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SonicSpike (242293) writes with news that the ACLU and Rand Paul both think every Senator should read David Barron's legal memos justifying the use of drones against an American citizen before he is confirmed to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. From the article: "Paul, the junior Republican senator from Kentucky, has informed Reid he will object to David Barron's nomination to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals unless the Justice Department makes public the memos he authored justifying the killing of an American citizen in Yemen. The American Civil Liberties Union supports Paul's objection, giving some Democratic lawmakers extra incentive to support a delay to Barron's nomination, which could come to the floor in the next two weeks. Barron, formerly a lawyer in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, penned at least one secret legal memo approving the Sept. 2011 drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric whom intelligence officials accused of planning terrorist attacks against the United States."

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Cyndi Minister runs The Twisted Purl, a yarn company in Arkansas. She’s also a bit of a geek, and when her ankles became sore from too much work at the treadle, she hit on the idea of making a Raspberry Pi powered spinning wheel for her hand-made yarn.

If you’re spinning, you need to be able to do three things: turn the wheel in one direction to spin, in the opposite direction to ply, and halt. Cyndi went from a standing start (“It’s the first time I’ve ever done anything electronically; ever coded; ever worked with computers”), to building the perfect electronic spinning wheel. The machine incorporates a camera so she can blog what she’s spinning; she’s planning to get it hooked up to the Twitter API to live-tweet whatever she’s working on too.

Cyndi decided to enter Raspberry sPIn in the Raspberry Pi Bake-Off competition hosted by Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas; and we are completely unsurprised to learn that she carried away the first prize. Here’s video from David J Hinson of the event: Cyndi’s segment starts at 2.42.

You can read more about Cyndi’s yarn-tacular adventures with the Raspberry Pi on her website. Congratulations on your win, Cyndi!

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I just found out that MAME can now emulate The Gladiator, one of my favourite arcade games :D

Expect a blog post about it over here in the near future! :D

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“Oh the humanity” — May 6, 1937

New Orleans native Frank Relle captures stunning shots of his hometown late at night using long-exposure photography. The images show often overgrown and sometimes destroyed buildings devoid of human life.

I decided to pursue photography. I went to New York to find photography, but lost it in the bright lights and darkrooms. I came home to New Orleans and listened to Bob French’s voice on WWOZ.

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The Samich Truck — otherwise known as simply the Food Truck — will offer its customers “four-star-quality food items infused with 30 to 100 mg of THC.”

Storium is an online platform for creating collaborative stories. It's part role-playing game, part shared fiction organizer, and the creators of the game's myriad settings include some of our favorite authors.

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We've got exclusive early access to some new photos of the San Francisco's Zoo's newest resident, a 10-month-old male red panda . Get ready to make travel arrangements to get yourself to SF, pronto.

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One sad Asian is as good as the next it seems. At least according to Fox News.

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The 1988 Oscar for Best makeup goes to Ve Neill, Steve La Porte,  Robert Short for their work on Betelgeuse. 

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In important #butt news, a Napoli fan stormed the pitch to celebrate the Coppa Italia win and got a face full of #butt.

#Napoli fan celebrates Coppa Italia win with Reina pic.twitter.com/USlXPDHOD1

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Confirmed.

All season long, we're keeping score in "Game of Thrones." This is the closest thing that TV recaps have to advanced stats.

This "Game of Thrones" discussion is written by someone who has read George R.R. Martin's books but will generally only discuss events that have happened on the HBO's televised version. Please respect these boundaries should you choose to participate in the comments section.

Episode 4.5: "First of His Name"

FINAL SCORE: Violence 10, Sex 1

(Note: the baseline for the score is typically dead bodies versus nude bodies, though the reviewer reserves the right to add or subtract points for style, or lack thereof.)

Violence

Totals: One young girl backhanded by a mailed fist, one dead rabbit set aflame and stomped out; two hands held with uncomfortable pressure exhibited by a jealous aunt; one midnight melee by firelight resulting in a violent neck-snapping, a sword thrust through the back of the head and out of a mouth, a direwolf revenge-mauling, and arson.

"Wait, did you say a sword came out of someone's mouth?" Indeed I did.

Please don't question the awkward and unnecessary angle of the sword, and don't wonder, "Wouldn't it have been easier to chop off his head?" This show has DONE beheadings, okay? What it hasn't done is give you a sword popping out of a villain's mouth, triggering the kind of adrenaline rush usually only experience by bank robbers, Red Bull-sponsored athletes, and mothers deadlifting minivans to save their children. So just enjoy it, okay?

Notes: The show dialed it back this week with merely the threat of rape, which is a big step forward after on-screen rapes in each of the last two episodes. So great job, "Game of Thrones"! I made you a sign:

Sex

Totals: One woman's promise that she's gonna keep the whole damn castle awake with orgasmic screams, and the subsequent fulfillment of that promise. Oh hey, Sansa, you look tired! Did you not sleep well?

Notes: It was a terrible effort from Sex this week, with the team's sole point awarded as a bonus for the sheer freakiness of Lysa Arryn. Not that it was unexpected, as the show opened with one of the sadder images you'll see on HBO:

Right up front -- even before the credits roll -- you know you're getting an hour with zero nudity and zero sexual content of note. Team Sex simply ran up the white flag this week, the TV equivalent of watching your favorite football team start John Skelton at quarterback.

Cersei Lannister Winewatch

The Queen Regent didn't even finish her glass while meeting with her father, who broke the news of the family's growing money troubles. And she was plenty sober running interference between Tommen and Margaery:

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An Incomplete List of Things Robert Baratheon Did That Bothered Tywin Lannister

- Patted him on the back a lot

- Constantly borrowed money

- Used his deodorant

- Failed to produce a true heir, resulting in the whole Stannis thing

- Drank a flagon of Dornish wine he'd been saving for after destroying the Starks

- close talker

- Called him "Ty"

#TrueDetectiveSeason2 Rankings

1. JON AND GHOST

I call bullshit on this scene. It should have lasted three minutes and included tussling, hugging, crying, and the voices we only ever use for dogs and babies. Instead it's like, "Oh hey, animal whose life I saved and raised from infancy. I thought you were gone forever, but it's nice to see you again." Honestly, I worry that no one on the writing staff has ever owned a dog.

2. Arya and the Hound

3. Daenerys and the leathery sun-baked facial creases that communicate Jorah Mormont's impossible longing.

9. Brienne and Podrick

22. Cersei and Margaery. As HBO shows go, this relationship is more "Curb Your Enthusiasm" than "True Detective."

The Architect of a Kingdom's Demise Gets Outmaneuvered

"Of course, my dear! We'll get married just as soon as we can invite the other lords of the Eyrie and plan a proper celebra--

"No guests, you say? Well, I suppose we could marry a bit earlier, but there's still the issue of paperwork, and City Hall's only open--"

"So you did, yes. So many forms! I'd hate to fill these out incorrectly, though, so I'll retire to my quarters to give these my full attention--"

"I just sign where the stickers are? And your lawyers reviewed everything? Alas, if only I had a pen --- naturally, yes, and SO thoughtful of you, dear Lysa, to have a choice of six different ink colors depending on my mood. My mood is so EAGER, Lysa, why, I will marry you tonight, but I've spent WEEKS at sea without a bath, so I'll just take my leave and--"

"Oh! You've brought the septon and witnesses. Had them ready from the moment I set foot inside. How ... marvelous. Just really great. I'm so happy. I will now turn the corners of my mouth upward to make my broadest smile, such is my joy."

Miscellaneous

Rabbits skinned: 0

Rabbits burned: 1

Night's Watch turncoats eliminated: 11 (or 12, counting Locke)

Questionable/admirable decisions made by Craster's wife/daughters: 2 (stabbing Karl in the back to save Jon Snow, and burning down the ONLY SHELTER THEY'VE EVER KNOWN)

Starks stabbed: 2. (It runs in the family.)

Money owed to the Iron Bank: a tremendous amount.

How much: I said A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, okay?

DNP, Coach's Decision

Tyrion; Jaime (shown, but no lines); Bronn; DRAGONS, AGAIN; the Iron Bank; Ellaria Sand (who by the way would NOT look that good after birthing eight daughters); the Mountain; Stannis and Team Dragonstone; all parties in the coming Bolton-Greyjoy fracas; inappropriate breast-feeding; snow zombies; proper skinning technique; Summer; Mormont's skull; Ser Pounce.

Oregon's basketball program is at the center of a forcible rape investigation that has caused the dismissal of three players.

Oregon's basketball program announced that Dominic Artis, Damyean Dotson and Brandon Austin were "not currently participating in any team activities" on Monday afternoon, and a late night report by The Oregonian shed some light on the details surrounding the leave of absence by the three players. Dotson is the subject of a forcible rape investigation from March that also names Artis and Austin in the police report. Dotson will not be prosecuted due to a lack of evidence, and was the lone subject of the investigation. All three players were reportedly kicked off the team on Monday night,. Read the entire police report here.

The police report depicts a gruesome scene where all three men allegedly forced vaginal and oral sex upon the victim multiple times. The report starts at a party where the victim states she was intoxicated. She was allegedly led into a bathroom by Dotson and Austin, where the two Oregon basketball players allegedly took off the victim's clothes and started sexually assaulting her. The victim said she did not want to do anything with them, but Austin and Dotson were persistent. Each allegedly forced oral sex on the victim, and Austin allegedly began having vaginal intercourse with her at a certain point. Austin was allegedly in front of the bathroom door to prevent anyone from coming into a bathroom that did not lock.

Per the police report, after the victim exited the bathroom to grab a cup of water, she was again allegedly led back to the bathroom, this time with Artis joining Dotson and Austin. The three men allegedly forced oral sex on the victim.

The three players allegedly took the victim back to an apartment and continued with the sexual assault. The victim alleged that all three players had vaginal intercourse with her before she started crying and they stopped. The victim fell asleep at the apartment and returned wearing clothes allegedly provided by Artis, since the victim's clothes were wet from rain the night before.

Artis and Dotson were interviewed by local authorities and said all sexual activity was consensual.

This is the second sexual assault incident involving Austin, who was also under investigation by police in Providence, R.I. Austin transferred to Oregon after originally signing with Providence and getting suspended for the season.

Dotson started 69 of 71 games for Oregon over the last two seasons, averaging 11.4 points as a freshman and 9.4 points per game as a sophomore. Artis, a point guard, averaged 4.1 points per game as a sophomore last season. Austin would have been eligible to play in December as a freshman.

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off to a good start

“I think a lot of people don’t understand that when we talk about these issues—blackface, rape jokes, the appropriation of marginalized cultures, and so on—we are having an ethical conversation, not a legal one. There is no thought police. No one’s coming to your house and carting you off to Insensitivity Prison. But you, as a person living on this planet, get to make a choice whether you want to hurt people or help people. Whether you want to listen or shut people out. I can’t imagine why you’d choose “defensive shithead” over “nice lady capable of empathy,” but okey dokey.”

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Never count out Touchdown Tom.

Here's Tom Brady. And here's Gisele dressed up like his new hair. http://t.co/UwOD9sw9Fu

— People magazine (@peoplemag) May 5, 2014

This is Tom Brady in costume at Harry Josh's annual pre-Met Gala HairBall Party.

A lot of people on Twitter want to talk about his blonde hair, but they might be missing the real #scoop.

Take it away, Us Magazine tipster!

At one point, the New England Patriots quarterback stopped to get a little twerking lesson from a fellow attendee. "He was an awkward twerker, but he tried, and Gisele was loving it," the onlooker tells Us of the footballer, who dutifully held his wife's heels while she danced around him.

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