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Hot Links: Tweeting Obama's Whereabouts, Flaming Teapots, Octopus Vs. Bird

Catch up on the missed stories you still need to read.

Octopus eating a gull? Octopus eating a gull! More pictures at the link.

How Twitter nearly ruined Obama’s secret trip to Afghanistan.

Alexis Madrigal goes hog-wild in an epic piece on the dairy industry. Choice quote: it references “today’s fast paced cattle semen market.”

Here’s a great primer on why the universe is full of something rather than nothing. Don’t be alarmed if your mind gets blown.

This is gnarly: The Sac Bee follows the Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services group, which is basically an invasive species death squad. Good read, but it’s kinda gruesome.

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Wipe yourself off Hulu, you’re dead.

NASA/JPL-Caltech

What’s wrong with this sunset? It just doesn’t look right, does it? You’ll have to click through to find out why.

How the New York Times decides elections.

Journalists are no longer gatekeepers. But what are they?

Some guy decided to put lasers on sharks. Is this another case of science jumping the, ahem, shark?

A dinosaur’s skull looks like it was smashed with a sledgehammer. In actuality, it was smashed with another dino’s skull. Brutal.

Miners use to wear flaming teapots on their head. What?

One-click copy trading is the new trend in robotrading. When can I just put my money in a slot and have it spit out more?

Excellent long read to finish us off: the New York on Geohot, the man who started the machine wars.