IRS LINKDUMP:
* Citizens United: they should target all 501c4 organizations, not just the Tea Party ones.
* Kevin Drum notes the issue is the IRS doesn't know what its own rules mean.
* Some good reasons for the mistake.
* Yes, the IRS targetted liberal groups in the past. Unsurprisingly, there was no Republican outrage then.
* Why the IRS has more left-leaning employees.

This is water: "In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education."

Ten years ago today, the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired.

Today's scary concept: 'climate refugees.'

SATURDAY NEWS:
* Top read: "Austerity never works: deficit hawks are amoral — and wrong."
* Right, about Iraq...
* As seen elsewhere: Ta-Nehisi Coates on 'the social construction of race.'
* Why the president should stop prosecuting leaks and start listening to them.
* "Just shut up about political correctness and try to behave decently, and you probably won’t have any problems."
* In defense of O'Malley for the White House.
* Twelve scifi actors who deserve more recognition.
* Reviewing the state birds for all the states, and in many cases, picking better ones.

YESTERDAY'S NEWS:
* Comparing the US and the UK to show the problems with austerity.
* Interesting: how food aid is making the president unpopular with big agriculture.
* "The Obama administration is making the case for conservatism better than Mitt Romney ever did."
* Cassini: "Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan."
* Cyberpunk now: a smart gun that improves your shooting.
* How the CW came to rule genre shows.

Last week we made time to watch Iron Man 3 on the big screen, and we weren't disappointed. It's definitely my favorite of the trilogy. They do a great job of incorporating the events in Avengers while keeping the focus on the characters and the current problems (Pepper, especially, gets a welcome larger role.) It's actually a little tricky to talk about it without setting up expectations. The villains are pretty exceptional, well-acted character growth, and there's a great collection of big-scene moments. And one super-ultra-rare comic book reference that just, like, wow. (Ask me in person!) Anyways. Catch it on the silver screen.

Excellent (but spoiler-y) review and analysis by Linda Holmes here.

Trailers tomorrow, hopefully.

FAST FIVE:
* "How austerity kills" (Courtesy asimplelife.)
* Kevin Drum wraps up the current scandals and non-scandals. Link dumps later this week.
* When I say I ignore the Heritage Foundation, this is why.
* UK prime minister Cameron faces pressure from within his own party. Bonus UK: scapegoating globalization.
* "Scientists say they have, for the first time, cloned human embryos capable of producing embryonic stem cells."

No energy for news today. Going to be a long couple weeks ahead.

CAN'T TRUST THAT DAY:
* "Austerity never works: Deficit hawks are amoral — and wrong." (Courtesy asimplelife.)
* Ugh. What can be done about Guantanamo?
* Five myths about missing children.
* I may have posted this before, but NIMH abandoning the DSM is pretty big news.
* xkcd drops the mic on birds and dinosaurs.