Roseanne Cash, in Nashville this week.

Lilly Hiatt, watching her dad John Hiatt sing on-state in Nashville this week. The two performed together at a benefit for Tennesseans Against the Death Penalty. I’ll have more on the event at Nashville Byline.

John Hiatt, last night in Nashville. I absolutely love this picture. I’m allowed to say that, right?

• Here’s a preview of the new Best Sex Writing of 2011 anthology. I have an article in the collection. I’m so good at it, they asked me to write about it. (Okay, so maybe that’s not why my piece was included.)
• Another minor is attacked by a police dog. Of course, since officer safety wasn’t threatened, the dog didn’t get the puppycide treatment.
• More indications that drones are become a part of domestic law enforcement.
• Scientists find a black hole the size of 21 billion suns.
• Oddly compelling photo series of suitcases left at an old New York psychiatric hospital. More explanation here.
• NIH paid a communications firm $1 million in stimulus money to promote how well NIH is spending stimulus money.
• From the archives of Newt Gingrich mendacity.
• Also, hipster Newt Gingrich.
• Aerial photos of the democracy protests in Russia.
• The International Development Ryan Gosling Tumblr.

Feeding time in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Photos for the next week or two are from Dubrovnik, Croatia, probably my favorite stop on my vacation last May. I’ll write more on this charming, liberty-loving town over the weekend.

• Photos of abandoned water parks.
• Boston bans e-cigarettes in public spaces. 
• Kudos to Pinellas County, Florida, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who is teaching his deputies that there are other ways to deal with aggressive animals than filling them with bullets.
• NeverWet!
• Photos of elderly animals.
• Man receives summons for refusing to tell a law enforcement officer his country of origin. The prosecutor wants jail time.

The bridge into Dubrovnik, Croatia.

The road between Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia.

More here.

The road between Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia.

The road between Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia. I bought some grappa from one of these roadside stands. Still have it. It tastes delicious. But the sugar. Dear God, the sugar. Smelling the stuff will give you a hangover.

The road between Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia.

The road between Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia.

The road between Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Split, Croatia.

Split, Croatia.

Split, Croatia.

Split, Croatia

• Good question.
• Chicago journalism professor records an arrest in progress. Police threaten him, seize his camera, and delete the video. If he was using sound, it’s still illegal to record anyone in Illinois without their permission, in which case the police destroyed evidence of a crime. If he wasn’t using sound, they illegally confiscated his camera and destroyed his property.
• Cabin porn. (Link is SFW.)
• An interview with the great John Prine.
• Government announces plan to make citizens safer by devoting more resources to harassing and threatening them.
• Mitt Romney demonstrates one of the most important qualifications to be president.
• Finally, something heartwarming. The first paragraph is really all you need.