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"I'm going to just come right out and say this... I've been trying to avoid this, to avoid telling this, because if you know this you'll fucking hate me or at least think less of me... I know I'm not a slut, I mean, maybe I am, perhaps I am! but does that matter? ...
I've become a prostitute." [nsfw]
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at 7:52 PM on March 25, 2005
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Some media are reporting the prediction by computer experts at Moscow's
Kaspersky Labs that parts of the Internet will be shut-down tomorrow by cyber-terrorists. The
Internet Storm Center's comment: "The ISC would like to go out on a limb and predict that the Internet will not vaporize into a cloud of nothingness this Thursday, but if it does, it's been our pleasure to help stave off its inevitable annihilation this long."
posted to MetaFilter by tranquileye
at 1:21 PM on August 25, 2004
(30 comments)
The John Markoff of the New York Times
[registration required] reports that Google plans to roll-out a
text and file search tool code-named Puffin for finding information stored on PCs. The move is seen as a defensive one; Microsoft plans to include PC searching in its new operating system, scheduled to be released in 2006 (at the earliest).
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at 8:40 AM on May 19, 2004
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"My mother is insane. Like, one of those ladies-you-see-on-the-local-news insane. Since it's inevitably going to come up I'll get out of the way that I am too, but at least I take a full dose of my medication...
Anyway, let's take a tour of our house."
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at 12:18 PM on February 8, 2004
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Manipulating Minds: The Psychological War on Iraq.
Battles are won on different fronts, but influencing an opposition is a critical part of any campaign. By manipulating an enemy's fears and desires, victory can be achieved. The "weapons of mass persuasion" are the tools of a different kind of warfare: psychological operations. (Full screen presentation in Flash) From CBC Radio One.
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at 7:38 PM on March 21, 2003
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I've known a number of women who have miscarried. It is something that happens frequently, but not something that seems to be discussed very much. In this article at Salon,
Heather Swain describes her experience.
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at 9:27 AM on March 11, 2003
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Get your I AM NOT AMERICAN™ shirt here.
From shirt creator Trevor Wilson: "This is not an anti-American web site, nor am I anti-American... These shirts are merely designed for folks from around the world - especially Canadians - to point out that they are not, from the United States. Though there's nothing wrong with coming from the good ol' U.S. of A, in the current political climate this shirt may come in extra handy."
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at 6:52 AM on March 9, 2003
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"You know, you cannot exercise your powers to the point of humiliation for others. That is what the Western world -- not only the Americans, the Western world -- has to realize. Because they (the have-nots) are human beings too. There are long-term consequences if you don't look hard at the reality in 10 or 20 [or] 30 years from now... I do think that the Western world is getting too rich in relations to the poor world. And necessarily, we're looked upon as being arrogant, self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits. And the 11th of September is an occasion for me to realize it even more."
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien reflects on September 11th, and
not all Canadians agree with him.
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at 10:10 AM on September 12, 2002
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Car Bomb Rocks Central Kabul, Many Dead:
"Two explosions rocked Kabul today, killing at least 15 people, sending panicked citizens running and causing serious structural damage in the Afghan capital, authorities and witnesses told CNN. Many were wounded [in the blasts], which took place near the Ministry of Information and Culture, but it is not clear if the ministry was the target."
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at 6:31 AM on September 5, 2002
(12 comments)
American Family Pictures 2002.
"2002 was a pretty good year for the family. We made some new friends and re-sparked some old acquaintances. It didn't end on such a good note, but like granddad used to say, 'you can't will em all, even if you are undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.'"
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at 9:57 AM on July 24, 2002
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Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails:
"dedicated to the Gin Fizz, the Widow's Kiss, and the Singapore Sling, the drinks our mothers and grandmothers drank, and the drinks we strive to save from extinction as a small measure of remembering those great women and their great cocktail parties."
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at 6:49 PM on June 4, 2002
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"It was 1931 that we last reported on television, and our readers must be wondering how things are shaping up.
Not any too good." The New Yorker reports on the state of television, 1936.
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at 1:35 PM on May 29, 2002
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