Simpson's intro by John K. Context: Further Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century Daily Idioms: hypothetical buzzwords Slackline acrobatics: trampoline meets tightrope Hanging chain clocks Koch Brothers paid bribes to win contracts, and sold "petrochemical equipment" to Iran despite embargo Occupy Wall Street: "Declaration of the Occupation of New York City" Glass floor Occupy Wall Street: live streaming video coverage Occupy Wall Street: video of NYPD arresting a girl in an awesome green GIR hat The Battle of Brooklyn Bridge: What happened at Occupy Wall Street before hundreds were arrested? "Do I look like a hipster?" What protestors are looking for from Occupy Wall Street Interview with Internet censor from an unnamed Middle Eastern country As Occupy Wall Street began, Chase made biggest donation in history to NYPD Pac-Man ghost dresses Some UK rail stations add airport-style body-scanners Super-Charged Auburns: longer is better 
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Simpson's intro by John K.
By Cory Doctorow on Oct 03, 2011 12:40 pm The sofa sequence in last night's Simpsons episode was created by Happy Mutant John Kricfalusi! Love it. (via Super Punch)
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 03, 2011 10:19 am Context: Further Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century, my second essay collection, is now officially available from Tachyon Books, and in finer bookstores everywhere. It features an introduction by the estimable Tim O'Reilly, as well as a walloping 44 essays that were previously published in various magazines, newspapers and ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 03, 2011 03:27 am Oh, I could read Debbie Chachra's #dailyidioms buzzword tweets all day long: * uterine replicator, Turkish delight doughnut, Galapagan isolation, ghost craters, empathy system, nonconsensual collaboration. * molecular motors, ruin-exhibitionism, sensor grenade, group-level phenomena, Mylar L-sleeve, surreality TV show. * weaponized social steganography, pin bin, ekranoplan, spline connection, bee space, memory engineering. * damnatio memoriae, ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 03, 2011 01:52 am Here's a whole whack of extremely talented and energetic young people doing awesome and fun acrobatic routines on a slackline -- a bouncy rope that works like a cross between a trampoline and a tightrope. (Thanks Fipi Lele!)
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 02, 2011 11:03 pm Ticktock Showroom's handmade "Timing Chain" clocks are a really appealing way of telling time. They run $100, and you'll need 26" of clearance below them for the chain-hang. Innovative chain driven clocks suitable for home or office. These clocks feature laser-cut acrylic numerals and motor mounts. They keep accurate time by using industrial synchronous A/C ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 02, 2011 10:37 pm "A Bloomberg Markets investigation has found that Koch Industries -- in addition to being involved in improper payments to win business in Africa, India and the Middle East -- has sold millions of dollars of petrochemical equipment to Iran, a country the U.S. identifies as a sponsor of global terrorism." (via Steve Silberman)
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 02, 2011 10:15 pm (Image: Woman at Occupy Wall Street, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from 33498942@N04's photostream) A manifesto of sorts has emerged from Occupy Wall Street: As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 02, 2011 10:06 pm Esther Dyson snapped this vertiginous shot of a glass floor at the Digital Moscow event. I have a mild fear of heights, but this kind of thing goes straight into my spine and my digestive-tract's pucker-reflex without consulting my brain. (via Super Punch)
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 02, 2011 08:25 pm The live streamed coverage of the NYC protests by the Occupy Wall Street organizers is pretty impressive stuff.
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 02, 2011 08:20 pm This video from the #OccupyWallStreet livestream on Saturday shows what is being widely reported as a "13-year-old girl" being arrested by the NYPD on the Brooklyn Bridge, in full restraints, and an awesome GIR hat (character from Invader Zim). I am trying to confirm her identity and age with NYPD and eyewitness sources, along with ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 02, 2011 08:18 pm The Village Voice notes a changed account at the New York Times of what exactly happened between police and demonstrators on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. Nick Greene at the Voice writes, The above photo of juxtaposed screenshots from the New York Times website has been making the rounds on Facebook, and it shows two very ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 02, 2011 08:12 pm [Video Link] From Media Sanctuary TV: "We get to the root of what many protestors are looking for from Occupy Wall Street."
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 02, 2011 07:03 pm Here's a frank discussion (an "IAmA" in Redditese) from someone claiming to work as a censor for the Internet ministry of a "Middle Eastern country." It makes for interesting reading, as this guy comes across as a geek who's ridden the slippery slope from technician to technocrat without hardly noticing. How do you feel about ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 02, 2011 05:29 pm A coincidence, I imagine, but it sure is poetic. In mid-June, just before the Occupy Wall Street movement took shape, JPMorgan Chase donated what the financial organization itself described as "an unprecedented" $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation, part of which will be used to expand and fortify surveillance systems. The gift ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 02, 2011 04:15 pm Etsy seller Boobercakes made these Pac Man ghost Hallowe'en dresses (though, honestly, I don't understand why you couldn't wear them to the office or out at the shops). She'll make 'em to order, and do kids' sizes, too. (via Craft)
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 02, 2011 04:00 pm Britain, the land that "sleepwalking into the surveillance state" was coined for, continues its somnambulistic randomwalk into a privacy-free zone. Recently, without any public discussion or debate, some rail stations have started adding airport-style body-scanners: We seem to have swallowed the security nightmare of airports without much fuss. Someone uttered the magic words "international terrorism" ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 02, 2011 01:11 pm This ad for the Super-Charged Auburn from the May 5, 1935 Newsweek shows a car sporting a four-yard-long hood driving at 100mph to the red-faced chagrin of someone in a merely very large car.
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