Holy. Cow.

Anyone who has spoken to me can tell you, it's pretty darn rare for me to be speechless. Tonight I am. Three young women who have been missing from Cleveland's community for 11, 10, and 9 years are free tonight, after being held against their will since they were all 20 years old or younger (two were teens).

Yes, this is going to be big national news. I'm not related to any of these women, though I share the emmense joy of their families. 

Why…

apparently i go on nerdfighters about once every 2 years as I am now 18 and my little brother has just turned three and a lot of things have changed

mostly-

i achieved my life's ambition. :D

my granny died :'(

I found the love of my life, no- seriously. he's been my absolute rock for the past year and a half =D <3

my mum and dad divorced :S

i turned 18 :)

my kitten tiger died (we don't know quite how, but to cut a long story short…

Haiti holds dozens of ex-soldiers for pro-army protests

'Dozens of Haitian ex-soldiers have been arrested after a series of protests calling for the disbanded army to be restored, officials say.' - BBc News…

In which John discusses marriage equality, what a traditional marriage actually is, and what role (if any) theological understandings of marriage play in the legal definition of marriage. Let's continue this conversation in comments, but in doing so, let's remember that nerdfighteria is about respect and generosity. Thanks.

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It's happening again. The image above is not of a historical remake of Nazi Germany. It is Greece, 2012. Anti-bailout movements, financial ruin, austerity cuts, over 50% unemployment - an opportunity for neo-Nazism to rise up among the ruins of what was once…

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Sometimes I get sick and make old-school vlogbrothers…

Hey NerdFighters!

I'm always looking for other youtubers to collab with.

If you want me in anything, let me know.

But today I have an opportunity for you to get in my videos! I do weekly weird news videos (see below). There's three ways you can get involved:

1) Goto http://spweirdnews.tumblr.com/ - find the weekly tongue twister, record yourself saying (fast) and send that…

Hey NerdFighters - do you want to collab on a video?

I do a weekly Weird News segment - and I want YOU to co-host with me!

If you haven't seen it, this what my weird news videos look like:

If you're interested let me know!

You can either find a story you want to cover, or I can help you find one.

OR - if…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHNCHTK3IV4

Heres some fun articles I came across today.

In which John Green provides some historical context to the current civil war in Syria, discussing Syrian independence, the rise of the Ba'ath Party, Syria's relationship with the rest of the Arab world (and Russia), the Presidencies of Hafez al Assad and Bashar al Assad, the Arab Spring protests in Syria, and the many flags of the Syrian nation.

Also discussed, in…

Yellow People of DFTBA,

You might be wondering why the title is you know "weird"...…

If you need something to read between now and TFiOS, I have written a few other books, including Looking for Alaska: http://dft.ba/-looking4alaska An Abundance of Katherines: http://dft.ba/-aokatherines and Paper Towns: http://dft.ba/-1h5U

In which…

In which Hank delves into the mystery of the Republican presidential hopefuls using the inescapably useful and magical tool of the anagram!

Donations are still being accepted at http://www.projectforawesome.com

Also, everyone seems to agree that Hank and Katherine play Super Mario Bros. Wii is like the best thing…

In which John, having discovered an (inevitable) mistake in The Fault in Our Stars, discusses his list of the five worst typographical errors and grammatical mistakes in the history of the English language, from the Bible to Shakespeare.

You can preorder The Fault in Our Stars at your local bookstore http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie,…

The me-narrated TFiOS box set: http://dft.ba/tfiosboxset

The real audiobook not narrated by me: http://dft.ba/-17Qg

In which John discusses narrating one version of The Fault in Our Stars audiobook, the unusual and good-hearted conversations with Brilliance Audio that made it possible, how…

The last few weeks have delivered grim news indeed about the world's beloved rhinos.

Today the annual update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List was released declaring the western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes) extinct. Another rhino subspecies, the northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), is on the brink of extinction.

Only last month the Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) was declared extinct in…

Today, while walking home with my friends, I saw a news stand. The headline said:

"NAKED PROTESTOR GLUES HIMSLEF TO DESK".

Not the usual thing we see on a news stand in Hull. After contemplating his motives and which part of his anatomy he may have glued (I thought his whole self; my friends are a little bit more dirty minded...) to said desk we took a photo of the sign and walked on, still purplexed by this story and wanting to read more about it.

We named the man Jim,…

Hey Simone,

I’m sorry I didn’t put up blogs for two days. I forgot to. That’s

all I have to say.

I’d like to start off by reminding you of that old Bigfoot video. You know the one that’s really just a man in a gorilla suit. Oh right that’s all of them. But the one I’m talking about is that one they use every time they need a Bigfoot video. Well recently a news station asked them if it was real and they responded. “Elvis shot J.F. K. with a blow dart gun that was purchased…