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19 Apr 16:37

50 Years Ago, NASA Astronauts Smuggled a Corned Beef Sandwich Into Space

by Sarah Zhang

On March 23, 1965, astronaut John Young reached into his pocket and offered his crewmate Gus Grissom a corned beef sandwich. It was in the middle of the Gemini 3 mission, and let's be clear, they were in space. It was a silly little prank but one that, man, really pissed off Congress.

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19 Apr 16:37

DoD security clearances are down 15 percent since the Snowden leaks

by Matt Novak

The number of security clearances issued by the U.S. Department of Defense has plummeted in the past two years. The big question: Is it because of the Snowden leaks or just because U.S. military spending is down? Yeah, you read that right. Military spending is down.

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10 Apr 16:27

Monogamy

by Dorothy

Comic

10 Apr 16:26

Hark, A Vagrant: the Enchantress




buy this print!

When I was signing books in Frankfurt, someone asked me to draw The Enchantress, and I had never heard of her, so he produced a picture, and I asked questions about her while I drew. It turns out I think she is pretty great.

The brand new German edition of my book is available from Zwerchfell Press, with a pretty great title: OBACHT! LUMPENPACK
10 Apr 16:25

03/25/15 PHD comic: 'Class communication'

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham
www.phdcomics.com
Click on the title below to read the comic
title: "Class communication" - originally published 3/25/2015

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10 Apr 16:22

Cyrano

http://oglaf.com/cyrano/

10 Apr 16:22

My wife tries to name the games I’ve played

by Ian

My wife tries to name the games I’ve played

01 Apr 22:57

revengeance:Gross-ass gamers will insist that their community...



revengeance:

Gross-ass gamers will insist that their community isn’t filled with blatant misogyny and overly-violent idiots, but even when the target of harrassment is a man, women are still involved in the threats.

01 Apr 18:50

Box Office: 'Home' Evicts 'Get Hard' With $54M Debut

by gguillotte
Animated family film Home easily topped the North American box office in its debut with $54 million from 3,708 theaters in a much-needed win for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation. While many critics were hard on Home, audiences gave the music-infused film an A CinemaScore, guaranteeing good word of mouth. Home's voice cast includes Rihanna in her first turn in an animated film, Jennifer Lopez and Steve Martin.
01 Apr 18:49

One NFL-to-Los Angeles scenario that's gaining steam has the Oakland Raiders moving to St. Louis - Yahoo Sports

by gguillotte
firehose

lol

"Just my gut feeling," King told Patrick. "I think you get the Rams and the Chargers sharing a stadium that Kroenke will manage and own. And then I think you get the Raiders moving to St. Louis ... It just makes a lot of sense." King added that he doesn't see the Raiders getting a new stadium in Oakland and he doesn't know if the NFL wants the Raiders back in Los Angeles.
01 Apr 18:38

Furious 7 has no business being as good as it is - Vox

by gguillotte
Start with the film's globetrotting ways. The Middle East features camels and women strutting around to bumping, vaguely Arabic trap music. Tokyo is all neon glow and women strutting around to bumping, vaguely Asian trap music. There's not much the world can agree on in Furious 7, except for trap music. Every line is crafted as a nod to the ridiculousness of the franchise. In an early scene, Dom explains how he grew a racing festival from scratch. Naturally, the racing event is called "Race Wars" and features a cameo from rapper Iggy Azalea. Race wars, Iggy Azalea, and Vin Diesel — this is all in the film's first 20 minutes.
01 Apr 18:37

Trevor Noah on Twitter: "Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing."

by gguillotte
firehose

his pinned tweet

Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing.
01 Apr 18:37

2 dead in Downtown Fresno medical office shooting | Watch the video - Yahoo News

by gguillotte
firehose

the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun

Fresno Police have confirmed that a man and woman are dead after a domestic incident at a medical office near Mariposa and S Street in Downtown Fresno. The shooter was an estranged boyfriend or husband of the female victim.
01 Apr 18:36

Content Manager, Comics

by invoices@scribd.com
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Scribd is looking to add to its editorial team with a comics editorial assistant to help our team develop and maintain our new comics vertical. You’ll help organize and maintain our library of comics, highlighting the best content and expressing Scribd’s ...
Employer: Scribd
Location: San Francisco
Posted: 03/30/2015
01 Apr 18:35

Festival of Faith and Writing Administrative Director

Calvin College seeks an Administrative Director to plan, coordinate, and implement the biennial Festival of Faith and Writing. Responsibilities include the management of all administrative affairs related to the Festival. Strong candidates will have skill...
Employer: Calvin College
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posted: 04/01/2015
29 Mar 02:45

Alps crash pilot told ex 'everyone will know my name' - Yahoo News

by gguillotte
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terrorist

The 26-year-old woman, identified only as Maria W., recalled in an interview with the mass-circulation Bild daily how Andreas Lubitz told her: "One day I'm going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember." "I never knew what he meant by that but now it makes sense," it quoted the "shocked" flight attendant as saying, adding the remark repeatedly ran through her head after hearing about Tuesday's air disaster.
28 Mar 17:56

Executive Editor- Disney Consumer Products

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'manage the editorial development, list planning and oversight of the editorial team for core Disney properties including Disney Princess, Classic Characters, Pixar, Disney Junior, and others. The position edits approximately 8 books a year'

Sorry: the word "synergistically" is used unironically

The Executive Editor, Disney Press is based in NYC or Glendale CA, and works with the Associate Publisher, Editorial Director to manage the editorial development, list planning and oversight of the editorial team for core Disney properties including Disne...
Employer: Disney
Location: New York, NY
Posted: 03/26/2015
24 Mar 23:58

Farming Simulator 15 brings serious farm simulation to consoles in May

by Michael McWhertor
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OK ThOR. I'm shared out. Time for a real capital-S Sharebattical.

The good news is it's because I've managed a freelance trifecta of layout, editing, and game design jobs, all starting right about... a week ago with deadlines between April 14 and May 4.

Enjoy this vacation!

Giants Software's Farming Simulator series is making the jump to new consoles this year, with versions of Farming Simulator 15 bound for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as well as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The new-generation versions of the game will come with online multiplayer and a brand new graphics and physics engine.

Farming Simulator 15 will let players farm across North America on a new Nordic environment, using more than 140 farming machines, including new vehicles that are exclusive to consoles, the publisher says. This year's farming sim will include more than 40 famous farm equipment manufacturers, including some obvious favorites like New Holland, Ponsse, Deutz-Fahr, MAN and more. Also included are cows.

You can see how Farming Simulator 15 looks on new consoles in the gallery below. And if you're wondering what type of player goes for realistic farming sims, check out Polygon's interview with Giants Software.

The Windows PC version of Farming Simulator 15 was released for Windows PC in October 2014.

22 Mar 00:01

'Exclusively for white people' stickers put on Austin stores - Yahoo News

by gguillotte
Employees at several Austin businesses have found stickers saying "exclusively for white people" placed on their windows, sparking an investigation into their origin and condemnation from the mayor. Mayor Steve Adler said the stickers discovered Wednesday morning were "an appalling and offensive display of ignorance in our city." The stickers also say "Maximum of 5 colored customers / colored BOH staff accepted," apparently referring to the "back of house" operations at a restaurant. They featured a city of Austin logo and claimed to be "sponsored by the City of Austin Contemporary Partition and Restoration Program," though no such program exists. The city has said the use of its logo was unauthorized.
20 Mar 22:14

Reed College Professor Bans Student From Class For His Views On Rape

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headline is such horseshit that even the redditors in the thread call it horseshit

kid is a professional troll who got tossed by the professor _and a unanimous vote of all the classmates_ from a discussion seminar because he's a rampant MRA dickbag

20 Mar 19:52

Photo

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hi saucie





20 Mar 12:54

Michael Dukakis Still Drives Old Tank Everywhere

Michael Dukakis Still Drives Old Tank Everywhere






20 Mar 12:21

Photo

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via Kara Jean



20 Mar 05:44

Subterranean Lava Tubes Should Be Stable Enough For Future Moon Bases

by George Dvorsky
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yay!

Scientists speculate that massive underground cavities may exist under the lunar surface. And it turns out these so-called "lava tubes" should also be safe enough for a future moon base, according researchers presenting at this week's 46th Lunary and Planetary Conference in Texas.

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20 Mar 05:35

Here's How This Ancient Mayan Pyramid Makes Bird Calls

by Esther Inglis-Arkell
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BIRBAMID


Kukulkan Temple, at the Chichen Itza archaelogical site in Mexico, isn't just an impressive architectural achievement. It also uses physics to make bird calls. That's right, a stone temple has the ability to mimic the sounds a local bird. Let's see the pyramids at Giza do that!

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20 Mar 05:34

Joseph Gordon-Levitt to produce and star in Fraggle Rock movie

by Kwame Opam

The Fraggle Rock movie is closer than ever to being a reality, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to star. Variety reports that the HitRecord on TV star is working with Lisa Henson, daughter of the late Jim Henson, to produce the film for the big screen.


"Jim Henson's characters make you laugh and sing."

"Jim Henson’s characters make you laugh and sing, but they’re also layered, surprising, and wise," Gordon-Levitt said in a statement. "Collaborating with Lisa Henson makes me confident we can do something that Jim would have loved. I’m grateful and excited to be working with New Regency on this project."

Fraggle Rock, which debuted back in 1983, followed the musical lives of the creatures that inhabit the eponymous Fraggle Rock. Fraggle Rock: The Movie has been in development since 2005, when the Jim Henson Company officially announced that it was working on a film adaptation with the original cast. However, the film fell into a long development hell, with the property being snapped up by New Regency after the distribution deal with the Weinstein Company expired in 2011. Hopefully signing Gordon-Levitt means things can really get on their way.

20 Mar 05:34

New Times Op-Ed Writer Has a Colorful Past with Racist Publications

by gguillotte
This commitment to a diversity of viewpoints is remarkably strong, as indicated by the paper’s inclusion of science writer Razib Khan. According to his Times author page, Khan is “a science blogger, a programmer and a doctoral candidate in genomics and genetics at the University of California, Davis.” Omitted from the paper’s biography, as a quick Google search indicates, is Khan’s history with racist, far-right online publications.
20 Mar 04:05

The Pirate Party Now the Biggest Party In Iceland

by timothy
firehose

huh

jrepin writes The Pirate Party now measures as the largest political party in Iceland, according to a new servey from the Icelandic market and research company MMR which regularly surveyes the support for the political parties in Iceland. Support for political parties and the government was surveyed in the period between the 13thand 18th of March. The results show that The Pirate Party has gained increased support. Now, support for The Pirate Party totals 23.9%, compared to their previous 12.8% in the last MMR survey.

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20 Mar 01:16

Get Your Wood And Sheep Ready For A Whole New Settlers Of Catan

by Rob Bricken
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uhh

Yes, the beloved strategy board game is finally getting a new edition, thanks its its makers at Mayfair Games. Debuting at this year's GAMA Trade Show and due out this year, there aren't many details on the game's new 5th edition, but here's what we know so far.

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20 Mar 00:52

Shadowrun, The Cyberpunk Fantasy Game That Couldn't Keep Up With Reality

by Ed Grabianowski
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primer for all the SHABBADUNNNNN shares I don't make anymore

Classic cyberpunk/fantasy role-playing game Shadowrun has gone through five editions and dozens of novels, and since its creation in 1989 the high-technology and corporate dystopia it depicts has been surpassed by the real world several times. Here's a look at one of the most iconic RPGs of all time.

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