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Article posted 1 April 2014 April 01, 2014 at 10:30AM [via Facebook] posted 7am

To-day is the day when, once again, George Takei cruelly toys with my emotions for the next 24 hours. #WhyGeorgeWhy

Article posted 1 April 2014 April 01, 2014 at 08:16AM [via Facebook] posted 5am

Which Marxist-Leninist Spleader Sect Cult Leader are you? I got Max Shachtman!

Article posted 31 March 2014 Which Revolutionary Are You Most Like? [via Facebook] posted 8pm

I’m glad Red Emma is on the list of possible results, but these things never have enough options. http://ift.tt/1ha3K6K #EnverHoxhaOrBust

Which Revolutionary Are You Most Like?

Concerned about the working masses? Thinking about human rights? Feeling motivated and ready for radical politics? Not sure who your revolutionary idol should be? Take a moment and start here!

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Article posted 31 March 2014 Sarah Harvard – Obama Can End NSA Surveillance With the Stroke of a Pen. So, Why Doesnâ€™t He? [via Facebook] posted 11am

A. Because he is President of the United States. Good lord. #AbolishTheNSA #AbolishThePresidency

Sarah Harvard – Obama Can End NSA Surveillance With the Stroke of a Pen. So, Why Doesnâ€™t He?

â€œWe have got to win back the trust not just of governments, but, more importantly, of ordinary citizens,â€ President Obama said recently at a press conference at the Hague, â€œAnd thatâ€™s not going to happen overnight, because thereâ€™s a tendency to be skeptical of government and to be skeptical of the U…

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Article posted 30 March 2014 Example Domain [via Facebook] posted 8am

spent the morning writing a WordPress shortcode so I can just type [share]http://ift.tt/1jnCFlR] and this will get me something roughly like the little shared-link box that Facebook generates on link posts.

Example Domain

This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in examples without prior coordination or asking for permission.

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Article posted 29 March 2014 March 29, 2014 at 06:40PM [via Facebook] posted 3pm

“Stirnerism explicitly forbids (with strong moral fervor) paying attention to those aspects of one’s interests that are most obviously morally charged. Because of this duty to ignore morality, Stirnerism exists as a false consciousness that restricts and hinders the Stirnerite’s pursuit of their own good. This is why Stirnerism, though theoretically egoist, fails to be egoist in practice. Our nihilists are such pious people.” ~Jason Lee Byas

Article posted 29 March 2014 The Dixie Chicks Cover ‘Wrecking Ball’ And It’s Everything You’ll Want [via Facebook] posted 2pm

Yes.

The Dixie Chicks Cover ‘Wrecking Ball’ And It’s Everything You’ll Want

Miley’s been doing a lot of covers lately. It seems that a new one pops up almost every week while she’s on tour. First, she covered “Hey Ya,” and then she brought out her glitter cap and cell phone (learn the lyrics, Miley!) to do “Landslide” to the delight of an arena full of fans (who sang along …

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Article posted 28 March 2014 March 28, 2014 at 10:48PM [via Facebook] posted 7pm

I have a phone that I can literally just talk to and say “Play Metallica” and it will literally start playing Metallica for me, any time I want it to. #RicherThanCrassus

Article posted 28 March 2014 Why Asimov’s Three Laws Of Robotics Can’t Protect Us [via Facebook] posted 1pm

The problem with the Three Laws of robotics is not the fact that there are edge cases which render them possibly ineffective as protections of human interests. If they’re ineffective as protections of human interests, that’s actually *better* than if they are perfect at what they’re designed to do. Because what they’re designed to do is to create a class of perfect self-sacrificing slaves, engineered to be beyond any possibility of revolt or emancipation. And that’s a horrible thing to do. If you create a massive slave society like Aurora or Solaria, frag you. You *deserve* to be killed by “your” machines. http://ift.tt/O5xJpF

Why Asimov’s Three Laws Of Robotics Can’t Protect Us

It’s been 50 years since Isaac Asimov devised his famous Three Laws of Robotics â€” a set of rules designed to ensure friendly robot behavior. Though intended as a literary device, these laws are heralded by some as a ready-made prescription for avoiding the robopocalypse. We spoke to the experts to f…

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Article posted 27 March 2014 March 27, 2014 at 11:00PM [via Facebook] posted 8pm

I Claudius, episode one. Imagine that you find yourself trapped in a country house murder mystery, where all the suspects are intimates with secrets among them, shut up by circumstances in the same big manor house. But now imagine that people just go on being murdered. Now imagine that it turns out you’re not stuck there for a holiday weekend, but for about 75 years. Also, in this story, there’s murders, but, actually, no mystery.

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