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One can simply walk into...



Lamp post cries out for vengeance.



Nyan Cat put to good use.



Protester - - the comment thread is an interesting window into how people game Reddit.



Glowing bugs.

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Photo of a Rosy Maple Moth.



Cat, lightning, volcano wallpaper.



Faux virus wallpaper.



Cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji.



Darwin, Tesla, and an explosion of science.

Link roundup

1. It's mildly interesting from a karmic standpoint that the National Enquirer supposedly videotaped To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen cheating on his wife. It's more interesting to wonder who tipped them off so they could get the scoop.

2. Photo gallery of China's 26-mile Jiaozhou Bay bridge (the current longest ocean bridge in the world). Via.

3. Scientists think these ants raise other bugs for food. Via.

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Six-year-old Yu Gi Oh cardshark.



This will kill you, painfully.



Australian Peacock Spider. (You can see them dancing here.)



The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Victor Vasetnov.



Long jump landing.



Hungry slippers.



Ta Prohm temple wallpaper.

Link roundup

1. Looks like the link is overwhelmed right now, but apparently "when a caterpillar goes into its chrysalis it's body literally melts down into a sac of fluid cells. These cells in turn recreate the entire body from scratch, forming a butterfly."

2. The big internet news today was Andy Baio reporting that he had been sued for profiting off another artist's intellectual property, and had settled because he couldn't afford to fight. I'm inclined to think it was not fair use. But mostly I was surprised that someone already facing a lawsuit he couldn't afford to defend would do something like create an index for The Daily.

3. The BBTS added several new vintage models, including the Mystery Machine, Batcycle, and Batboat.

Link roundup

1. Gizmodo is looking for an illustration and design intern.

2. "[M]any ladybugs that fall victim to the parasitical wasp Dinocampus coccinellae. Now, a new study reveals why the wasps use ladybugs as incubators. It turns out that the zombie ladybugs keep predators away from the wasps' vulnerable larva, increasing the likelihood that they survive to become full-fledged wasps." Via.

3. Can't believe I'm writing a teaser, but I'm really eager to see what Mike Krahulik thinks of The Old Republic (he's been playing the beta).

4. Tenacious Toys has a series of cupcake kaiju custom toys for sale.

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Bruins conquer Vancouver.



This should cost extra, right?



Tesla.

Bonus: These two were too disturbing to post.

Bonus #2: And to make up for those, here's a cat animated gif.