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I just posted a blog post on the MIT Media Lab blog officially taking a position against SOPA and PIPA....

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The new science of interrogation is not, in fact, so new at all: “extraordinary rendition” and “enhanced interrogation” and “waterboarding” all spring directly from the practices of the medieval Roman Catholic Church. The distance, in both technique and ideology, between the Inquisition’s interrogation regime and 21st-century America’s is uncomfortably short—and provides a chilling harbinger of what can happen when moral certainty gets yoked to the machinery of torture.

Planes, Trains, Automobiles

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I've always been a fan of technology in all its forms, but especially in the form of moving vehicles, and particularly aircraft. Here's a dump of photos in that direction.

Alain de Botton reveals plans for 'temple to atheism' in heart of London

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Writer wants to build tower to celebrate life on earth as an antidote to Richard Dawkins' 'destructive' approach to atheism

Cthulhu Transformers = Something We'd Never Thought We'd See

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Boy howdy, this is one of the strangest comic previews we've ever run. Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive preview of the first issue of Infestation 2: Transformers.

EARTH

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Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, who to my…

KATE MccGWIRE

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Kate MccGwire's practice probes the beauty inherent in duality, exploring the play of opposites - at an aesthetic, intellectual and visceral level - that characterises the way we conceive the world. She does this by appealing to our essential duality as human beings, to our senses and our reason, an

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Woman Injects 'Bath Salts,' Loses Arm To Flesh-Eating Bacteria

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A woman injected the illicit drug bath salts to get a party high, only to be attacked by flesh-eating bacteria. Her right arm and shoulder were amputated to save her life. It's the first case of serious infection reported from this increasingly popular stimulant.

Vigilante Torturer Dies in Mexico

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This is the end for Jack Idema. The vigilante adventurer and terrorist hunter once jailed in Afghanistan for running a private prison and torture shop has reportedly died in Mexico.

Punks Jump Up - Get Down (Special CCCrash Mixxx)

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A video I made with Davey Ahern for Punks Jump Up. Out on Kitsune. Directed by: Charlie Doran & Davey Ahern (www.charliedoran.com) Director of Photography:…

ComicsAlliance - Comic book culture, news, humor and commentary.

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Amish Porn

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Meme Watch: ‘2/10, Would Not Bang’ Is Here To Help Point Out The Flaws You May Have Missed

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Zombie Apocalypse Store Has Full Range of Gear for Surviving Undead Attack

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Across the highway from the Strip in Las Vegas lies a little shop of horror-prevention, just waiting for the fall of civilization. The store — painted black and surrounded by tiki torches — sells “all things zombie” and “all things survival.” Yes, inside the Zombie Apocalypse Store you can […]

Hot Women – theCHIVE

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Sexy Women Picures - View Pictures of the Hottest and Most Beautiful Women on the Web. Thousands of pics voted on each day... Keep Calm and Chive On!

Kompakt

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Label, booking agency & online record shop Demo submission: We receive a lot of demos every day. Please understand that we are unable to listen to everything. Send your private soundcloud link to: l