You know you have an issue when someone brews up a Tumblr to mock you: theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com.
What exactly is athletic doping, anyway?
In this Smithsonian Mag piece, some background on the “high-tech, high-stakes competition between Olympic athletes who use banned substances and drug testers out to catch them.” Helpful context for those seeking to understand the science behind today’s news on a doping scandal specific to a certain cycling hero and cancer advocate. (via @alicialane)
It sure sucks to work for Chick-fil-A when you’re gay
Great piece over at Huffington Post in which LGBT employees of Chick-Fil-A are interviewed about what it’s like working there right now. They’re getting it from both sides: the icky customers who thank them for hating gays, and the entitled jerk protesters who assume the same. And, bonus: some of the fast food chain’s gay employees report “a lot of general homophobia” in their work environments.
Severed foot and hand sent to 2 Canada schools: More missing Magnotta murder parts?
AP reports that “packages containing a human foot and hand were discovered at two schools in Vancouver on Tuesday, in what could be the latest gruesome twist in the case of a Canadian porn actor suspected of dismembering and eating his former lover.” As noted in a previous BB post, murder suspect Rocco Luka Magnotta, also known as Eric Clinton Newman, has been arrested in Berlin.