November 2011
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Church of the SubGenius Hour of Slack #1336 -...
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The Next 50 Years: Why I'm Optimistic Because... →
“With everything rolling towards the abyss, our only hope for a bright future seems to be the Singularity, a technological transformation of what it means to be human. But in a talk for TEDx Brussels, science fiction and horror writer John Shirley argues that there are really two Singularities — and yes, everything will be terrible in the short term. So why is he optimistic about the...
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Hedy Lamarr helped invent GPS, WI-FI, and a homing... →
In 1940, while acting alongside Jimmy Stewart and Judy Garland in the MGM musical Ziegfeld Girl, the 26-year-old Lamarr spent her free time devising a radio-controlled submarine missile-guidance system to help the U.S. Navy in World War II. What moved her to do this? “She didn’t drink and she didn’t like to party, so she took up inventing.”
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I watched Paranormal Activity 2 alone in the dark last night. I was bloody terrified.
I had to watch two episodes of 30 Rock before I had the nerve to get up and turn the lights back on…
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Only nine pay council tax in enclave for... →
“Only nine of the 62 apartments sold in One Hyde Park – the world’s most expensive residential block – have been registered for council tax.
“The ownership of the Knightsbridge apartments, which range in price from £3.6m for a one-bedroom flat to £136m for a penthouse, is now under investigation by Westminster city council, which is determined to pursue the monies owed by the...
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The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy →
“The mainstream media was declaring continually “OWS has no message”. Frustrated, I simply asked them. I began soliciting online “What is it you want?” answers from Occupy. In the first 15 minutes, I received 100 answers. These were truly eye-opening.
“The No 1 agenda item: get the money out of politics. Most often cited was legislation to blunt the effect of...
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Customers hit by pepper spray at Wal-Mart describe... →
Matthew Lopez went to the Wal-Mart in Porter Ranch on Thursday night for the Black Friday sale but instead was caught in a pepper-spray attack by a woman who authorities said was “competitive shopping.”
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WARNING: If you see a link that offers you free...
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Church of the SubGenius Hour of Slack #1335 -...
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Watch
“Welcome to C.
“C is 299,792 kilometers per second.
“C is the speed of light.
“C is about the human drive to explore, to break boundaries, to survive.
“C is a new way to experience science fiction, forgoing CGI and greenscreen in favor of homemade optical effects.
“C is a longtime dream of ours that we are finally making a reality.”
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A Baptist church in North Carolina has voted to... →
“As people of faith, affirming the Christian teaching that before God all people are equal, we will no longer participate in this discrimination,” the church’s statement says.
The vote was unanimous and brought tears to the eyes of some of the 100 or so members who stood to vote in favor of the “statement on marriage ceremonies.”
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Angry Candy: West: Confederate Dead Now On Sale →
“Louisiana, 1869 - the two bounty hunters arrived in Ganger Narrows, hot on the heels of the McGill Gang, pursuing their prey to the shadowed dome of Black Salt Island, where even the locals fear to tread.
“For evil walks upon the island. There are old things there. Dead things.
“And…
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“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.”
– Voltaire (via sirmitchell)
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Church of the SubGenius Hour of Slack #1334 - Live...
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“I dunno what we’re getting worked up about this stuff for. Within a couple of...”
– Alan Moore on Frank Miller, 1983 (via mistahphil)
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BBC News - Oxford taxi conversations to be... →
“By April 2015 it will be mandatory for all of the city’s 600 plus cabs to have cameras fitted to record passengers.
“The council said the cameras would run continuously, but only view footage relating to police matters would be reviewed.”
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Alex Fitch talks to creators of...
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Alex Fitch talks to creators of...
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Church of the SubGenius Hour of Slack #1333...
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“Everybody’s been too damn polite about this nonsense:
The “Occupy” movement,...”
– Frank Miller, once great comic book writer and artist, now an arsehole with a flag and a fat bank account. (And no, I’m not linking to Miller’s site, as it’s just as offensive as the above, largely.)
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Angry Candy: Panel Borders: The Last Ride of the... →
angry-candy:
Press release from Panel Borders:
“Continuing our month of shows about genre in comics, Alex Fitch talks to creators of small press and mainstream cowboy comics. Alex talks to veteran comics writer John Ostrander about his classic serialised graphic novel The Kents featuring the history of…
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