December 2010
43 posts
2011: A Brave New Dystopia Tuesday, December 28,... →
We have been gradually disempowered by a corporate state that, as Huxley foresaw, seduced and manipulated us through sensual gratification, cheap mass-produced goods, boundless credit, political theater and amusement. While we were entertained, the regulations that once kept predatory corporate power in check were dismantled, the laws that once protected us were rewritten and we were impoverished....
America in Decline: Why Germans Think We're Insane →
io9's Ultra-Futuristic Science Fiction Gift Guide →
The Ghost Cities of China →
First Winter Solstice Meeting With Lunar Eclipse... →
Unasked-For Advice to New Writers About Money →
I’d say this really makes feel better, but somehow…..
gilmoure:
John Scalzi has written financial columns and books as well as his more well known science fiction. While this is a fairly long column, is damn good advice for anyone, not just writers. Recommend y’all check it out.
Don’t quit your day job.
Lots of wanna-be writers wax rhapsodic about how great it would be to...
'BBlitzer' railgun already 'tactically relevant',... →
Cool name too.
Principle of astrology proven to be scientific →
This is funny The author makes a point of ridiculing science, saying that among other things..
” conventional scientists don’t believe the position of the moon has anything to do with life on Earth, either. They dismiss the wisdom that farmers have known for ages — that planting seeds or transplanting living plants in harmony with the moon cycles results in higher crop...
“A joke on the streets of Moscow these days: “Everything the Communists told us...”
– John Nellis, World Bank (via americanrevolutionpart2)
Geminid meteor shower expected to be heavenly show →
Reference For The Unbleevers... →
churchofthepaddedwall:
If you are looking for a clear, easily referenceable, citeable guide to the bible (by an Atheist) then this is your bag…
Chinese state press likens Nobel ceremony to cult... →
Y.A.B.A.N: therealestsocksinthegame: ““Imagine …... →
I guess you folks never heard of the codpiece?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiece
therealestsocksinthegame:
““Imagine … if our suits were entirely designed to show off our penises. Imagine if contemporary fashion demanded that you left your cock hanging outside your trousers, with perhaps just the head trussed up in a tiny pouch like a dick bra. Everyone would see our…
We have good fire alarms in MY house. They go off when I make toast!
“Forests” detectable even in distant solar... →
WikiLeaks nearly immune to takedown, says... →
“In an interview with Computerworld, Cowie added that even if WikiLeaks were taken down completely “bits and pieces of its content will probably be mirrored for ever,” on the Internet, he said. “
97% of INTERNET NOW FULL UP, warn IPv4 shepherd... →
