“The real potential in YouNow celebrity is not that broadcasters will become movie stars—it’s that social media will soon be the world’s trustiest star-making vehicle.”

Bill Withers Live (1972).

Happiness Doesn't Help You Live Longer.

A new study of hundreds of thousands of women finds no difference in mortality between the happy and the unhappy.

Related: What’s the point of convenience if it doesn’t make you happy?

Did you think that blue eyes are blue because they contain blue pigmented cells? Did you think that green eyes are green for the same reason? Think again.

MIT Has Built Shapeshifting, Interactive Pixels.

Mark, krieg' endlich deinen Arsch hoch!

Die österreichische Autofahrerinnenlobby würde ausrasten.

Ampeln auf Grün schalten? In Dänemark können einige Radfahrer das schon.

Same here.

“Until now, I’ve completed 70% of the signing process (for Bank für Gemeinwohl, ed.) and pretty much the only thing that’s left is printing and signing the documents and transferring the money.”

Coco Solid: Heaven’s Gate – a music video documentary made about The Fafswag Ball, a South Auckland scene that celebrates Polynesian fa'afafine (transgender) culture through fashion, vogue and dance battles.

utf8mb4 for the win?

When is UTF-8 not UTF-8? When it's used in MySQL, apparently.