It's no secret that advice animals can often be perceived as unwelcome in our research community, yet it also seems unlikely that the medium will fade away anytime soon given its convenience factor. So at what point does bootstrapping a meme turn into astroturfing a meme?

In the wake of the latest school shooting in Connecticut, this BBC news clip of a forensics psychiatrist urging the news media not to portray the gunman as the "anti-hero" has been making the rounds.

Reddit's /r/trees community celebrates the marilization of legajuana in Colorado and Washington with [10] Guy image macros.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) finally released nearly 2,000 new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) applications submitted by Internet companies from all around the world, including Google's dot meme, dot blog and dot lol. Seen any outstanding ones? Share them in the comments section.

Making the rounds right now is this picture of a bored Kansas City Royals fan reading a book during yesterday's MLB match against the Toronto Blue Jays. For $240 front row seats, that's hell of a place for leisure reading.