Angry Robot

Courage is not about the absence of fear or anger or extreme emotion. The definition of courage is, when experiencing those emotions, refusing to let them govern your behaviour. Staying true to yourself and your values, doing what you know is right, and necessary, despite the heightened emotion. Courage is finding it in yourself to rise to an occasion rather than being diminished by it.

The truths Canada needs to remember

We have our flaws but there’s a lot to like in how Toronto, Canada reacted to this attack. I’m still really moved by the cop who didn’t shoot the guy.

Nasim Aghdam’s Massacre Is Part of the Crisis of Big Tech

Woman trapped in window trying to retrieve poo after Tinder date

Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano

Yellowstone explodes roughly every 600,000 years, and it is about 600,000 years since it last exploded, which should cause us to sit up and take notice.

Yup! (thanks y)

‘I don’t like to bother people,’ says man who drove himself to the ER with a nail in his heart

This guy is my hero

Warning: disturbing (thanks, y)

Tainted buffet at Jacksonville strip club blamed after severe diarrhea incident on stage

Onion made real

UPDATE: too good to be true. Fake news.

Coed CYO hoops team defies archdiocese order to kick girls out, forfeits season

They are 10-year-old children. They have a lifetime of disappointments ahead of them; let’s not create an unnecessary one now.

How to Avoid Being Psychologically Destroyed by Your Newsfeed

Been thinking about this a lot