"Juicy Ghost" is a new tale from Rudy Rucker ( previously ), an explicitly politican sf story told from the point of view of a sui...
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Locus Awards!
Locus Magazine announced the winners of its annual reader-voted awards last night, with top honors for Mary Robinette Kowal, who won Best S...
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Police cameras to be augmented with junk-science "microexpression" AI lie-detectors
The idea that you can detect lies by analyzing "microexpressions" has absorbed billions in spending by police forces and security...
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Billionaire newspaper monopolist family cancels editorial cartoonist after anti-Trump drawing
Canada's Irving family is one of the richest in the world, owning more land than anyone except the British royals and the Catholic chur...
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Rob Israel's "They Live" meets "Distracted Boyfriend"
What could be more zeigeisty and revealing of our present moment than John Carpenter's 1988 sci-fi/horror flick They Live? How about Ro...
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Debunking Microsoft's anti-Right-to-Repair FUD
Microsoft is no stranger to the use of "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt" in the pursuit of monopolistic goals; the company perfected t...
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Coffee cups made from coffee grounds
Back in 2011, I bought a new countertop made from "Curface," a composite material made from a mix of melted down used coffee cup...
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Name your price for these 10 essential tech training bundles
Many tech entrepreneurs are self-starters. The secret is in knowing where and when to start. And if your career plan involves programming or...
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Trump asked about busing, announces new plan coming in four weeks
It's becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate between The Onion and reality. During a press conference at the G-20 Summit in J...
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Richard Kadrey discusses his new dieselpunk noir novel "The Grand Dark"
Earlier this month, I reviewed Richard Kadrey's new novel "The Grand Dark" for the LA Times ; as I wrote, "His latest is ...
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Score amazing deals on Chromebooks, tablets, WiFi extenders, & more
Looking for new tablets or other essential gear? Normally, you're out of luck in the summer - that no man's land for shoppers at the...
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Watch Trump suck up to Saudi Crown Prince MBS at G20
The shame just keeps on coming, America. Illegitimate United States President Donald Trump just met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin S...
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'How I built a 4,000 gallon Koi Pond,' DIY fishpond project (photos)
Holy crap this is the most ambitious 'hey I think I'll build a fishpond' project I've ever seen. IMGURian @ jcardona1 sha...
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Now THIS is how you wear a hoodie (if you are a good boi dog)
Is this good boi eating... PUP-CORN? I'll see myself out. This bulldog is really enjoying his popcorn treat, eaten directly from the h...
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Remains of dog-eaten chew toy resembles scene from The Philadephia Experiment
Tricksy was hungry, so she ate half a polyurethane frog. The remains appear to be misteleported into the metal worktop, reaching out in des...
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WTF is this commercial for a famous brand?
If you haven't seen this long commercial before, you'll never guess what it is advertising. The reveal is at the end. for the rec...
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The new Tapplock smart lock is a huge improvement over the old one
Last year Jerry from JerryRigEverything had no difficulty defeating a $100 fingerprint smart lock made by Tapplock. All he did was unscrew...
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Man makes convincing chainsaw noises while cutting cheese
BONUS: Man cutting cheese with a chainsaw: from Boing Boing https://ift.tt/2xf21j1 via IFTTT
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Tech support scammer talks to a bot
You are probably familiar with the tech support scam . You get a call from someone (usually from a call center in India) pretending to be f...
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EFF is hiring a Donor Operations Manager
Wanna work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation? We're looking for "a confident, experienced, and energetic manager to oversee o...
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This woman lives in a tiny house in the British Columbian wilderness
Here's a tour of a 20-foot long house on wheels that Jessica, a social worker, set up in a British Columbia forest. It has a sleeping l...
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Chin pimple suddenly disappears during presidential debate
This footage of presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard appears to show a small blemish on her chin--a pimple or bug bite, perhaps--that sudde...
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Julián Castro shuts down Megan McCain's 'lawless border' talking points
Perfect Meghan McCain: How dare you say open borders & no repercussions? @JulianCastro : Thats a Right Wing talking point. I say crimi...
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I would love a Bob Dylan cover of "Centerfold" by The J. Giles Band
This unrecorded gem has been playing in my head for the last 300 miles of a 500-mile road trip. from Boing Boing https://ift.tt/2FFxq2w ...
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The magic theatre of High Weirdness
In Hermann Hesse's novel Steppenwolf we visit a mysterious and strange magic theatre, where some pretty weird things happen. Meant for ...
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Why the Trump DOJ argues keeping kids in cages is "safe and sanitary"
They are monsters looking for any loophole to torture children who came desperately seeking the America that claimed to be a haven. My famil...
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Three Halflings in a Trenchcoat: a homebrew fighter class for D&D
"Three Halflings in a Trenchcoat" is Redditor Sir_Platinum's homebrew fighter class for Dungeons and Dragons, wherein the half...
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Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working"
"The books will stop working": That's the substance of the reminder that Microsoft sent to customers for their ebook store, re...
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Improving Q&As with peer-review
When I give a talk, it's often the case that the question period after is dominated by dudes, a substantial fraction of whom bloviate (...
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Howto: stay civil while discussing the children in America's concentration camps
As our political betters are always there to remind us, civility is important, the key to getting things done -- that's why Gerning Joe ...
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It's time for the Clarion/Clarion West Write-a-Thon!
The Clarion workshops (Clarion at UCSD, Clarion West in Seattle) are key elements of the pipeline for producing excellent new science fictio...
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"Because we're not morons:" This bumper sticker announces you're voting for "the Democrat"
Five bucks will buy you the bumper sticker that lets people know you're voting for WHATEVER Democratic presidential candidate is on the ...
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Dog deals with owner's dirty laundry
There's domesticated animals and then there's domesticated animals. Where most dogs have had the mean bred right out of them, this ...
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See the world through Wes Anderson-colored sunglasses
Rose-colored glasses are out. Sunglasses filtered with a color palette reminiscent of a Wes Anderson movie are in, at least according to ...
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Weekend Tunes: Lustmord - Subspace
The inside of my head is an absolute crap place for productivity. I tend to fixate on old horrors, recent regrets and small shames that swi...
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Rage Inside the Machine: an insightful, brilliant critique of AI's computer science, sociology, philosophy and economics
Rob Smith is an eminent computer scientist and machine learning pioneer whose work on genetic algorithms has been influential in both indust...
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