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As Moscow changes, so does its population of stray dogs. During Soviet times, Moscow's stray dogs foraged for food and avoided humans, since there wasn't much to be gained from begging. As the city became increasingly affluent, the dogs' behavior changed radically. Some recent adaptations include passive subway begging, observing stoplights, and a food scam called the "come-from-behind ambush." The stray dogs, whose population is estimated at 26,000, have even ceased some of their interpack warfare. Observe the Moscow subway dog
here.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 11:15 AM on May 29, 2008
(26 comments)
Last Wednesday, residents of the Ulyanovsk province of Russia took the day off work in celebration of their newest holiday,
Sex Day.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 7:06 AM on September 18, 2007
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No PC should be without MS DOS 5 - apparently because it has mouse support, a full-screen editor, and an utterly inexplicable
music video. Guaranteed to save you at least 45K!!!
of RAM, that is.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 1:24 PM on September 12, 2007
(56 comments)
Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media. On
this year's list : Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran, Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger, High-Tech Genocide in Congo, and many more.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 11:29 AM on May 27, 2007
(26 comments)
For years,
MDI has been developing a car that runs on compressed air. Last month, they signed an
agreement with Tata Motors to produce the MiniCat - a zero-emissions vehicle that will travel up to 180 miles on $3 worth of fuel. See it in action
here.
(youtube)
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 9:57 PM on March 19, 2007
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In 1999, MTV aired 25 Lame, a show where retired 25 of their worst and most overplayed videos. Rob Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice) showed up to help them retire the video for "Ice Ice Baby." The result -
violence, hilarity, and broken mannequins (video, 30-second ad shows before video). Apparently unplanned,
nobody knows for sure if this outburst was the product of genuine anger, or if he was just playing around. An
unedited version (YouTube, lower quality) leads me to think that it was the former.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 12:27 PM on February 1, 2007
(33 comments)
Green by Necessity : Armenia is blazing a trail in the move to cleaner fuels -- but not by choice.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 9:55 PM on August 18, 2006
(11 comments)
There's no need for you to record
short videos (youtube) of yourself singing impossibly cheesy songs about astological signs whilst a woman does interpretive dance in the background, because
Harvey Sid Fisher has already done it for you.
Thanks to Ryan at FFFF for bringing this to my attention
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 3:55 PM on August 13, 2006
(16 comments)
Who took
these photos of young girls with letters written on their foreheads, and why?
via
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 2:20 PM on June 12, 2006
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On May 14th, 1967, the new British pop group The Pink Floyd makes one of their first ever TV appearances. Despite a stellar performance of the song Astronomy Domine, the pretentious host of the show, Hans Keller, has nothing good to say about the band. During the
interview (youtube, performance comes first, interview starts about 5:50 in.
transcript here.), he chastises the band for their "continuous repetition", "terribly loud" volume, and their "proportionately a bit boring" sound.
However, it seems that all Hans' show will ever be remembered for is
this single interview. Pink Floyd, on the other hand.. Well, we all know what happened to
them. Syd Barrett, on the other hand,
was not so lucky.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 4:25 PM on May 29, 2006
(67 comments)
Today in
weird animals :
An international group of scientists has described an animal that provides nutrition for its young by letting them peel off and eat its skin.
posted to MetaFilter by Afroblanco
at 10:31 PM on April 17, 2006
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Security expert (and personal hero) Bruce Schneier on the subject of
movie plot threats :
Sometimes it seems like the people in charge of homeland security spend too much time watching action movies. They defend against specific movie plots instead of against the broad threats of terrorism.
This month, Schneier announces a
contest for readers of his blog and newsletter - submit the most unlikely, yet still plausible, terrorist attack scenarios you can come up with.
From the announcement :
"The prize will be an autographed copy of Beyond Fear. And if I can swing it, a phone call with a real live movie producer."
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at 12:00 PM on April 8, 2006
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