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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy, by Stanislaw Lem The Futurological Congress is one of the best by master storyteller Stanislaw Lem. A tale of social politics and absurdist humor, this is a worthy read. Read the rest... Face tracking + projection mapping = very strange credit: Nobumichi Asai Read the rest... Airplane parts recycled into furniture MotoArt, an outfit I've blogged before that transforms airplane parts into furniture, built this glorious conference table based on an engine scavenged from a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. (via Laughing Squid) Read the rest... Caturmonday [Large size] (Thanks, Andrea James) Read the rest... Beat Street, an oral history of the 1984 hip-hop film Wondering Sound presents a fantastic oral history of the classic hip-hop movie Beat Street that was based on an article written for the Village Voice. Read the rest... Blogging History: Greenwald's partner detained at Heathrow; Michael Jackson's FBI file; Stealth Lynndie-ing One year UK officials detain Glenn Greenwald's partner at Heathrow, question him about Snowden interviews, steal all his gadgets & data: Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda was detained at Heathrow Airport under an anti-terrorism law that allows the cops to hold terrorism suspects and question them for nine hours without a lawyer. Read the rest... Raising funds for PG Holyfield, who has terminal cancer Podcaster and author PG Holyfield (of "Murder at Avedon Hill"), a widely respected and much-loved figure, is, quite suddenly and quite quickly, dying of cancer. Read the rest... Man stuck in baby chair Poor decision-making in Manchester, England. [video link] Read the rest... Brown was shot "at least" six times, twice in the head. The New York Times reports that a private autopsy has found that the unarmed teenager killed last weekend by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was shot at least six times. Read the rest... Obama's permission slip to kill Americans The initial memo giving Obama legal cover to carry out an extrajudicial killings was a mere seven pages long, is described as "woefully incomplete ... legal analysis," and earned its author a lifetime federal judgeship. Read the rest... Full-face masks, the ultimate sunblock, become fashion accessory Facekini, as seen in this photograph, are "old woman style" in China. But that hasn't stopped them ending up in New York style mag CR Fashion Book. Read the rest... Tortoise in hot pursuit of toy truck An unfair race. Tortoise vs. Truck [via Nothing To Do With Arbroath] Read the rest... Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Brian Fies's 2012 graphic novel Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? expresses a beautiful, melancholic and hopeful longing for (and suspicion of) the futuristic optimism of America's 20th century, starting with the 1939 World's Fair. Cory Doctorow finally got caught up with the future and read it. Read the rest... 2014 Hugo awards The 2014 Hugos were awarded at Loncon3 last night -- the largest Worldcon in history, with the largest voter pool in history, too. Read the rest... Orwell's review of Mein Kampf From March, 1940, a fascinating look at the development of Hitler's reputation in Germany and the UK, and the way that his publishers were forced to change the way they marketed his book. Read the rest... Norwegian atheist's velicoraptor trike Norwegian artist Markus Moestue pedalled it around the countryside to protest "the dogmatic religious education of children." Crossing the Bible Belt [Markus Moestue] (via JWZ) Read the rest... A prison visit with The Pirate Bay's Peter "brokep" Sunde Julia Reda, a German Pirate Party MEP, was allowed to visit Sunde in a Swedish prison, and came away with a sad and important report on his tenure there, and his views on the future of the Internet and copyright. Read the rest... Here's all the stuff the Pentagon has sold to local law enforcement - cheap! Michael from Muckrock writes, "Wondering how the St. Louis County Police ended up armed with surplus military gear, and what other departments have? Read the rest... Monopolists are perfectly impedence-matched with bureaucrats It's really easy to understand the perspective of the companies that own the giant buildings down the street, especially when the other side is a bunch of weird new businesses that want to do stuff no one has done before. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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