Intimidating news is happening.   Not only are we being watched, monsters are real.

Surveillance states of America

• Google’s allowing random randos to email you, even if you never gave them your email address. Way to throw the spammers a bone. G+, why you so masochistic?

• We heard Facebook would be reducing privacy and opening up search by name to the public back in October, but the official emails are arriving now. You can change your privacy settings here. Unless you like being searched, aka popularity.

• Anti-NSA document is signed by some of the world’s most famous writers.  Setting a standard for mass surveillance isn’t conducive to human rights.

• Surveillance for your mom.  This French monitoring system (called Mother) lets mom keep tabs on you from afar.  Invisible Leash Torture would be a better name.

Ways to maim

iPhone cases can tase you now.  Waiting for the Droid alternative.

A snake and a hawk fought in Los Angeles.  Some tiny purse dog in the hills is counting his blessings and shivering inside a tiny Chanel sweater.

Colorado residents are doing real good with their newly legal marijuana highs, smashing into cop cars.  It’s been what, two weeks?

  Giant monsters

• Ancient sea monsters were heavily pigmented– not green or blue like lizards, but black.  Just a little something for your nightmares.

• Somebody killed Bigfoot by luring him with ribs from Walmart, and we know because he took a crappy photo of a sculpture.  And another guy wants to prosecute Bigfoot for vandalism.

• Remember that extinct shark species?  It’s actually still around, and can be found in  MIddle Eastern fish markets.  Marine biologists… you had one job.