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dyson sphere won't work
putting this damned thing on pinboard so I can view a cached copy because Forbes can't be reached from my AT&T U-Verse node hi internet
news  dyson 
7 weeks ago by ignatz
Bon vivant arsonist gets 27 years for wine blaze
'He wrote florid memos to the court, likening his former attorney to a "Victorian costermonger."'
wine  crime  arson  wtf  news 
february 2012 by ignatz
The Carona Archives
The OC Weekly's archive of stories about ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's downfall
oc  orangecounty  news  scandals  noir  corruption  carona  ocweekly 
august 2011 by ignatz
Dr. Sputnik's Society Pages
invaluable news feed of the messed-up, hilarious, and actually interesting. But mostly the messed-up.
news  jerkcity 
may 2011 by ignatz
Templates for responding to excesses of an ally | Al Jazeera Blogs
If you want to be a U.S. govt spokesperson, keep these handy
politics  ha  usa  news 
january 2011 by ignatz
New documents: Hitler-mocking dog enraged Nazis
Newly discovered documents have revealed a bizarre footnote to the history of the Second World War: a Finnish mutt whose imitation of the Hitler salute enraged the Nazis so deeply that they started an obsessive campaign against the dog's owner.
dogs  news  nazis  wwii  failure  politics  oppression 
january 2011 by ignatz
Journalism Warning Labels « Tom Scott
labels to put on newspapers revealing their issues bla bla
culturejamming  news  media  journalism 
august 2010 by ignatz
Improving scientific publishing: Huddled maths | The Economist
As its name suggests, the new journal publishes only papers that, like Lauterbur’s and Dr Higgs’s, have been previously submitted to, and rejected by, others.
academia  wtf  news  publishing 
july 2009 by ignatz
Cuts in California - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com - The New York Times
quick look at how screwed we are in california. not sure why it is an "interactive" feature.
via:kcetlocal  california  finance  failure  budget  news 
july 2009 by ignatz
BBC NEWS | Technology | Snooping through the power socket
Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer.
security  news  grid  privacy  doom  oppression 
july 2009 by ignatz
Robot Animals Snare U.S. Poachers
animatronic prey animals trap poachers. the robots are coming.
news  robots  lawenforcement  stings 
may 2009 by ignatz
Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?
For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with complete success.
bees  science  biology  environment  news  peakbee  disease 
april 2009 by ignatz
Med Center Official Tried to Silence Vet
Canady's story -- allegations of racial discrimination and a claim that he was twice given an overdose of morphine by a nurse who continues to work at the hospital -- peaked the interest of a local radio reporter who, when he tried to interview Canady, was interrupted by a hospital official.
government  military  oppression  journalism  VA  veterans  news  censorship 
april 2009 by ignatz
Fluorescent puppy is world's first transgenic dog - life - 23 April 2009 - New Scientist
A cloned beagle named Ruppy – short for Ruby Puppy – is the world's first transgenic dog. She and four other beagles all produce a fluorescent protein that glows red under ultraviolet light.
science  genetics  news  biology  madscience 
april 2009 by ignatz
Wrong Tomorrow - pundits vs. time
It keeps track of predictions of the future by public figures. When someone makes a prediction, people post it to the site along with a brief description and a URL. We monitor it and change its status to true or false when appropriate.
predictions  news  gambling  expertise  randomness  probability  webtoys 
april 2009 by ignatz
Beeswaxing poetic about their hobby hives - Los Angeles Times
"We have a lot of affection for our bees. They're like our 50,000 pets," Seidenwurm said. My friends are in the newspaper because of their BEES.
bees  urbanbeekeeping  news  latimes  friends  agriculture  trends 
march 2009 by ignatz
My playlist is Legion » Armagideon Time
"Last Thursday, ABC’s Nightline held a debate on the existence of Satan." making the point with a few youtube links. nice.
video  news  ha  failure  religion  musicvideo  armagideontime 
march 2009 by ignatz
Bus drivers gather as transit board considers cuts
the board voted Monday afternoon to cut bus trips by about a quarter and lay off nearly 400 bus drivers, supervisors and maintenance workers. ow my infrastructure
orangecounty  failure  news  transit  financialcrash 
march 2009 by ignatz
Novels in Three Lines - NYRB Classics
Novels in Three Lines collects more than a thousand items that appeared anonymously in the French newspaper Le Matin in 1906—true stories of murder, mayhem, and everyday life presented with a ruthless economy that provokes laughter even as it shocks.
news  literature  tobuy  france  shortstories  shortshorts 
march 2009 by ignatz
Costly Online Organ-Transplant Scam Results in Death, Arrest
"After seeing Feldman's online site, liver4you.org, the pair wired $70,000 to a New York bank account for Feldman last year."
villainy  crime  fraud  news  medicine  death  florida  parts 
march 2009 by ignatz
The News
English language Mexican newspaper
news  english  newspaper  mexico 
march 2009 by ignatz
The Browser | the world in a window
selected links. pretty well selected at that.
news  meta  aggregator  links 
march 2009 by ignatz
Client data from mortgage broker found in trash
Folders with personal information for numerous clients of a local mortgage broker sat for days at a public recycling site, overflowing from the tops of several bins in an apparently glaring identity theft risk.
orangecounty  failure  commerce  news  privacy  newportbeach  security  mortgage  financialcollapse 
february 2009 by ignatz
Dropped cell phone leads to fatal freeway crash | zepeda, andrade, anderson, car, male - News - OCRegister.com
A Fontana driver died earlier today during a freeway crash in Fountain Valley triggered when she dropped her cell phone and crashed her car while looking for it, authorities said.
orangecounty  failure  news  risks  accidents  death  phones 
february 2009 by ignatz
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Underwear protest at India attack
Indians outraged at an attack on women for drinking in a bar have gathered together to send a provocative gift of underwear to right-wing activists.
religion  news  via:splodinvark  gender  india 
february 2009 by ignatz
The great Atlantic Ocean swimming hoax - Fourth-Place Medal - Olympics - Yahoo! Sports
The real issue stemmed from the fact that swimming 2,100 miles in 25 days is impossible.
failure  fraud  news  sports 
february 2009 by ignatz
Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository
Al Jazeera has a creative commons licensed repository of media from Gaza
video  news  war  archives  creativecommons  aljazeera 
january 2009 by ignatz
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Sex smell lures 'vampire' to doom
US researchers deployed a laboratory version of a male sea lamprey pheromone to trick ovulating females into swimming upstream into traps.
sex  news  science  environment  fish  lampreys 
january 2009 by ignatz
Inauguration Day | Popular Science
satellite view of the inauguration. the crowds look like lint.
usa  news  visualization  politics  photos  space  satellite 
january 2009 by ignatz
Zim photos
pics of people using hyperinflated currency. stacks and stacks of money.
economics  zimbabwe  failure  inflation  hyperinflation  news  photos 
january 2009 by ignatz
Operation Local News
Tom Johnson and Bill Lobdell are working on a new paper for the Newport/Mesa area
orangecounty  news  blog  newportbeach  newspapers  costamesa 
december 2008 by ignatz
Lahde Quits Hedge Funds, Thanks `Idiots' for Success
Andrew Lahde, the hedge-fund manager who quit after posting an 870 percent gain last year, said farewell to clients in a letter that thanks stupid traders for making him rich and ends with a plea to legalize marijuana.
news  finance  villainy  commerce  financialcollapse  crash  hedgefunds  ha  cocaine 
october 2008 by ignatz
How We Lost the War We Won : Rolling Stone
Reporter spends some quality time with the Taliban.
war  taliban  news  afghanistan  gwot  rollingstone 
october 2008 by ignatz
Iranians scoff at sandwich record bid | World news | guardian.co.uk
Iran's eccentric bid to set a world record for making the biggest-ever ostrich sandwich appeared to end in failure today after the evidence was eaten by the hungry watching crowds.
vila:mollyaida  iran  food  worldrecords  failure  ostrich  sandwiches  news 
october 2008 by ignatz
Drunk pony rescued from swimming pool | UK news | guardian.co.uk
A drunk pony was rescued from a swimming pool after gorging on fermented apples and falling into the water.
animals  uk  news  alcohol  yikes 
october 2008 by ignatz
Foreclosure Alley - SoCal Connected
short news feature on the Inland Empire's foreclosures and the people who empty out the foreclosed houses
video  usa  subprime  news  housing  pbs  commerce  villainy  california  southerncalifornia  909  inlandempire 
october 2008 by ignatz
Woman Wearing Cow Suit Arrested
...chasing children, urinating on a porch, and blocking traffic... all while wearing a cow suit.
news  crime  ruminants  cowsuit  cows  via:agitprop80 
october 2008 by ignatz
RESEARCHERS FIND LARGEST YET SUBPRIME NUMBER
Economists working at the United States Department of Treasury and top Wall Street banks announced the historic discovery of a very large subprime number, the biggest yet seen.
satire  selfpromotion  finance  usa  crash  news 
september 2008 by ignatz
knoxnews.com | Frank Munger's Atomic City Underground
Local blog about Oak Ridge National Laboratory and related nuke "fun"
nuclear  energy  nuclearweapons  war  commerce  news  blog  environment 
september 2008 by ignatz
Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast, Study Says
"What is so surprising is that rapid, almost sudden, changes take place in the Earth's magnetic field," said study co-author Nils Olsen. We're fucked.
science  environment  news  doom 
july 2008 by ignatz
Distressed homes now 40% of O.C. supply - Mortgage Insider - OCRegister.com
Since Dec. 27, the number of distressed homes on the market has grown 2,195 while the non-distressed supply is 2,870 lower.
mortgagebros  commerce  failure  orangecounty  realestate  recession  news 
june 2008 by ignatz
McDonalds sued over Happy Meal toy - New Zealand's source for World News on Stuff.co.nz
Post-punk pioneers Devo say they are suing McDonald's in the US over a Happy Meal doll that sports the band's signature red flower pot hat.
devo  punk  music  law  mcdonalds  ip  news 
june 2008 by ignatz
Pictured: RAF blow up world's biggest drugs haul worth £225 MILLION in Afghanistan desert | Mail Online
"Officials believe the area - near to the Taliban stronghold of Quetta in Pakistan - was turning dried cannabis leaves into heroin." YOW!!!
drugs  news  failure  ha  dailymail 
june 2008 by ignatz
News: Campaign workers for supervisor candidates are jailed in shooting | tran, valle, gang, campaign, members - OCRegister.com
photos of staffers taken inside Tran’s headquarters included reputed members of the KPC and Santa Nita gangs, with nicknames such as "Dopey," "Cartoon," and "Kiki," according to law enforcement officials.
orangecounty  oc  news  whoa  hoavantran  elections  california  crime 
may 2008 by ignatz
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