Comic relief

• The night before the health care ruling, political watchers and journalists took to Twitter under the hashtag #otherSCOTUSpredictions with postings such as "7-2 kagan for majority: 'we affirm the lower court's assertion -it is impossible to determine who let the dogs out,'" "5-4 court affirms that one does not just simply walk in to mordor," "In landmark Carly Rae Jepsen v. You, court rules 5-4 that You must in fact call," "Court rules 7-2 that a RT is an endorsement" and "Kennedy calls in sick, court splits 4-4, decision goes to penalty kicks."

Politics and the English language

• The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) was promoting support for "Obamacare" on its Facebook page.

Broadband regulations

• The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing yesterday at which the conversation focused on how regulations are outdated when it comes to the intersection of online video, broadband Internet and cable TV.

Around the web

• The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is featuring today's scheduled contempt of Congress vote regarding Attorney General Eric Holder as a livestream on a special web page.

• The Washington Post refused a request from Mitt Romney's campaign for a retraction of its story reporting that Bain Capital moved jobs overseas. So the Romney campaign outlined its version of the facts on its website.

• Mother Jones is visualizing the money spent by outside groups in the election using the New York Times API.

• A letter from 130 members of the House of Representatives asks for greater transparency in negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Rep. Darell Issa (R-Calif.) has sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative asking to observe an upcoming round of negotiations in San Diego, part of which is in his congressional district. The Office of the Trade Representative released a fact sheet on transparency and the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty.

• Republican Senators have introduced a new version of their cybersecurity legislation.

• According to the Washington Post, at least 12 federal agencies have shifted or are preparing to shift to cloud-based e-mail systems, resulting in estimated savings of $100 million next year.

• The New York Times hosted a Room for Debate feature about how to encourage more New Yorkers to vote. Neal Rosenstein from NYPIRG suggests automatic registration and e-mail reminders. Columbia University Professor Ester Fuchs emphasizes the informational possibilities of the Internet. At Columbia she is working on a prototype site called WhosOnTheBallot.org geared to New York.

• New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued a subpoena for e-mails, bank records and other documents to determine whether a foundation associated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce illegally transferred $18 million to the chamber for political and lobbying activities.

• Microsoft, Google, the New America Foundation and the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education are backing a project called AIR.U to upgrade broadband efforts at rural countries and universities across the country.

• Google's new wireless home media player is manufactured in the United States.

• Secretary of Education Arne Duncan held a Twitter chat on college affordability.

• Rhode Island legislators have repealed a law under which lying on the Internet would be a crime. "This law made virtually the entire population of Rhode Island a criminal," said Steven Brown, executive director of the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union, according to the A.P.

• Attackers rammed a van filled with gas canisters into Microsoft's Greek headquarters, according to Reuters.

• Chinese Internet users reacted angrily on microblogs at what they saw as "soft" penalties for officials in the case of a woman said to have been forced to have an abortion.

• An Algerian blogger who called for a boycott of elections in May has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence and a $1,250 fine.

• Deutsche Welle writes about how Tunisian bloggers are disillusioned with the trajectory of the uprising in that country.

• Twenty-four Ethiopians, including a prominent journalist and a blogger, were convicted on Wednesday of conspiring with rebels to overthrow the government.