Wednesday tab dump

Really large number of interesting things in the hopper, but a week of solo parenting means I have neither time nor energy to do them justice. So here they come!

• A wolf in sheep's clothing: PayPal screws small event organizers in a nontrivial way. Why all the evil, PayPal??
  
  
• From the Department of Unexamined Privilege: Summer Opportunities for Indentured Servitude.

  Unpaid internships may expedite the climb up the employment ladder for students from relatively wealthy, well-connected families, but for others it just knocks out the bottom rungs altogether.

  (via Atrios)
  
  
• Depressing: the military attempts to reframe internet crime into a terrorism issue so that it can expand its domains of power. The language debate may have already been lost. sigh.
  (via Atrios)
  
  
• Yay! some good news! Obama Administration to Cover PTSD for ALL Veterans (still, kind of tragic that it took this long...)
  
  
• From the Department of Counting Chickens (Schadenfreude office): The GOP's big November problem is that the public hates congressional Republicans! imagine!!
  
  
• Cool news of science: recent neuroscience findings indicate that we may affect the accuracy of our memories every time we recall them! Really neat for a neuro nerd like myself, as it turns some fundamental dogma on its head, but interesting for a general reader too, both conceptually and in how it might help with PTSD and other disorders.
  (via rebecca's pocket)
  
  
• From the Department of Comeuppance: Lady Business: Cleavage in the workplace. hilarious and on-target.
  (via Medley)
  
  
• Planning a vacation? The ways to make it a great one may not be what you think; science has some tips.
  (via rc3.org)
  
  
• And finally, from the Department of Great Metaphors: Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications... -- fascinating for its insights into the Internet social space, whether or not you care about Google's business decisions.
  (via Medley)