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09 Dec 18:07
WikiLeaks releases new documents exposing secret Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
by Russell Brandom
In November, Wikileaks published a rare draft of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty — revealing the United States' covert international push for stronger intellectual property rights. Now, nearly a month after the first documents were published, the group is back on the case, publishing a new raft of documents from the TPP negotiations currently taking place in Singapore. The revelations are mostly the same, with the United States leading the charge for SOPA-like penalties on file-sharing and stringent patent reforms, but the new documents suggest that the public outcry against these proposals has had little effect on the negotiations.
The leaks come at a particularly inconvenient time for negotiators, as they enter into their fourth day of talks in Singapore amid growing criticism. The talks are premised on secrecy, allowing countries to push for particular proposals without having to justify their positions publicly, but the continued pressure from Wikileaks has brought unintended attention to the proceedings. These latest documents highlight the United States' role in the process, as it attempts to force the smaller nations to adopt more stringent rules. "The US is exerting great pressure to close as many issues as possible this week," says a state-of-play summary included in the leaks. "This pressure will increase with every passing day."
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09 Dec 16:42
The Only Video Worth Watching Of Division III Basketball
Taylor University has a tradition called the Silent Night where the entire crowd remains dead silent until the tenth point is scored.
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09 Dec 16:41
Rob Ford Doesn't Know Sh*t About Football
Dissecting the trainwreck mayor's football predictions are just as embarrassing as anything else he's done lately.
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09 Dec 16:40
What Makes A Word The Word Of The Year?
A brief examination of how "science" topped Merriam-Webster's 2013 list.
09 Dec 16:40
Shadow of the Colossus' colossi are downright ... well, colossal. But how colossal, you ask? Why not consult DeviantArt member Andrew McGee's helpful visualization of the game's golems that you see posted above? Pro-tip: After consulting the image, walk outside, imagine how big a colossus would be in real life, and change your pants.
To see the image in full resolution, you can check out McGee's DeviantArt page or order an A3 or A4 size poster print by clicking here.
Shadow of the Colossus fan art has all colossi drawn to scale in one image - spoiler alert: they're big
by S. Prell
Shadow of the Colossus' colossi are downright ... well, colossal. But how colossal, you ask? Why not consult DeviantArt member Andrew McGee's helpful visualization of the game's golems that you see posted above? Pro-tip: After consulting the image, walk outside, imagine how big a colossus would be in real life, and change your pants.To see the image in full resolution, you can check out McGee's DeviantArt page or order an A3 or A4 size poster print by clicking here.
Shadow of the Colossus fan art has all colossi drawn to scale in one image - spoiler alert: they're big originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 08 Dec 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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09 Dec 16:18
mendelpalace: Excerpts from Hayao Miyazaki’s Daydream Notes...
Excerpts from Hayao Miyazaki’s Daydream Notes (aka Daydream Data Notes). Miyazaki had a regular feature in Japanese hobby magazine Model Graphix where he’d make various short comics and illustrated essays on vintage aircrafts, tanks and boats. It was also where he published the short comic "The Age of the Flying Boat", which he later reworked into his film Porco Rosso.
You can find some more scans here. Halcyon Realms has a review (with more scans) here.
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09 Dec 15:57
Susan Boyle Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome - Health, I Dreamed a Dream, Susan Boyle : People.com
by gguillotte
Susan Boyle says she has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism – and feels relief at finally having the right label for her condition.
09 Dec 15:57
Ref gets all up in Jim Harbaugh's face, gives him the crazy eye
by Eric Sollenberger
Don't you know I'm loco?
Where have I seen that look before? Oh yeah.
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09 Dec 04:12
To Feedly readers
firehosevia Overbey
Apparently Feedly is changing links to content on blogs and news sources to point at their own pages. I want Scripting News readers to know, if they use Feedly, they will be missing all kinds of good stuff we're doing here. 
If that's what they (people reading my site through Feedly) want, then it's okay with me. What's not okay is if Feedly somehow represents their pages as mine. If that's what they're doing, or planning on doing, then I ask you to find another way of reading my site.
There's no excuse for representing links to other people's writing as your own. It's one of the ugliest sides of the web. That Feedly, which has up to now been a fairly classy company, would contemplate this, makes me think they must not understand.
09 Dec 04:07
Fuck the Police | 1fa.gif
firehosevia Osiasjota
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09 Dec 04:06
queerkystyle: I love Fluevogs. Tolerance Nebel...
firehosevia willowbl00
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09 Dec 02:17
All the fake movies that we really want to see
by Ria Misra
From re-imagining James Bonds' retirement plan (to make and market his own line of artisan sorbets, naturally) to finally giving us the Robocop reboot that we really want to see, these fake movie posters are all perfect.
    
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09 Dec 02:11
70s Glam Rock Sailor Scouts - Sailor Mercury Sailor Mars
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09 Dec 01:35
The Swedish Chef faces Gordon Ramsay in the ultimate Muppet cook-off
by Lauren Davis
In advance of The Muppets' Most Wanted, Muppets Studio has released the bite-sized webisode "Food Fight," in which the Swedish Chef pits his culinary skills against Gordon Ramsay in a reality show-inspired food truck competition. And naturally, our favorite Muppet critics are serving up their judgment with a side of snark.
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09 Dec 01:05
Where’s my tea, human?
firehoseWe can cruise the world with pearls
Where’s my tea, human?
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09 Dec 00:11
Google Is Now Funding Numerous Tea Party Groups
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Google is funding a number of groups advancing the Koch brothers’ agenda, the company recently disclosed,in a flagrant disregard of its “don’t be evil” ethos.