Weekend link dump for December 27

What assembling IKEA furniture tells us about gender differences.

“So basically what’s going on is that NBC is allowing Bush Hagar to use her journalistic credentials and access to shill for one side in this marketing war. This, folks, is next-generation influence peddling.”

An Unbelievable Story of Rape. Which you really need to read.

What Scalzi says. And in that case, you can read the comments.

“An ancient species of human from China, thought to be long extinct, likely survived until at least the last Ice Age 14,000 years ago, new research finds.”

“The Federal Trade Commission announced that identity protection company LifeLock will pay $100 million for playing fast and loose with its customers’ sensitive information, including names, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and bank information.”

What JK Rowling says. And for that matter, what Andrew Sims says.

The connection between smog and crime.

“Humans got a new nickname this week: The Agents of Disturbance. And boy, do we deserve it.”

“My hope is that with the filing of this complaint, people will understand that transportation is also a civil rights issue.”

The story of Texas City blues singer Charles Brown, and his original recording of “Please Come Home For Christmas”, later made famous by The Eagles and Don Henley.

Look for more sophisticated phishing attacks as companies like Yahoo and Google start to phase out the use of passwords.

The linguistic history of “schlong” as a verb.

“Here are eight ways that hallucinogenic mushrooms explain the story of Santa and his reindeer.”

“Conservative commentators are running out of time for all of their dire prophecies about President Obama to come true.”

RIP, Peggy Say, who spent nearly seven years on a tireless quest for the release of her brother, journalist Terry Anderson, and fellow hostages from kidnappers in Lebanon.

“So, when you read these take-my-ball-and-go-homism pieces, remember, they’re so stupid and dishonest that you don’t need to respond to them.”

RIP, Elizabeth Laird, known as “The Hug Lady” to thousands of members of the U.S. armed forces over the years.

RIP, George Clayton Johnson, writer of the first Star Trek episode.

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