Weekend link dump for June 10

Thanks, textbooks!

Getting a Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award would have been way cooler than an invitation to join most of those college honor societies would have been.

America 4 America.

Microsoft will make Do Not Track the default in IE10, and that may have profound implications for the web.

You should be able to make campaign contributions via text message if you want to.

Now this is what I call an absence excuse note.

Curt Schilling is still pretty much a jerk.

Four and twenty lampreys baked in a pie. Isn’t that a dainty dish to set before the Queen?

“My name is Andymandias, king of kings: Look at my giclee on canvas image, ye Mighty, and despair.”

RIP, Richard Dawson. As always, Mark Evanier is your best source for celebrity obituaries.

This is especially the case for Ray Bradbury, who passed away this week as well. The discussion at Crooked Timber is also worth your time.

Want to know where to find diversity on TV? Kids’ programming is a good place to start.

Sic transit gloria Venusi. I haven’t taken Latin since high school, so sue me if I got that wrong.

Going undercover in the name of Science.

Cold offices are bad for your productivity.

The First Amendment is an amazing thing.

“It’s pretty amusing that an opponent of the nanny state somehow thinks it would be less intrusive for a school to get Social Services involved, rather than just handing the child a piece of fruit or a carton of milk.”

Have you ever said to yourself “You know, I love my Kindle, but I sure do wish it actually smelled like a book“? Well, you’re in luck.

Mayim Bialek on why being a TV star is easier on her as a mom than being a scientist was.

I don’t think anyone at my alma mater wore shorts back in the day. Most of us probably shouldn’t have, anyway.

If we can’t have rude Photoshop contests, then the terrorists truly have won.

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