Canadian PSAs Odd, Canadian @2:40 PM
Listicles about commercials always do well on the Web, so we're pleased as punch to point out this compilation of crazy Canadian PSAs assembled by our good pals at Gawker.tv—the happy version of Gawker.com. While I'm disturbed by the dearth of bear-related content here, the post is as good an explanation as any I've seen for the bland weirdness exhibited by the tundra farmers to our north: They learned it by watching these! (Some bonus Canadian amusement can be found here.) 25
Knifecrime Island Also Gayslur Island @3:20 PM
I really do love this English PSA about not calling people "faggot" and stuff, mostly because homophobic slurs are so much sexier in British! Anyway, now gays are mad about the PSA, of course—but only mostly because the Football Association, which did the PSA, wussed out at the last minute on its debut. Also? In the end I don't really think the PSA's conceit (that men say things at sporting events they wouldn't say elsewhere) works—don't English people call each other "bender" and "poofter" constantly in the office and on the Tube? I mean, that's how we roll in New York even, and we're not even a rapidly-devolving glassing-friendly penal colony of angry shit-faced louts. 9
How To Dispose of Dead Pets in New York City @9:48 AM
Did you know that if you call New York City's 311 line because your pet is dead, they will tell you that you can "place the animal in a trash bag clearly marked 'dead dog' or 'dead cat' out with your garbage on your normal trash pickup day"? Good to know! 35
A Public Service Announcement, with Kaila Hale-Stern: Geocities Is Closing Today. Have You Rescued Your Misspent Youth Yet? @2:49 PM
Tonight, Yahoo! will shut down Geocities, the free webhosting service that was a mainstay in many of our early internet adventures. It's sad—particularly for Yahoo!, since they paid $3.9 billion in stock for it ten years ago—but the good news is that there's still time to save your old fanfiction from dotcom obscurity. READ MORE 18
