thedailywhat:

Kickass Cover of the Day: If you listen to one cover of Gotye’s chart-topper “Somebody That I Used To Know” today (other than this one, this one, this one, this one, or this one), make it fun.’s lovely rendition of the song for BBC Radio One, with Paramore’s Hayley Williams singing the Kimbra part.

Ironically, all these covers of “Somebody” have elevated the song to the number one spot on the iTunes charts, displacing fun.’s big hit, “We Are Young.”

[nme]

While I feel somewhat bad for the Neanderthals – mainly I have an strong sense of Homo Sapien pride that our ancestors were that badass.  It’s like brains and technology have always been our secret weapon.

jtotheizzoe:

Humanity’s Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals

Neanderthals lived and thrived in Europe for 250,000 years. Then humans showed up. Within 10,000 years, they were extinct. How did humans crowd them out, evolutionarily?

A new theory says that the beginnings of paleolithic dog domestication could have given early humans an edge:

Dogs would help humans to identify their prey; but they would also work, the theory goes, as beasts of burden — like the Blackfeet and Hidatsa of the American West, who bred large, strong dogs specifically for hauling strapped-on packs. (Paleolithic dogs were large: They had, their skeletons suggest, a body mass of at least 70 pounds and a shoulder height of at least 2 feet — which would make them, at minimum, the size of a modern-day German shepherd.) Since transporting animal carcasses is an energy-intensive task, getting dogs to do that work would mean that humans could concentrate their energy on more productive endeavors: hunting, gathering, reproducing.

(? The Atlantic)

I see what you did there.

Batman has had many styles throughout the years, but never one quite like this. As a ’50s greaser in this re-imagining by Denis Medri, Batman looks like a hard-core rebel with a cause – and a lead pipe.

via Project Rooftop

Original Article

Superhero Birthday Party of the Day: In which Mom accidentally books the Dark Knight trilogy Batman for her kid’s backyard birthday party.
Best.
Worst.
Best. Birthday party. Ever.

[thanks, dan!]

President Barack Obama and Jimmy Fallon slow jam the news on student loan interest hikes.

Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your level of enthusiasm measures up to others. If you like something so much that a casual mention of it makes your whole being light up like a halogen lamp, if hearing a stranger fondly mention your favorite book or game is instant grounds for friendship, if you have ever found yourself bouncing out of your chair because something you learned blew your mind so hard that you physically could not contain yourself — you are a geek.

I’m incredibly biased, of course, but based on that last paragraph, I think we geeks sound like pretty awesome people to be around. So why, then, the lingering social stigma?

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What It Means To Be A Geek – The Mary Sue

100% correct.

imwithkanye:

Chris Evans* on gay marriage:

It’s insane that civil rights are being denied people in this day and age. It’s embarrassing, and it’s heartbreaking. It goes without saying that I’m completely in support of gay marriage. In 10 years we’ll be ashamed that this was an issue.

via: 20 Q | Playboy

*Have I mentioned how much I love Chris Evans?

peterfeld:

This fucking guy.