Interesting Links for 13-09-2012

• Some comedians using their fans for coordinated, safetyinnumbers bullying
  (tags: celebrities bullying twitter comedy )
• Legalizing child pornography is linked to lower rates of child sex abuse
  (tags: law pornography children Child_abuse )
• MP calls for outlawing possession of written accounts of child abuse. FFS.
  (tags: law uk freespeech pornography )
• Child Porn Laws Aren’t As Bad As You Think. They’re Much, Much Worse.
  (tags: law crime pornography Child_abuse )
• Self-control may not be a limited resource after all
  (tags: self-control )
• Genetic test predicts risk for autism spectrum disorder (70% accuracy so far)
  (tags: psychology brains aspergers autism genetics )
• When women are more equal, they stop going for more "successful" mates.
  (tags: equality relationship sex )
• 100 Things You Didn't Know About Lord of the Rings (Well, I knew a couple)
  (tags: movies lotr )
• Pictures: Libyans apologise for terrorists burning US embassy
  (tags: libya photographs terrorism usa )

Can anyone identify this insect for me?

It's about an inch (2cm) long, was flying around our bedroom, and was tough as nails. I have one of these* (basically a tennis racket with a charge running through horizontal wires), and every time I hit it there was a loud crack, a blue flash, and it _still_ kept going for three hits.

If I'm likely to have a whole nest of immortal massive insects in my walls, I'd like as much information on what they might be as possible...

(Only one so far, so it's entirely possible it came in through a window a couple of days ago and snoozed until five minutes ago. I'm certainly hoping so!)


*The reviews are awesome. People clearly get the urge to kill after getting one.