He sexually victimized himself (and other links).

A North Carolina teen has been charged with sexual exploiting a minor because he has photos of himself on his cell phone. Except as he’s a legal adult, he’s being charged as an adult—he’s both child victim and adult perpetrator. More from The Guardian. The cops involved insist they investigate things like this for teens’ own good—because nothing says concern like getting someone permanently on the sex offender registry.

•The Consumerist looks at how recalls work: what triggers them, who orders them. Although it doesn’t touch on the recent EPA recall of various VW vehicles (for having some emissions problems).

•Gullible fools! Don’t you realize Ahmed Mohammed’s arrest in Texas was a false flag operation? And the anti-Islamic bigot at the recent Trump appearance was a Democratic plant? Which is the kind of thinking that makes it impossible to shake a conspiracy theorist.

•A woman writes about why she had an abortion at 21 weeks—the kind forced-birthers in Congress are now pushing to ban.

•You made have heard this already, as it seems to have gone viral this week, but the life-saving drug Daraprim has risen from $13.50 a pill to $750, thanks to Martin Shkreli, a hedge-fund manager now running a drug company (he also used to write the FDA telling them not to approve drugs made by companies he was shorting). And don’t expect a cheaper generic—controlling distribution prevents rival companies from getting the sample they need. A science blogger says Shrkeli’s not alone. Other companies have backed off similar decisions, but Shkreli’s hanging firm.

Drug companies talk a lot about how high prices are driven by all their R&D but there’s not much R&D involved in buying up an old drug and ratcheting up the price.

•Speaking of sleazeball CEOs, Stewart Parnell has been found guilty of knowingly selling tainted peanut butter that caused nine deaths. And he got 28 years for it. But he’s suffering—he wants you to know actually being held accountable for his actions has been a “nightmare.”

•While I rarely agree with Wal-Mart, they’re right about Texas liquor law being irrational (though not more than similar laws elsewhere).

•Echidne looks at some recent religious sexism posts. First, some British Muslims are organizing a women-run mosque to counterbalance sexism in a lot of traditional mosques. The article does a good job collecting various viewpoints. And an article on the complexity of Catholic teaching on abortion finds the pope’s recent proclamation of compassion for women who have one still falls short.

•Yet another corporate argument against net neutrality: it violates Internet-providers’ rights of free speech.

•Verizon has committed to bring FIOS service to all of New Jersey. Surprise, there are loopholes!