Transforming from a helicopter to a plane does not count.

even if stable micro black holes could be produced by particle accelerators

Doctor : naturopathic doctor :: architect : child with pencil. She's not a doctor.

"He used to be a stupid chauvinist, but now, thanks to women, he's a nice person."

The looping on this gif makes it look like she's getting happier, only to be suddenly disappointed.

I completely garbled the headline in my mind and thought it was about a guy who retweeted one woman for a year. Which seemed like a really weird and stalker-esque thing to do.

I think the women he's retweeting are mostly journalists and bloggers who'd be using their real identities in order to associate it with their name. Profile pictures would help too.

How dare the zoo feed meat to lions? And cute meat at that! Someone should tell the obligate carnivores of the world that they're only allowed to eat ugly animals.

My first instinct was "you can't make a white laser," but this actually makes sense.

I believe they employed their best investigative cynicism.

Room for improvement, certainly, but the concept is sound. And weight may be less of an issue with downhill bikes, which are the ones taking the most impact anyway.

You can tell how little they care by how much they keep harping on about it.

Then don't go to porn sites.

I'm pretty sure you'd hate white bars permanently affixed to every frame too. This only works because the bars blend into the background. On a black background, they become self-contained and it doesn't work any more.

The man I am quoting is the man who wrote and presented the UN report you're referring to. I was making the (apparently inaccurate) assumption that you'd read it.

"In the exceptional circumstances in which its use is legitimate, procedural safeguards must be followed. I urge States to apply a set of guiding principles when using solitary confinement," he said. He told a later news conference these circumstances could include the protection of inmates in cases where they are…

You must be so proud of your ability to turn an innocuous response into a personal insult.

The alternative is that you put prisoners in a men's or women's prison based on their own requests, which is fucking stupid. What about the women that might feel threatened by having a cellmate who's male in every way but the way they refer to themselves? Do you want hulking rapist-types put in women's prisons just…

Succinct and detailed (if somewhat foul-mouthed) debunking of astrology here:

I drive a 19-year-old, FWD car in Colorado on all-season tires, and have for almost a decade. Not once have I hit anything or gone off the road due to snow. Mandating that I spend $600 on snow tires would be ridiculous.