this is an interesting lesson in geopolitics. the conflict between iran and israel is of political origin after the end of the cold war, and can therefore be resolved politically. this is a short period in a relationship spanning 2.5 ka to date.
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The latest MTA innovation
The latest MTA innovation: turning off all turnstiles because there are no trains for 30 min. Plus an entirely useless station agent who just sits there. Can’t wait for all of these clowns to be automated away.
NYC Concierge Stories
The C train… is that, like, a bus?
entirely true stories from hotel concierges in times square. this is why new yorkers don’t ever go near times square, because it is full of terrible people.
Make my Logo bigger
2 classics to rile up your remaining designer friends (the ones that haven’t fled to higher ground).
My Little Brony
gonna get some for some coworkers for sure
Decorative gourd season
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal.
Driving Cadillacs in Our Dreams
Schleicher’s fable
Schleicher’s fable is a text composed in a reconstructed version of the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) language, published by August Schleicher in 1868. Schleicher was the first scholar to compose a text in PIE. The fable is entitled Avis akvāsas ka (“The Sheep and the Horses”).
it would be nice to preserve the sounds of proto-indoeuropean in something a bit more durable than soundcloud.
http://web.archive.org/web/20131003025212/http://soundcloud.com/archaeologymag/sheep-and-horses/embed%5D
TED spoof
this remains one of the better TED spoofs, even though it was made in the service of marketing prometheus.
Games are high culture
we discussed a while ago how mass effect is high culture. now it is gtav’s turn. ps: i maintain a playlist of mass effect 3 playthroughs
Gregor J. Rothfuss 