama Could Handle Actual Scandal : The New Yorker.

Cat Beards | Know Your Meme

Cat Beards | Know Your Meme.

Speed Kills – This is Why You Can’t Outrun a Cheetah

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Captivating Portraits of Luminous Underwater Creatures – My Modern Metropolis

Captivating Portraits of Luminous Underwater Creatures – My Modern Metropolis.

Common misquotations

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John Green from Mental Floss corrects 50 common misquotations. I must say, I've misquoted at least a dozen of these. Let's not have any of these on this site, or at least any of these distorted or misattributed!

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The Japanese Tradition – Chopsticks

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The Smallest Park In The World

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Game of Fucks: All the swearing in Game of Thrones | Slacktory

Game of Fucks: All the swearing in Game of Thrones | Slacktory.

The ultimate Arrested Development supercut | Slacktory

The ultimate Arrested Development supercut | Slacktory.

Gay of Thrones: Game of Thrones Ep. 8 Recap

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They Surf with Patton Oswalt

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Obama Asks Staff to Start CC’ing Him on Stuff : The New Yorker

Obama Asks Staff to Start CC’ing Him on Stuff : The New Yorker.

Mozambique Diary: On the benefits of being lazy

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Since I needed for one of my book projects a few shots of the famous Gorongosa crocodiles, which rank among the largest in Africa, I asked for help from Bob Poole, a man with considerable crocodile experience. Bob is a legendary National Geographic cameraman who shot, among other NatGeo titles, "Africa's Lost Eden" and "War Elephants."
We decided to set up a blind near one of the crocodiles' basking beaches on the night before, arrive when it was still dark and sneak into the hide, and photograph the animals from there.

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Insect photography workshop in Belize

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Now I suppose this will interest only a subset of our photography enthusiasts here, but I wanted to call attention to an upcoming week-long course on insect photography in Belize, whose instructors include two superb nature photographers that I've often featured on this site: Piotr Naskrecki and Alex Wild.

The flyer is below, and the website for the course is…

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Jane Mayer: How Far Did PBS Go to Avoid Offending a Sponsor? : The New Yorker

Jane Mayer: How Far Did PBS Go to Avoid Offending a Sponsor? : The New Yorker.