A Year of Magical Thinking – by Matt Lubchansky
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September 2024
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Trump tweets about growing U.S. nuclear arsenal | Fusion
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy “being alive,” and would largely prefer to stay that way for the immediate time being. “Being alive,” however, faced a serious challenge on Thursday, when President-elect Donald Trump tweeted his desire to “greatly strengthen” the United States’ capacity to end millions of lives in a deluge of atomic…
Uber cancels self-driving car trial in San Francisco after state forces it off road | Technology | The Guardian
California has forced Uber to remove its self-driving vehicles from the road, canceling the company’s controversial pilot program in San Francisco after a week of embarrassing reports of traffic violations and repeated legal threats from state officials. The department of motor vehicles (DMV) announced late on Wednesday that it had revoked the registration of 16…
The Least Important Writers Of 2016
Illustration: Jim Cooke Congratulations to all the wieners. Mark Halperin (and sidekick John Heilemann), Bloomberg Just about the only good thing you can say about Mark Halperin (and John Heilemann) is that they managed to swindle a lot of money from prickly billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who hired the two of them in 2014 for a…
It Looks Like Caroline Kennedy Cosplayed As An Anime Character
But does she know? Dunno! But goodness, I hope she does. Kennedy is the U.S. Ambassador to Japan and, as pointed out on 2ch, earlier this summer at a diplomatic event in Tokyo for American Independence Day, she wore this (photo via akasaka-teran): Just seems like some Uncle Sam type costume, right? Well, let this…
Super Mario Run’s inevitable backlash | GamesIndustry.biz
Consumers bemoan the $10 price point, other consumers rage against them in turn; Nintendo’s attempt to upend the dominance of F2P is as contentious as we expected Share this article Companies in this article After years of encouraging Nintendo to get into mobile gaming – often by the rather unsubtle means of darkly predicting the…
Obama moves to indefinitely block drilling in Arctic, Atlantic oceans
In September, Democratic Congress members Frank Pallone, Jr. and Jared Huffman sent a letter to Obama urging him to exercise that authority. The letter was signed by 74 lawmakers, almost all Democrats, and contained quotes from representatives from some of the groups that produced the fact sheet in May. Environmentalists say drilling in the Arctic…
Cards Against Humanity’s Never-Ending Fight Against Copycats
Art by Jim Cooke There’s a reason why Crabs Adjust Humidity, Humanity Hates Trump and Cards & Punishment might sound familiar. Their cards might look familiar, too—so familiar that the popular card game Cards Against Humanity has been forced to buckle down on those and several other lookalikes. Cards Against Humanity doesn’t own the rights…
Lena Dunham Stirs Controversy by Saying She Wishes She Had an Abortion
Start of Brightcove Player End of Brightcove Player Lena Dunham stirred up controversy during a recent episode of her podcast by saying she wishes she’d had an abortion. While hosting Women of the Hour, the Girls creator recalled a visit to a Texas Planned Parenthood years ago, during which a girl asked her to share her experience…
Apple AirPods Are Too Simple for Their Own Good
When they were first announced in September, it was obvious that AirPods were Apple’s attempt to distract everyone from the iPhone’s lack of a headphone jack. At $160, AirPods are Apple’s version of truly wireless earphones, a gadget lots of companies have been trying to perfect with varying degrees of success. No one disagrees that…