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Rudy Rucker kickstarts the Transreal Trilogy and a Keroacian memoir Rudy Rucker writes, "I'm running a new Kickstarter project: Transreal Trilogy + All the Visions. What's the new project? Four novels bound as two books. Read the rest... Bani Garu: Shi-do Mi-do Bani Garu is Lea Hernandez's story of becoming the U.S. merchandising vice-president of notorious Japanese animation studio Gainax, "a year-long trip down a rabbit hole of reality." Start with page 1. Read the rest... Standardized testing and schools as factories: Louis CK versus Common Core My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and common core!— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014 Louis CK is the latest high-profile voice to join the chorus against the US educational Common Core and the educational system's emphasis on standardized testing. Read the rest... Disney tarot D'Morte, the Arch-Druid of Tinver Moor, created this Disney Major Arcana, "based on Golden Age Disney works from Snow White through to the Rescuers." Messr D'Morte notes that he was "influenced by the Marseilles deck, while adding a Jungian interpretation to many of the images." These are inspired. Read the rest... Political TV advertising in the USA: scofflaw broadcasters hide the dark money of political influence Nicko from the Sunlight Foundation writes, "Today, Sunlight Foundation and the Campaign Legal Center, represented by the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center, filed complaints at the Federal Communications Commission against 11 broadcasters in nine markets for failing to comply with the agency's political ad disclosure rules. Read the rest... Profile of Norman Bel Geddes, creator of the 1939 New York World's Fair Futurama Writing in The Believer, B. Alexandra Szerlip offers a fascinating profile of Norman Bel Geddes, the man who built the Futurama at the 1939 New York Worlds' Fair. Read the rest... Telcos gave spies unfettered, deep, warrantless access to Canadians' digital lives Michael Geist writes, "The recent revelations regarding massive telecom and Internet provider disclosures of subscriber information has generated a political firestorm with pointed questions yesterday to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the House of Commons. Read the rest... Cartoon kittens and big-eyed puppies: how we bought into processed pet food Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly says: "Last week, Wink published a review of Cat Food for Thought and Dog Food for Thought by Warren Dotz. Read the rest... Broadband, Net Neutrality and airplane boarding: industries' love affair with stupid As you probably know, we board airplanes in just about the worst, most inefficient way possible (this is the best way). Read the rest... Piketty, Capital, and the World Wars: does government policy make a difference in wealth concentration? I'm halfway through Thomas Piketty's magisterial Capital in the Twenty First Century, a vital, incredibly influential, brilliantly researched history of wealth concentration stretching back through several centuries and spanning the globe. Read the rest... Photos of the new Satanic monument being built for Oklahoma's Statehouse Jonathan Smith of Vice snapped some photos of the Satanic monument being built for the Oklahoma State house. Hurray for the First Amendment! Read the rest... Now Entering Hy-fur-space Click to embiggen. Read the rest... Kickstarting the final five episodes of Baman Piderman The wonderful, funny Baman Piderman cartoon (previously) was shelved after two seasons. The creators, Lindsay and Alex Small-Butera, are kickstarting $50K (or more) to finish the series, which has a definite ending that they intended to reach all along. Read the rest... Trailer for "Internet's Own Boy," the Aaron Swartz documentary I'm in Toronto for the Hot Docs screening of The Internet's Own Boy, a documentary about the life, persecution and death of Aaron Swartz, in which I appear. Read the rest... Untested drug cocktails from secret sources leads to tortuous executions in Oklahoma Over the past year, there's been more and more coverage about the fact that European chemical companies are refusing to sell American states the ingredients to make execution drugs — and the fact that many states are responding to those limits by creating new, untested drug cocktails with the help of compounding pharmacies that they refuse to name. Read the rest... A day in the life of a weed delivery service Speed Weed is a marijuana delivery service chain in southern California. Amanda Lewis of LA Weekly rode along with a delivery driver and wrote about it. Read the rest... Can you really opt out of Big Data? Janet Vertesi, assistant professor of sociology at Princeton University, had heard many people apologize for commercial online surveillance by saying that people who didn't want to give their data away should just not give their data away -- they should opt out. Read the rest... Read this before you buy probiotic supplements Probiotics have a ton of potential for improving health, but the marketing for them is getting out ahead of the science and creating some big misconceptions about the true benefits of good bacteria supplements. Read the rest... Why does everybody climb Mt. Everest in spring? Emily Sohn at Discovery News has a really interesting story about the meteorology and weather physics that explain why the Everest climbing season is so short and why, even in the "good" months, weather is still a major risk factor on the mountain. Read the rest... The media still does a terrible job of covering drug use The American media has a terrible track record when it comes to covering drug use and the real risks of imbibing, writes Maia Szalavitz at Substance. Read the rest... The goodies in my menu bar David likes to tease me about the many items in my iMac's menu bar (above). Today I came across Brett Terpstra's post about his menu bar items. Read the rest... MRSA is from Washington Heights The majority of community acquired (i.e., not caught in a hospital) cases of antibiotic-resistant staph can be linked to a single strain of the bacteria. Read the rest... JOHN WILCOCK: Legal Mescaline via Mail-Order and other DRUG MEMORIES of 1961 An eventful drug-year for John Wilcock, with mail-order mescaline, a friendly gesture from Seymour Krim, uninformed police officers, and Turkish cigars. Read the rest... Healthier kids make for taller adults People in western countries gained roughly four inches in height between WW1 and today. The driving force behind this growth spurt: Sanitation and a reduction in early childhood illnesses, especially bacterial infections of the lungs and intestinal tract. Read the rest... Talking CASH Music with Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom (New Disruptors Episode 73) Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom are the co-executive directors of CASH Music (Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders) a non-profit organization that brings an open-source approach to music distribution and production. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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