December 2010
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Electric Wizard (7)
PJ Harvey (7)
Scissorfight (5)
Warren Zevon (4)
The Dead Weather (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Soul Coughing – Sleepless →
http://www.last.fm/music/Soul+Coughing
VNV Nation – Nemesis →
CAKE – Conroy →
Jethro Tull – White Innocence →
Chris Hedges: 2011: A Brave New Dystopia - Chris... →
Orwell warned of a world where books were banned. Huxley warned of a world where no one wanted to read books. Orwell warned of a state of permanent war and fear. Huxley warned of a culture diverted by mindless pleasure. Orwell warned of a state where every conversation and thought was monitored and dissent was brutally punished. Huxley warned of a state where a population, preoccupied by trivia...
Cambridge university refuses to censor student's... →
Second, you seem to think that we might censor a student’s thesis, which is lawful and already in the public domain, simply because a powerful interest finds it inconvenient. This shows a deep misconception of what universities are and how we work.
The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don’t have to understand...
– Dr. James Watson - American geneticist/biophysicist, Nobel-winning co-discoverer (With Francis Crick) of the structure of the DNA molecule. (via helvetebrann)
On a day like today…….
2010 Trend Watch Update: Attacks on Cryptography |... →
At the beginning of this year EFF identified a dozen important trends in law, technology and business that we thought would play a significant role in shaping digital rights in 2010, with a promise to revisit our predictions at the end of the year. Now, as 2010 comes to a close, we’re going through each of our predictions one by one to see how accurate we were in our trend-spotting.
Note -...
A border collie called Chaser has been taught the names of 1022 items - more...
– Border collie takes record for biggest vocabulary - life - 22 December 2010 - New Scientist
THE UK Government is to combat the early sexualization of children by blocking...
– All internet porn will be blocked to protect children, under UK government plan | News.com.au
What the fuck?! Hattip to Grim for bringing this up. (via disassociation)
whut?!!? FFS . what the fuck is wrong with this country
Swiss banking giant UBS has issued its staff with a 44-page dress code, covering...
– BBC News - UBS dress code scrutinises staff underwear