io9

One of my favorite weekend activities is drinking my coffee and listening to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on NPR with my man friend.  In this week's episode they referenced a most hilarious article on Victorian LOLcats from a site called io9, which I had never heard of.  I visited and am so happy to find a site that includes all female editors and "is a daily publication that covers science, science fiction, and the future.  Time to get ready for tomorrow."  This is the kind of bombshell discovery that someone wrapping up her master's thesis on science fiction needs!  Thank you universe!

You can not only learn about the weird history of Victorian LOLcats, but also about robotic prostitution, liminal people, unicorns, 10 ultra-weird sci fi novels that became required reading, and even tax breaks related to having your ashes shot into space.  I am entertained.

I'm obviously woefully out of date on websites to entertain, challenge my mind, and inform me on things other than the 2012 presidential election and North Korea's failed rocket attempts.  What are your favorite sites that I'm probably missing  out on?

And for the record, this is my favorite LOLcat photo so far: