Thursday Night! Drones, The Swedish Chef, Cross-Dressing Dads, and More

*  Earlier this week, Apple rejected NYU student Josh Begley’s “Drone+” app, which keeps track of drone strikes, including the approximate location and number of people killed.

* Texas and Florida get told they can’t suppress the vote.

* Swedes think the Swedish Chef sounds Norwegian.

* Dad sports skirt to support cross-dressing son.

* Getting Rid of the College Loan Repo Man.

* Jonathan Chait: The Legendary Paul Ryan.

* A Brazilian judge has recognized a three-way marriage.

* And from monkey utopia to monkey hell: Chimps don’t care if someone else gets robbed.

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* We had a fine time at the South End Art Hop in Burlington this afternoon and bought some tiny pieces from Moe O’Hara, John Brickels, and Nicholas Heilig (the last of whom was making this great anti-Christmas print as we passed through his studio). I bought a couple of Heilig’s Live Art prints for my office at school, but alas—the Swedish Chef was all sold out.

* Scenes from the class struggle in Iowa: Mitt Romney offers Rick Perry a $10,000 bet. Now #What10KBuys is trending on Twitter, and the best is all anyone is talking about. I’m closer than I’ve ever been to being the smartest man in politics. I almost can taste it.

* Scenes from the class struggle everywhere: The Walmart Heirs Have The Same Net Worth As The Bottom 30 Percent Of Americans.

* The Boston Review had an interesting back-and-forth recently on ethical consumption.

* North Carolina is still trying to figure out what to do about its postwar eugenics program.

* On the impracticality of a cheeseburger. Via you-know-where.

* And it looks like Monday will be another big day for #Occupy.