News from Thursday the 13th:

Sometimes with FB instafeed I forget that once upon a time I used to post all that stuff on HYR.  So here's a scattershot of interesting stuff I found today:

Scientists Find That Squid Beak Is Both Hard And Soft, A Material That Engineers Want To Copy huh huh huh...hard.  Still joking aside, fascinating and I'm a sucker for potential biotech.

 

Islamophobia in Western Media

 

U.S. Becoming Less "Free"

 

2011: The Dark Year Ahead - a piece from Pravda that is pretty grim but certainly worth reading.

 

Three Giant Spaceships to Attack Earth in 2012?  Sweet!

 

My Russian is not very good but I think this headline reads "Fucking Giant Icicles!"  Additionally that Russkie news site has loads of pictures of hot chicks.  Skernik!

 

 Sharks in the Streets of Brisbane.  If this is true then Australia's floods make Katrina look like a kiddie pool.

 

Shane Black Brought on to Death Note - the live action version of the crappy anime.  Suck. 

 

From the geniuses over at somethingawful.com a Combos Factory Maintenance Report

 

Niall O'Dowd's Violent films,video games played role in Gabbie Giffords shooting, killings makes me miss Jack Thompson.