A Few for Thursday

* In all, 33% of all subprime student loans in repayment were 90 days or more past due in March 2012, up from 24% in 2007, according to a Wednesday report by TransUnion LLC. Meanwhile, the Chicago-based credit bureau found that 33% of the almost $900 billion in outstanding student loans was held by subprime, or the riskiest, borrowers as of March 2012, up from 31% in 2007.

* Will Brain Injury Lawsuits Doom or Save the NFL?

* New Yo La Tengo album, with videos.

* C 299,792 km/s.

* 55 LEGO riddles.

* The Awl covers Bady v. Shirky re: MOOCs.

* The United States, in units of Canada.

* And if J.J. Abrams doesn’t change the Bad Robot logo to R2-D2 for Episode VII, he is wasting everybody’s time.