Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog

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	Volunteers at women’s health centres apparently get pelted with small rubber “dog-toy” like fetuses
The Psychology of Conspiracy
	If you need proof that the UK’s libel laws are over-the-top, check out the manner in which criticisms of a person’s behaviour need to be expressed, in order to avoid lawsuits.
As a denizen of the Internet, you are no doubt aware of that annoying quiz in which your own writing is compared to famous authors. But be aware that it is flawed: Input some Lovecraft, and it will identify it as Orwell-like. Input some Orwell, and it will be identified as being similar to Margaret Mitchell.
	Remember a few weeks ago when we linked to scaremongering over methane releases from the BP oil spill? Well, now the scaremongering has gone even more extreme — to doomsday scenarios! Of course, these do not stand up to scrutiny. But excellent scaremongering nonetheless!
Historians say that they have located King Arthur’s table. And here I was thinking that King Arthur was just a myth. Are the stories about Merlin true, too?
	It has been shown everywhere I look on the Internet. Everywhere. But I will still link to it, because I continue to love absolutely everything that Improv Everywhere does.
Need a place to crash for a month? Like museums? Then apply to live at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry for a month. Oh, you get paid, too. On the downside, you’ll be expected to write. Scary.

I am not entirely sure why the powers that be are trying to prevent the occurrence of Burlesque Wrestling in Seattle, but if it ever comes to London, I promise to buy a ticket.

(A man in an AX3 spacesuit from 1977)

An Australian is near death after accepting a dare to eat a slug. Which is why you should never accept a dare that involves slugs. Ever.

I really do not know what to make of this. Why is a doctor suing a Botox maker for getting botulism from Botox? Botox IS botulism. Which also makes me confused that the manufacturer is claiming that it cannot cause botulism. It IS botulism.

One of the most fascinating things I have read on the Internet in a long time is this interview with an anonymous Facebook employee, where they talk largely about privacy, and a little bit about weirdos on Facebook. It’s worth reading.

(Audrey Deluxe performs Burlesque as Boba Fett. Photo by Shannon Cottrell. More here.)

New York. Subway. No pants. That’s just the way they roll.

Book burning might be out of fashion, but thepublicdomain.org argues here that gradual changes to copyright law over the past fifty years are accomplishing the same thing.