Apparently, evolutionary biology is a dangerous field for men’s brains — it totally warps them in ugly ways. In the ongoing saga of the decadence of Jeffrey Epstein, we have another testimonial. Epstein is the filthy rich fellow who allegedly buys and sells underage girls for his sex parties, and then buys a veneer of respectability by supporting eager, money-starved scientists and influential politicians. He is not a nice man. The latest story of Epstein’s corruption includes statements from another beneficiary of his tainted largesse.

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Like this.

The laughably prestigious University of Qassim in Saudi Arabia held one of the biggest women’s rights conferences in the Arab world last year. Ironically, the institution managed to hold the event without the advice or attendance of a single woman.

My wife has been considering upgrading to an iPhone, but we’ve been debating which service plan we ought to get — I may have just been influenced by a bit of advertising.

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It’s been announced that there will be a new Ghostbusters movie, and that it will feature 4 women as the ghostbusters. This sounds like an interesting idea — I’m tired of unoriginal remakes, so this clearly is going to be a different story — but some people are furious about those danged feminists ruining everything.

Did these people even notice in the originals that Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston were all men? Did they complain then?

Anita Sarkeesian has posted one week’s worth of her Twitter abuse. It’s numbingly dumb and repetitive and awful.

What would harassers do if their mothers found out about their behavior? A Peruvian TV show found serial cat-callers on the streets of Lima, and then gave their mothers a make-over so they wouldn’t be obviously recognizable and had them walk past their sons. It’s quite nice to see the mothers rip into them.

The poor little boys look terrified.

I never wanted a peek into the sex life of orthodox Jews — it’s just too sad. Religion really does wreck people.

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I’m not a big fan of clickbaity ol’ Buzzfeed, but my impression has gone up slightly at their response to this question.

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I’ve been failing to press the air out of the tip to make room for my toes, and I haven’t been tying a knot in them after I take them off.

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