Here is some stuff in the news today! (Your daily shutdown thread is here.)
[Content Note: Homophobia] Despite Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's best efforts to halt same-sex marriage in his state, state Judge Mary Jacobson has denied the request for a stay, which means "the state must grant marriage licenses for same-sex couples starting 21 October."
Google has changed its Terms of Service to allow users to opt in to a "Shared Endorsements" program, which grants Google permission to use your "profile name, profile photo or comments...in online advertising." I guess they learned from the Instagram debacle that defaulting to "we own your shit" is a bad idea.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
RIP Scott Carpenter, one of the original Project Mercury astronauts, who has died at age 88.
[CN: Disablism] The NFL is fining Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2011, for wearing green shoes to mark Mental Illness Awareness week during the Bears game against the New York Giants. Travis Waldron asks: "But why should Marshall face a fine? Is mental health not as deserving of awareness as breast cancer," in awareness of which the NFL has allowed "pink towels, pink gloves, pink hats and penalty markers and first down lines and anything else that could possibly be pink-ified"?
If you have been enjoying ABC's Agents of SHIELD, good news: It's gotten a "full season order. ABC has picked up the back-nine episodes to round out a full traditional 22-episode season."
Like dogs, elephants "seem to have an instinctive understanding of what it means when a human points to something," which is a special communication skill that allows for a unique bond with humans.
Speaking of dogs, a pitbull being fostered by a family on a short-term basis saved the life of a four-year-old family member by alerting that his blood sugar had crashed. The dog been there less than a week, and is now a permanent part of the family. Blub.
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