People seem to be confusing "freedom of speech" with "freedom of facing no consequences for the things you're free to say"

Rebekah Brooks has resigned! Sky bid dropped! NotW extinct! Only four horcruxes left to go and Murdoch will be mortal again!

The Onion’s moon landing “front page” always captured the scale of the achievement best http://t.co/8q1fDQkr

Amazing. Fruits buried by prehistoric squirrels & frozen for 30,000 yrs have produced viable flowers http://t.co/RjkGfFnP

Nominees for Time's Person of the Year include the Higgs Boson, Mars Curiosity and Mitt Romney. Guys, none of those are actual people.

Guy sees Fibonacci seq in trees, sets up experiments, develops more efficient arrangement for solar panels. He's 13. http://t.co/gwrsJJl

If you really wanted to boldly reboot Spider-Man, make him shoot webs from his butt and sperm from his hands, like a real spider.

Rocket scientist dies. NYT obit leads with her cooking skills, husband and kids. Oh just fuck off.  http://nyti.ms/13GUqax  HT @stevesilberman

Unbeatable RT @henweb: The best Jobs headline has already been posted - "Cook aims to improve Apple Turnover" #Genius

Re: CERN, some ppl say it's silly to put so much money in something few people understand. Presumably those ppl also avoid banks.

First images already coming in from James Cameron's jaunt to the bottom of the Mariana Trench http://t.co/TE1JTcOv #deepseachallenge

Mind blown: fruits buried by prehistoric squirrels & frozen for 30,000 yrs have produced viable flowers http://t.co/RjkGfFnP

Seriously, this nuclear plant piece is heads and shoulders above typical "explainers". The writing is top stuff. http://bit.ly/ekPQgR

Utterly mesmerised by NASA's animation of the world's ocean currents. Like watching an animated Monet http://t.co/pmFf3fWZ

Let's replace "brain" w/ "kidney" in all neuromyths. "We only use 10% of our kidneys." "Your left kidney is logical; right one's creative."

A Higgs boson walks into a bar. The barman doesn't understand.

There are only 2 narratives to disasters: "Nothing much happened - it was all just hype" or "WHY WEREN'T WE BETTER PREPARED??"

15% of people trust the Daily Mail. Just think, one of those people could live next to you or talk to your children. http://t.co/xWsRXH2w

Octopus walks on land. Your homes and children are no longer safe. If you want me, I'll be surrendering. http://t.co/UQRIYXOL

Scientists say that octopuses are conscious. Octopuses presumably knew that already http://t.co/nh51aphM