I saw an article earlier this week that mentioned that Mayim Bialik had volunteered to be a guest on the television makeover show What Not to Wear. Bialik is most famous for her work as a child actress portraying the younger version of Bette Midler’s character in Beaches and the titular character in the television series Blossom. More impressive is the fact that she has a PhD in neuroscience. But since YouTube didn’t have any snazzy videos of her conducting scientific research, the Blossom intro will have to do.

The idea that torture is a valid and effective way of extracting reliable information would be laughable on its face if so many people didn’t believe it was true. Sgwhiteinfla — standing in for Spencer Ackerman — points to Senate testimony given by former FBI interrogator Ali Soufan that highlighted a more effective technique that also didn’t break any human rights laws.

This has been another rough news week so it feels necessary to bring some color into this digital home with a video stock full of 80’s movie dancing. The song is Phoenix’sLisztomania and, while the video is an unofficial fan-made affair, the band has said they prefer it to the official offering.

Robert Gibbs was asked yesterday about the photographs from the Daily Telegraph story. He took the opportunity to work in a juvenile slam against the British press system: