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Zombies and Linnaeus
Linnaeus would be spinning in his grave… if he were in it!! Zombie-linneaus atax(onomy)!!
False flag operations and Roger Federer
A good friend knows that I have a bit of a man-crush on Roger Federer (I got to see him lose to Del Potro a couple of weeks ago; he then went on to crush Murray before losing to Djokovic … Continue reading
Hashtag fail – very very childish. Also roflmao.
So some PR flak thought that a hashtag for Susan Boyle’s latest album launch might be good. #susanalbumparty…. Er, “Chances of a promotion? Wrecked ‘em….”
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My marriage is over – thanks Mark Zuckerberg, thanks a lot.
I refer of course, to the facebook link that Mrs Towers and I used to have. One very sensibly terminated by Mrs Towers as soon as she read this – http://uk.news.yahoo.com/facebook-creates–creepy–couples-page-for-all-users—without-warning.html My facebookness is dangling by the slenderest of threads, … Continue reading
Audacious, Cretaceous and Outrageous! or “Tyrannosaurus Sex!”
Via Boing Boing
I could eat alphabet soup and…
Ooh, look, cats on the internet. Someday I may use the putdown here IRL. [This post brought to you by DesktopClearoffs'R'Us]
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“Ultimately, communicative capitalism does not vanquish boredom so much as it “sublates” it, seeming to destroy it only to preserve it in a new synthesis.”
Oh, thisis the good shit. The consequence is a strange kind of existential state, in which exhaustion bleeds into insomniac overstimulation (no matter how tired we are, there is still time for one more click) and enjoyment and anxiety co-exist … Continue reading
Science: ruining everything since 1543
But I like my myths! Lemme cling to my myths.* *And the myth of objective/’pure’ science is my favourite myth of all
The Fermi Paradox firmly stated
Fermi Paradox? If the universe is so full of little green men, why haven’t they visited? Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal? So full of life and laughs, why haven’t you subscribed?!
Scientists Claim Tiny Sub-Atomic Traces of Ethics Discovered in Barclays
via here, from “Pride’s Purge“ Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new so-called ethics particle consistent with evidence that tiny sub-atomic traces of honesty could theoretically exist in traders at Barclays … Continue reading
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