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Gormenghast
this is a pretty good mini series. wp called it
Gormenghast is in the genre of the grotesque, with marked gothic and surrealist influences
3D printing comes to orbit
TUI is developing an architecture and a suite of technologies for automated on-orbit construction of very large structures and multifunctional space system components, such as kilometer-scale antenna reflectors
The Lycurgus Cup
this is absolutely amazing.
the Lycurgus Cup is unique. The artisanship this required boggles the mind. The glass makers could not have added such minute amounts of gold and silver just to the glass the cup was going to made out of. These particles are 70 nanometers wide. You can’t even see them with an optical microscope, never mind the human eyeball; you need a transmission electron microscope at least. Experts believe the craftsmen added the minimum possible of the metals and then diluted the glass-melt with more and more glass until they had the proportion right.
Google & MS against secrecy
there are many days when Microsoft and Google stand apart. But today our 2 companies stand together. We both remain concerned with the Government’s continued unwillingness to permit us to publish sufficient data relating to FISA orders.
WTF Visualizations
so so bad but also so depressingly common.
India is nosier than the US
wow, i thought the US was a banana republic when it came to visa applications until i saw india: religion, address of parents and lots of other crap that is none of their business.
What is a clean strike?
here we go again: “clean” strikes followed by a quagmire. we have become exceedingly good at it
Missile strikes against Syria could be launched “as early as Thursday” as the White House intensified efforts toward an international response to the suspected use of chemical weapons.
Transportation has regressed
In 1962, riders could jump from Newark to Wall Street by helicopter for just $6 ($46.61 in today’s $) as opposed to an $8 cab ride ($61.88 today)
More antivaxxer idiocy
why can’t they speak out against things where the damage will be limited to themselves? perhaps speaking out against seat belts?
An outbreak of measles tied to a Texas megachurch where ministers have questioned vaccination has sickened at least 21 people, including a 4-month-old infant — and it’s expected to grow.
Good job you fucking dummies.
#dummies #JennyMcCarthy #Texas #dummies #GetGovernmentOutOfMyRightToDieFromPreventableDisease #ThanksObama
Gregor J. Rothfuss 