Cooper Griggs

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Sincerely,

The PM Avenger

It would be an understatement to call Cuba's existing telecoms modest -- roughly five percent of residents have internet access, and cellphone access is pricey at best. The US may just turn that situation around through its new deal with Cuba, though...

(comic by John McNamee)

hue, vietnam: breakfast at quan cam

we arrived at 8:45 in the morning. there was an optional breakfast buffet at the hotel, but phil and i broke off in search of morning soup, a ritual the other tour mates are becoming familiar with.

and we found what we were looking for - or really, more than we were expecting - at quan cam. they start serving at 6am and they only serve til they run out of soup.

we were met with a smile, a gesture toward a low table with the now familiar plastic stools, and the promise of warm goodness on a grey morning in hue.

we tucked into our bun bo hue, the city’s signature dish, and passed nearly not a word between us.

achievement unlocked.

According to CNN, NBC, and the New York Times, US officials will announce tomorrow that they've identified North Korea as the source behind a massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures. As a result of threats tied to the attack, Sony Pictures today ca...

It's hard to covertly gather intelligence on the open seas; conventional drones and submarines make it rather obvious that something's up. The US Navy might just have a stealthier option with its experimental GhostSwimmer drone, which recently finish...

the road to halong bay, vietnam: where buddhas are born

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We've seen a few police departments institute wearable cameras for their officers, but not to the scale of what Los Angeles is doing. The city is purchasing 7,000 body cameras for its cops in an effort to increase transparency, according to The LA Ti...

NASA's Curiosity rover is still going strong on the red planet, observing the atmosphere and analyzing soil samples for the sake of future missions. For instance, the agency has revealed that the rover has sniffed out sudden methane spikes in the atm...

That Echo is Getting Louder

New drawings at Explodingdog.com today.

Robots Aren’t Scary

I put up some new drawings at Explodingdog.com yesterday.

Back in April, 15-year-old French guitarist Tina S. released a video where she calmly and effortlessly played a complicated solo cover of the song “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd on her Vigier Excalibur Custom. We previously wrote about her impressive guitar solos of “Eruption” by Van Halen and “Vivaldi Tribute” by Patrick Rondat.

via The Awesomer

Did Johnny Carson cause a toilet paper shortage in 1973?

rcsetylr:

I was looking through my gif folders at the ones I’ve made and I came across these:

and I’m laughing so fucking hard at them 

Scottish Batman (comic by pandyland)

Why do some places on Earth have higher gravity than others?

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