‘The practice is impractical as well as immoral. It harms prisoners, costs too much, and leads to more crime.’ (Slate.com)

‘Musical preferences have become increasingly uniform across the country, but there are still some pretty strong regional preferences. This map breaks down those distinctive preferences along state lines.

The map is the work of Paul Lamere, who used musical data from 250,000 listeners through streaming service The Echo Nest, where he’s the Director of Developer Platform.

What it’s not, however, is a map of the most popular music in each state, which tends to crossover quite a bit between individual states. It’s the most distinctive music, the music that’s listened to more in that particular state than anywhere else in the rest of the country.’ (io9).

‘Johnathan was on death row when we fell in love. Nothing could have prepared me for witnessing his execution…’ (Salon.com).

‘Wolf eels are pretty ugly in general, but this one—this one is the one that the rest of the wolf eels make fun of in school.’ (Gizmodo).