Sex Acts

The only unnatural sex act is that which you cannot perform.

—Renowned sexologist Alfred Kinsey, in a 1966 Time magazine essay about homosexuality in America (January 21, 1966)


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Old R&R collector's videos

Thousands of rare videos of legendary rock bands are now on YouTube

YouTube is getting thousands of new videos featuring historic live concert footage courtesy of a new deal with Music Vault. The live music archive is adding more than 12,000 new clips to the collection, which now contains 2,000 hours of exclusive footage with performances by The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, The Sex Pistols, The Who, and others.


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Harry Potter at 34!

J.K. Rowling has released a new 'Harry Potter' story online

J.K. Rowling has written a new story about Harry Potter, featuring the character as an adult for the first time since the conclusion of her book series nearly seven years ago. Written from the perspective of gossip journalist Rita Skeeter — a name that's also out of the Harry Potter books — the column runs across details on Harry at age 34, as well as his wife, his closest friends, and a few other of the series' recurring characters.


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How good is $10,000 potato salad?

In the annals of crowdfunding history, this description for a new Kickstarter project may go down as one of the most beautifully simple ever conceived: "I'm making potato salad. Basically I'm just making potato salad. I haven't decided what kind yet."

THE INTERNET SWOONED

The internet swooned. The project has raised more than $15,000 since July 3rd, when Zack Brown posted it with a goal of $10. At time of writing, there were a healthy 25 days left to go in the funding period.

Brown has been rapidly, hilariously adding stretch goals to keep pace with the donations. The simple goals — trying two different recipes after reaching $100, throwing a pizza party at $75 — have taken a turn for the delirious: Brown has now promised to live-stream the potato salad's creation ($1,000) and rent out a venue to invite backers to the party ($3,000). The $3 reward, a bite of the potato salad, will present geographic conundrums that Brown must resolve.


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A new level of weather info!

Gwynn Guilford on how IBM is using big data to fix Beijing’s pollution crisis. “IBM plans to improve the quality of data by installing its latest generation of optical sensors, incorporating meteorological satellite data and running that through its artificial-intelligence computing system. The visual maps it generates will identify the source and dispersal pattern of pollutants across Beijing with a street-level degree of detail 72 hours in advance!

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