Friday Links: No More Mr. Nice Gay

* Guy Branum tells homophobic 49ers to go play for Pittsburgh.

* A behind-the-scenes look at Kid President.

* Amazing underground lake in Guilin, China.

* God Made A Factory Farmer, via Funny or Die.

* I could watch gifs made from nature shows all day.

* The inspiring legacy of Teddy Roosevelt's stuffed namesake.

* As George W. Bush already well knows, everybody is a critic.

* A New Yorker article on getting older in America's youth culture.

* If you prick this bionic robot man, does he not bleed WTF HE DOES?!

Tags: China, Downton Abbey, Funny or Die, George W. Bush, God, LGBT, Nazis, Quentin Tarantino, San Francisco, Sara Schaefer, Science & Technology, Sports, Super Bowl, Teddy Roosevelt, The New Yorker, W. Kamau Bell

Gay Americans Get Super Bowl Revenge

For football-watching Americans who didn't have a stake in this year's Super Bowl, but who did have an interest in supporting the team with the fewest bigots, Super Bowl XLVII presented a problem. What were progressive-minded people supposed to do during the sporting event bookending the Beyonce concert, when both teams featured players with less-than-perfect records of tolerance towards gays?

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Tags: Baltimore, Football, LGBT, San Francisco, Super Bowl

Which Politicians Have the Worst Super Bowl Betting Problem? [VIDEO]

Politicians' sports bets are usually predictable: one case of micro-brewed awfulness wagered against a locally-produced foodstuff that tastes of civic boosterism and sadness.

But some elected officials take sports wagering to the next level. A few weeks ago, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock made a bet with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, offering to perform the Ray Lewis dance if the Broncos lost to the Ravens in an NFL playoff game. Despite sustaining a right quadricep injury practicing the dance, Hancock finally made good on his wager this week.

In his honor, we're taking a look at recent Super Bowl bets made by politicians, and determining who might have A Little Problem.

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Tags: 60 Minutes, Football, Gambling, San Francisco, Sports, Super Bowl

Wednesday's Links: Homeland the Game

* Homeland as an RPG. Tap the buttons to undermine Carrie!

* Obama hates football, says Twitter.

* Do you have Prince Charles in a tube?

* This North Korea gulag got a five star rating!

* All this talk of guns and nothing about their feelings.

* Because you're mine, I'll stand in line (at the Post Office).

* Ira Glass urges you to grab life by the balls (paraphrasing).

* DOMA defenders throw unplanned pregnancy to the wall to see if it sticks.

* San Francisco's Fauxtest 2013 proves the city has a sense of humor about itself.

Tags: Barack Obama, College Humor, Daily Links, Guns, Homeland, Ira Glass, Johnny Cash, Kim, London, North Korea, Prince Charles, San Francisco, Sports, The Onion

13 Things Americans Banned in 2012

We live in the land of the free, which means we're free to ban just about anything we don't like. In 2012 Americans dropped the ban hammer on public nuisances from goose livers to "gateway sexual activity."

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Tags: Advertising, Alcohol, California, Colorado, Fashion, Food, Health, Health Care, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, New York City, San Francisco, Sex, Television, Utah