Blackman was born a Panamanian citizen, and became a U.S. citizen in 1986. See the second item on the page below:

Agreed - no argument there

It's definitely not common knowledge, and it's frankly not a crazy assumption unless you're a bit better educated on the science (which most people aren't). Sure, awful people then take that wrong theory and twist it into fucked up theories about gay/black people, but the assumption that an STD that started in apes…

What a very strange thing to complain about.

If the car was found 20 miles from where it was found, this really belongs on io9, because there must be some weird quantum physics shit at work here!

I don't really understand the point here - the picture of the dress is definitively light blue and brown. Determining what color the dress actually is totally depends on how the picture was taken - I see how it could be white and gold, but not black and blue unless the photo was altered or intentionally color balanced…

Uhh thanks, but... it was a joke.

Haha - now that I think about that specific situation, I've definitely done that myself... it's so dumb, but in the heat of the moment it's tough to hold back!

No - a point has 0 dimensions, a line has 1, and a plane has 2.

Hanging up pictures? We do that in my culture too!

For a long time I also thought it was referring to oral/anal penetration as "deviant sexual intercourse" - easy mistake to make when glancing at the statute.

It's just a different statute. I'm not sure about Kentucky, but in many states the laws are exactly the same, except rape relates to "sexual intercourse" (vaginal penetration) and sodomy relates to "deviate sexual intercourse" (oral or anal penetration).

I'm sure it would (and should) depend on the evidence. If it's a "he said, she said" case, that's very different from a case where there's significant evidence lining up against the accused (especially if there's two separate allegations from one night). We don't know which this is yet, but given the way the police…

There's nothing unconstitutional about having laws against forcible sodomy that are separate from rape laws - the only part that is unconstitutional is when consensual sodomy is made illegal. It's actually quite common - it's just two different statutes, which would be why they're two distinct charges.

That's pretty standard language, many states (including NY) have the exact same language.

Let's just lay out your sources:

It was a joke.

A queue? What is this, London? This is New York, none of those fancy British words for us! FUCK YOU!

A line is 1-dimensional - how can anyone wait in line?! You wait on top of the line, hence "on line"!

As a fellow New York City resident, in my experience the first 4 are outdated stereotypes, but I may just not be hanging out with the right (wrong?) crowd.