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Many attendees at SXSW felt the ads for Nipple — which depict a cartoon woman’s vagina opening a beer, with the slogan “Free beers will increase your chances to have sex, but won’t help you remember it” — were an endorsement of date rape.

A games shop in Paris embraced the rubber-sheet metaphor of space-time to guide their interior design. The illusion is so convincing I can imagine shoppers occasionally stumble when their eyes and feet disagree about where exactly to expect the floor.

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Cubestormer 3 is a robot with just one job—to solve a scrambled Rubik's Cube as swiftly as possible. Today, at the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham, UK, it did the task in an astounding 3.253 seconds, faster than any human or robot in the world. Just look at that thing go.

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A man from Dunedin, New Zealand shall henceforth be known as "FULL METAL HAVOK MORE SEXY N INTELLIGENT THAN SPOCK AND ALL THE SUPERHEROES COMBINED WITH FROSTNOVA." At 99 characters, it is the longest legally allowed by the country's Department of Internal Affairs.

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lobotomybarbie:

Is this true????

This is all over my asks, so I’m going to respond ONE TIME:

I have no clue.  I’m not keeping anything from you, I promise.  

I don’t work on the movie side, I have nothing to do with the movies, I wouldn’t know either way.  

If it’s true, AWESOME!  Yay!  Can’t wait.  I just saw CAPTAIN AMERICA 2 and it was INCREDIBLE.  

But you know, until the ACTUAL STUDIO says something…? It’s just gossip.  I wouldn’t go getting my heart set on it.  

But hey — on the upside?  The takeaway is this: Carol’s now got the kind of profile now where people gossip about her to drum up excitement.

…That’s a win. 

Scott Brown pans 'self-serving' pledge The Hill (blog) Scott Brown on Saturday blasted Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) challenge to limit outside spending in the New Hampshire Senate race as "self-serving and hypocritical." Brown, the former Massachusetts senator who is gearing up for a run in New ... and more »

from about Ashiharabashi Station to about Fukushima Station

ABC News reported that the dramatic left turn was preprogrammed into the plane's navigation computer. It's a task that would have required extensive piloting experience to complete.

Expect a suspension for this.

Ow.

Can you maybe not do that anymore? Thanks.

News Tonight Africa

Environmental Pollution may Increase Risk of Autism News Tonight Africa A novel meta-analysis has revealed that toxins or air pollutants present in environment might play vital role in the formation of neuro-developmental disorder. Scientists believe that genetics, environmental factors or a combination of both might increase risk of ... and more »

newyorker:

A cartoon by Paul Noth. For more cartoons from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/1dIqvSg

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corycat90:

Modern Pantheon

this is too rad. i dont even use the word rad. what am i even doing

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Comcast's top lobbyist, David Cohen, is known to be a savvy political operator, having pushed through the No. 1 U.S. cable operator's landmark acquisition of media giant NBC Universal in 2011. But Alina Selyukh And Liana B. Baker write at Reuters that although Comcast ranks among the top-ten corporate influencers in Washington, having spent $18.8 million on lobbying last year, Cohen may have met his match in Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler. Wheeler headed the cable trade group from 1979 to 1984 and ran the wireless industry association from 1992 to 2004. Since taking over the FCC last November, however, Wheeler has not shied away from stances that have roiled past allies. Wheeler publicly expressed skepticism about a potential merger between wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile in one of his most attention-grabbing moves last February. 'You can't kid a kidder. Having been a lobbyist, he knows all their tricks,' says Blair Levin. Comcast will formally request an FCC review of the $45.2 billion Time Warner Cable deal later in March. Opponents say the combined company will have too much power over what Americans can watch on television and do online. As FCC chairman, Wheeler has publicly and repeatedly stated his 'unabashed' support for competition. Wheeler has also hired a heavyweight consumer advocate, Gigi Sohn, as a senior adviser. Colleagues of Wheeler, a published historian, also highlight his subject expertise. 'He knows these issues like the back of his hand,' says one FCC official who works with Wheeler. 'He knows how the business runs. He knows these people, he knows what they think and what policies they want.'"

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Dave Winer:

If this article about feeds on the IndieWeb wiki represents their philosophy, then their name is wrong — they’re not about independence, because feeds give us independence.

The article criticizes RSS and Atom for a few reasons, and those reasons are easy enough to swat away that I leave that as an exercise for the reader.

What gets me is where it notes some shutdowns: Google Reader, Apple removing RSS from Mail and Safari, Twitter removing feeds, etc.

For every shutdown of RSS feeds by a big company, an indie product such as Feedly, NewsBlur, Feed Wrangler, FeedPress, and Unread shows up.

RSS is at its most interesting and useful when big companies ignore it. It’s the domain of indie developers.

Starpulse.com

Tyler, The Creator Plays Sold-Out Show After Being Released From Jail Starpulse.com Tyler, the Creator continued from where he left off by playing a sold-out concert in Dallas hours after being arrested for inciting a riot in Austin. The rapper was jailed for encouraging fans to break through security to get into the Scoot Inn, which was already at ... Tyler, the Creator Performs Dallas Show After ArrestThe BoomBox Tyler, The Creator Plays Dallas Show After Arrest At SXSWAtlanta Black Star Tyler The Creator arrested for inciting riot at SXSW festivalabc7.com HipHopDX -Seattle Post Intelligencer all 232 news articles »

Washington Post

Upbeat Menino calls cancer a 'bump in the road' Boston.com Former Boston mayor Tom Menino was greeted with a round of applause at a Dorchester farmer's market today when he said he would "beat" cancer, The Boston Globe reports. "The health things are a little bump in the road, but we get over them." Very happy ... Former Boston mayor Tom Menino has cancer: reportsReuters Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino diagnosed with "advanced" cancerCBS News all 185 news articles »

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South at heart of close fight to control US Senate The Seattle Times The South is where President Barack Obama and Democrats long have struggled, and it's where the party's toughest battleground will be this year in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate. By BILL BARROW. Associated Press ... Obama adviser Pfeiffer says president isn't a midterm liabilityKTXS South To Be Democrats' Toughest Battleground In Fight For Senate ControlHuffington Post White House adviser: No individual mandate delayWashington Examiner Newsmax.com all 139 news articles »

Beer makers drop out of St. Pat's parades that ban openly gay marchers Reuters NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - Two major beer manufacturers on Friday dropped sponsorship of St. Patrick's Day parades in New York City and Boston to protest bans on gays marching openly. Sam Adams pulled out of Boston's parade, which takes place ... and more »

hello my name is davis

your name is davis too

let’s be together

until beartato swallows us

ABOUT THE RECENT EVENTS CONCERNING YOUTUBE:

maureenjohnsonbooks:

Many of you already know about some of the recent events concerning various YouTube performers and allegations of sexual misconduct. When I read about this (and it seems to come and come right now), I thought, “I have nothing to add to this.” So I just watched. And was sad. And also heartened by…

You should all read what Maureen has to say here.

Adding something in passing, so people shouldn’t think Maureen is overstating the commonality of this experience for those of us who are both young and female. Have I been masturbated at by guys in cars? Oh yeah. I never talked to anybody in my grade it hadn’t happened to. First time it happened to me was when I was walking with a friend. Guy was “asking for directions”. My friend and I (a) gave him the most crap directions we could immediately think of — took a second, we were ten, so that makes this 1962 — and (b) scurried away whispering “That’s a penis? It’s the ugliest thing on Earth, I am never touching one of those when I grow up.” …Groped in the (NY) subway? Yeah, though not without collateral damage to the gropers (I had at that point been studying iaido for some months and did not need a bokken or a broomstick to do significant damage if annoyed. High heels are a wonderful weapon). Had guys try to dope my drink? Sure. Fortunately I even then knew more of the tricks than they did, having been trained by experts. Hasn’t happened for a decade or so, but I keep a careful eye on my drinks while out and about. There are predators out there who prefer older women.

…There’s more, but this should not be about me. Damn it, it’s time we were listened to about this shit.

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Serving pizza in low-earth orbit is a fairly difficult task, but this hasn’t stopped a few hungry astronauts from trying over the years.

Residents of San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood will soon be able to have pharmacy items delivered by aerial drone, or so claims Mission-based startup QuiQui (“Quicky.”) According to the company, it will soon have a fleet of drones on standby to pick up small pharmacy items and deliver them to the customer’s location in about 15 minutes. Once on location, the drone will hover at a height of 20 feet and drop the item to the customer below. QuiQui founder and self-described “subversive marketer” Joshua Ziering recently spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about the startup. Ziering says the service hopes to launch in July 2014.

image via QuiQui

via The Tech Chronicles/San Francisco Chronicle

It's no secret that open-source coding community GitHub is one noted branch of a tech culture that continually struggles with sexism at every level.

No further comment necessary. By artist Kevin Wada. (via io9)

“HEALTH TIP: when you’re about to sneeze be courteous and cover your mouth with the nearest anti-vaccination activist.”

- Clayton Cubitt (claytoncubitt) on Twitter