I've always been intrigued by the power of propaganda and censorship to completely shape the average person's world view. If all you ever watched was Fox News, you'd be absolutely… Read the rest of the article: How censorship soured Chinese pride over hit sci-fi adaptation of "3 Body Problem"
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Yoy Luadha I lived in NYC for a few years at the end of the 8'0s and so so so much has changed since then. (There wasn't even a Starbucks in Manhattan… Read the rest of the article: NYC's "Lost Valuables Search" lets you dig through raw garbage
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Yoy Luadha I like the Fallout games though they're not in my personal gaming pantheon. (Since you asked, that would include TLOU, TLOU 2, Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite, RDR2, Horizon Zero Dawn… Read the rest of the article: Can Westworld creators crack the code for a great Fallout adaptation?
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Yoy Luadha There's been a lot written the last few years about the impending demise of coffee. Climate change is making bean growing tougher and tougher while demand is soaring. People love… Read the rest of the article: Can chickpeas and date seeds save you from the looming coffee apocalypse?
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Yoy Luadha Every once in a while, a movie just sounds like catnip to me, even before it's made. Deadline just carried the announcement: 20th Century has closed a deal to finance… Read the rest of the article: The making of Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" is coming to life in a new movie
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Yoy Luadha Why are some people not just ignorant but willfully ignorant? It's one thing to be a dumbass — but some people seem to be actively choosing to be a dumbass.… Read the rest of the article: 40% of people choose ignorance to avoid guilt about being selfish
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Yoy Luadha I'm not usually one for schadenfreude. Negative emotions are an unhealthy and unproductive way to live, bad karma, bad juju. Having said that… The price of the Trump Media stock… Read the rest of the article: Trump Media Stock plummets: a joyous financial disaster
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Yoy Luadha There's a new doc on Netflix that is well worth your time: The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem looks at one of the most toxic and destructive corners of the… Read the rest of the article: Terrifying documentary looks at QAnon origins
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Yoy Luadha Imagine trying to explain to the "you" of 20, 30, 40 years ago that the government needs a plan to stop an outbreak of violence after the next election. You… Read the rest of the article: If Trump loses, America will erupt in violence: are we ready?
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Yoy Luadha Where is the line between life and death? For centuries, it was pretty clear. You stopped breathing, your heart stopped beating, your brain shut down, it was off to the… Read the rest of the article: Death: a process, not a point, says cutting-edge research
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Yoy Luadha When I was a kid, Mad Magazine was our comedy gold standard. I had piles of them stacked up under my bed, mixed together with Marvel comics and (I'm embarrassed… Read the rest of the article: MAD's 1969 "Super Patriot" is MAGA before MAGA was MAGA
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Yoy Luadha I was unaware of the strange, twisted, twisting story of Fergie Chambers — he is both heir to one of the largest family fortunes in America… AND he's a hardcore… Read the rest of the article: Heir to fortune is a Communist: the bizarre tale of Fergie Chambers
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Yoy Luadha When I was a kid, I loved old maps — there was something incredibly evocative about imagining how people of a bygone era lived, comparing the streets of then to… Read the rest of the article: From wall art to wallet fattener: The world of old maps
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Yoy Luadha Someone going by Detour Explainer posted this great video that collects many of the clever "razors" in one place, starting with everyone's favorite — Occam's. But there are many more… Read the rest of the article: Philosophical razors: cutting through life's complexities
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Yoy Luadha Reasonable people can differ on immigration policy. How many immigrants should we be letting into the country? What criteria should we use? There's plusses and minuses to every choice. I… Read the rest of the article: The six bridge workers who perished were not "poisoning the blood of our country, they were replenishing it"
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Yoy Luadha While it's sadly true that Trump is never (and probably never will be) held accountable, the same is not true for those around him. He leaves chaos, prison terms and… Read the rest of the article: MyPillow CEO's downfall: A cautionary tale of Trumpian loyalty
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Yoy Luadha I have no idea how widespread this kind of mentality is, but it never ceases to shock me when I come across it. A website called Free Thinking Ministries has… Read the rest of the article: Turning cheeks or bearing arms? Did Jesus really endorse gun ownership?
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Yoy Luadha Following up on my earlier post about the limited shelf life of fame, I want to bring up one of my favorite writers (and I'm guessing many of yours): Harlan… Read the rest of the article: Rediscovering Harlan Ellison: greatest hits collection and Dangerous Visions reissue
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Yoy Luadha Sure, science is math and equations and formulas. But it can also be pounding wood with Stone Age axes. Japanese scientists built their own ground stone tools in an effort… Read the rest of the article: Japanese scientists investigate the mysteries of Stone Age tools
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Yoy Luadha This maddening "think piece" on Politico was published a couple of months ago but I wanted to revisit because the urgency to refute it is even more obvious. Here's the… Read the rest of the article: There are no guardrails: Trump's second term will lead to a dictatorship