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Funky Kingston, Toots and the Maytals "I want you to believe every word I say" Read the rest... Why #gamergate is bullshit Luke McKinney demolishes the idea that notional corruption in the press can be fought by harassing women, or participating in an ex-boyfriend's awful, privacy-invading vendetta against his girlfriend -- and notes that the original incident that sparked the campaign was a fabrication. Read the rest... Satan emerges from anus during gay sex Mercifully cured of being gay himself, fundamentalist Christian and former pornographic actor Joseph Sciambra asserts that anal sex causes gay men to give birth to the devil. Read the rest... Trucker held 35,000 lbs of frozen chicken "to ransom" A trailer, "dripping with the juices of rotting meat," was discovered at the Flying J Truck Stop west of Missoula this week; it turns out the driver attempted--and failed--to hold the $80,000 shipment to ransom. [ktvb] Read the rest... North Korea admits young leader is unwell After his failure to appear in public for a "prolonged" period, 31-year-old Kim Jong-Un was described by the state press agency as suffering from "discomfort". [The Guardian] Read the rest... Blackberry's squarephone "sells out" If you find something strangely appealing about the Blackberry Passport's sharp geometry and all-work attitude, know that 200,000 buyers allegedly agree. Read the rest... Apple's torture-test lab The Verge's Josh Lowensohn got a tour: "This is where iPhones never want to go." Read the rest... Ello, what's all this then? An ad-free social network A new social micro-blogging network, Ello, is flooded with users during its beta. Ello is predicated on not selling its users out or selling them stuff. Glenn Fleishman suggests it already needs to be held to the fire. Read the rest... Sacrelicious Barbie and Ken mods: Jesus, Mary, Kali They're made by Argentinian artists Marianela Perelli and Pool Paolini, who've made 33 dolls representing figures from Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism that they're exhibiting next month in a Buenos Aires gallery show called "Barbie, The Plastic Religion." "If there's a Barbie doctor, a teacher and a police officer, why shouldn't there be a Virgin of Lujan Barbie?" the artists said on their Facebook page. Plastic prophets: Barbies become religious icons [Ben Hooper/UPI] Read the rest... The hands and minds behind The Boxtrolls Ethan Gilsdorf meets with the team who animated The Boxtrolls, where old school stop-motion is merged with the latest in CGI Read the rest... Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books to be adapted for TV The books, which are among the best science fiction ever written, have been picked up by Game of Thrones co-producer Vince Gerardis, which bodes very well for the adaptation. Read the rest... Just look at this weirdly sexual off-model Garfield banana. Just look at it. (Thanks, Caipirina!) Read the rest... Anti-bedbug luggage uses heating elements to bake your stuff Thermalstrike's heated luggage has plug-in elements that heat the contents of your bag to 140F before you unpack them, which should theoretically kill any bedbugs that hitched a ride home with you from the road (remember to take out your toiletries and electronics first!). Read the rest... TBD: appreciating a catalog of the banal gadgets of tomorrow David already posted about the amazing TBD Catalog, which is filled with "design fiction" about the devices of the future; but I just read it and I need to rave about it. Read the rest... Stormtrooper pencil-skirt Geeky U1 makes smart American Apparel pencil-skirts screened with bold Stormtrooper-in-a-suit silhouettes for a look that's business-max-casual; they're made to order for $22. (via Geeky Merch) Read the rest... Cute kids arguing: Is it raining or sprinkling? "You Poked My Heart," says one kid as the debate escalates into physical territory. Shot and shared by Tara Willmott. Read the rest... Speed Chess is amazing and demented Independent game developer Bennett Foddy has improved chess. Pray that he does not improve it further. [Previously] Read the rest... Weight-loss company sues customer for posting negative review to Better Business Bureau Roca Labs makes the "Non Surgical Gastric Bypass" (which one expert says is mostly industrial food thickeners) with terms-of-sale that prohibit complaining if you get sick, or don't like the product, or feel like you were ripped off. Read the rest... Pennsylvania Attorney General's office blames woman for own rape A prison typist complained about the security of her workplace, was raped by an inmate, and sued her employer. In its defense, the state attorney general's office says she "acted in a manner which in whole or in part contributed to the events" [CNN] Read the rest... Facebook to get a Buy button What, you like clicking things, don't you? Kurt Wagner, at Recode, explains the social network's deal with processor Stripe. Read the rest... Billionaire told he can't block access to public beach Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla bought a house by a public beach, then cut off access to it. A court has ordered him to unlock the gates. Read the rest... 15 lessons from 15 years of blogging Anil Dash has been at it for 15 years (slightly longer than me, but only slightly!) and his reflections on a decade and a half of blogging -- through major life changes from marriage to parenthood -- really chime with me, especially: * Typos in posts don't reveal themselves until you've published. Read the rest... Attorney General quits Eric Holder is to step down as Attorney General of the United States of America. The Onion explains what will happen next. Read the rest... Adjustable Pac Man and ghost ring Silverholic's adjustable Pac Man rings come in silver- or gold-plated brass for $11 (price includes gift-box). (via Geeky Merch) Read the rest... Help fund Last Gasp Books! For 45 years, our friends at Last Gasp have kept the counterculture busy with books, publishing wild, weird, wonderful, and subversive works by R Crumb, Robert Wilson, Diane di Prima, Mark Ryden, Timothy Leary, and a slew of other greats; Now they need our help. Read the rest... Screenshots of despair: the slide-deck From the magesterial Screenshots of Despair tumblr (featuring dialog boxes to make you quail with terror and despair of your sanity), comes a slide-deck of the best of the worst to include in your own presentations. Read the rest... Security cruft means every exploit lives forever Security failures will live on forever, because protocols have no sell-by date. Glenn Fleishman exposes the eternity we face with broken software. Read the rest... Drawings from the Gulag – Ink drawings of the Soviet gulag's horrors, perversions and peculiarities You gotta be in the right mood to enter this dark small book. But it is unlike anything else you've seen. Read the rest... Neil Gaiman on the quiet rage of Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman's introduction to A Slip of the Keyboard, a collection of Terry Pratchett's nonfiction essays, exposes a little-known side of the writer than many think of as a "twinkly old elf" -- the rage that is Pratchett's engine, driving him to write deceptively simple stories that decry unfairness and make virtue from bravery. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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