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Linkdump 10-08-2012
Fri, Aug. 10th, 2012 18:00- Enough dressage already
So your horse can trot to Phil Collins. I give you instead a happy labrador dancing the merengue.
- The Perseids are coming, the Perseids are coming
It's that time of year again. EarthSky has the details.
- Inquiry after unofficial condoms found in Olympic village
The horror! Condoms not provided by the official Olympic supplier have been discovered polluting the Olympic village with their filthy, non-sponsored nature. One wonders how the police check for the use of such verboten items. Also, if it hasn't been suggested already I'd like to promote usage of the term "contrabrand". Also also: there's an official Olympic condom supplier?
- If you must be this wrong, please let you also be inept and divided
Better Nation summarizes everything in great detail. With links.
- Zoe Keating posts her online sales and streaming data
She's also a bloody fabulous cellist.
- DHS Crushed This Analyst for Warning About Far-Right Terror
The Department of Homeland Security don't give a damn about terror unless it's perpetrated by brown people.
- Tabloid Watch: MailOnline edits, then removes, RightMinds post
Apparently Olympic Gold medallist Jessica Ennis' family don't exist.
- The Terrible Tragedy of the Healthy Eater
We've all been there, right? ...right? Just me, then? Dear Ghod, no more kale, please.
- 2001: The Making of a Myth
Try to see past the horrendous synthesized Jimmy Hart version of Also Sprach Zarathustra. Herein lies a fantastic making-of documentary, featuring Arthur C Clarke before he went off to become a giant translucent space baby. Also explains how they did the floating-pen trick.
- 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World
"Torschlusspanik", lit. "gate-closing panic", the fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages.
- Petition: Justice for the Critical Mass 182
Sign this.
- Terrorism Prevention Video Asks Public to Report Photographers to Police
Sigh.
- Reverse Image Search Returns Nearly Identical Photo from 36 Years Ago
Everything old is new again.
- American Becomes Laughingstock of Canada After Letter to Editor Lamenting Lack of Handgun During Mild Confrontation
Incredibly rude, deranged psychopathic shitstain bewails the fact that he's not allowed to shoot people in the face for asking him a simple question. This is a real thing that happened. Don't ask people questions in America.
- Political Convictions?
Seattle police now raiding homes looking for evidence of thoughtcrime. A quick glance around my New Town flat reveals most of the items on Seattle PD's shitlist. Seattle PD are instead bewildered to find said anarchists caring for pets and organizing free libraries and soup kitchens