Here are our favorite stories and links from last week’s Twitter feed.
- After yet another HIV scare, the legal battle over condoms in porn may be going to a new level as lawmakers in California prepare to make them mandatory.
- Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the first reports of AIDS by the CDC. Wired published this interesting map showing the distribution of HIV throughout the United States.
- Timothy Brown underwent an innovative treatment for HIV and now shows no signs of the virus. Brown’s story gives scientists new hope for a cure.
- A maverick Indian scientist may be revolutionizing birth control for men. Will RISUG (“reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance”) replace the vasectomy?
- Unmarried people are now the majority, according to the last US Census. Wait, does this mean all the hipsters are going to get married?
- Statistician Nate Silver claims that Wednesday is the best day (odds-wise) for getting laid. They don’t call it humpday for nothing.
- Carolyn Owlett isn’t a scientist or a statistician, but “Sexy Girls Have it Easy” is full of anecdotal evidence to prove what many women have long suspected.
- A 1923 advice column asks “Did the students of 1898 spoon?”
- Buzzfeed finished off National Masturbation Month with a handy list of 40 songs about masturbation. What did they miss?
- Music fans might want to take care when downloading from the interwebz. A report on Boing Boing claims that Titan Media is disguising gay porn movies as music files in an attempt to shake down those who are engaged in illegal file sharing. Is that a Dire Straits album you just downloaded? Or is it “Cop Shack 101?”
Stephen Colbert has been hacked!
- In other interweb news, Stephen Colbert spoofed the “Weinergate” scandal with a series of hilariously suggestive photos.
- Marilyn Monroe’s dress from the iconic upskirt scene in The 7 Year Itch went up for auction last week. Anyone got $2 million we can borrow?
Eau de toilette.
- Conceptual artist Cherry Tree makes perfume from her own urine.
- Last but by no means least, we celebrate Andii Viveros of Florida, the first transgender teen to be crowned a prom queen. Congratulations, Andii!
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