Protest against bullfighting.

A traditional bullfight in the Andean community of Sabanalarga resulted in the death of three people and the injury of 37 others.

Some might say that’s tragic, but as tragic as the loss of human life is, I have no empathy for those who get their entertainment from watching animals get tortured and killed in an arena. It’s fucking barbaric and brutal, and I’d rather root for the bulls than for the savages.

I just hope those bulls had fun mauling the crowd.

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There are lots of cool things to be found on the internet these days, but only a few of them are really awe-inspiring. One of those rare ones is this video of an amateur “spacecraft” (a weather balloon) that was sent to the upper stratosphere and recorded the blackness of space in HD video.

Who needs religion when you got this?

A new survey has discovered the unsurprising fact that Americans know pretty much nothing about religion, be it their own or that of others.

When uncreative people are bored, they cut leaves to the dogs. When creative people are bored, they sculpt leaves and create works of art.

A sculpted leaf.

via treehugger – nature’s art

Two Indian newspapers, The Times of India and The Hindu, featured a world first: incredibly annoying talking ads. Basically they had a bulky light-sensitive speaker chip that was activated when the paper was unfolded, telling readers about Volkswagen cars and how German they are.

Other than the obvious nuisance of having an ad talk to you while being unable to stop it, the “innovation” also prompted calls to the police, bomb squads, and delayed a flight.

You can see what I’m talking about in the video below.

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