Egyptian TV host [pictured] sentenced to three years in prison for “outraging public decency” by discussing pregnancy outside of a conventional marriage.
(via @fark)Teachers in Oregon’s Salem-Keizer School District have to report sexually active students to authorities. Maybe lawmakers thought the state’s sex offender registry seemed a little sparse.
(via @FreeRangeKids; RT: @radleybalko)Orange County school students rebel against a Confederate mascot.
(via @fark)Last Week Tonight with John Oliver takes an amusing, bemused look at Ken Ham’s Big Gay Ark in a larger piece on economic incentives. (The video is restricted to US viewers, but the link includes a transcript of the relevant bit.)
Finally, in other news, I’ve overhauled and republished one of my earliest songs, “Lone Wolf”, a piano/orchestral theme song for an old novel project.
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