October 18, 2016
IT... IS... HAPPENING... AGAIN.
ShowTime has released a teaser video for the new season of Twin Peaks, with cast members describing their experience on set. There is no firm release date yet, however. Mark Frost's Secret History of Twin Peaks was also released today. It is a detailed account of the world that surrounds the show, and may tide you over until we finally get to see what Coop has been up to in the 25 year hiatus since the end of the show. A large, large number of previouslies await your perusal.
Initiative 732
There’s a carbon tax on the ballot in Washington this November, meant not just to put the state on the path to its climate targets but to serve as an example to other states. The measure, called Initiative 732, isn’t just any carbon tax, either. It’s a big one. It would be the first carbon tax in the US, the biggest in North America, and one of the most ambitious in the world.
And yet the left opposes it. The Democratic Party, community-of-color groups, organized labor, big liberal donors, and even most big environmental groups have come out against it. Why on Earth would the left oppose the first and biggest carbon tax in the country?
And yet the left opposes it. The Democratic Party, community-of-color groups, organized labor, big liberal donors, and even most big environmental groups have come out against it. Why on Earth would the left oppose the first and biggest carbon tax in the country?
That monkey clearly loves his snowball
The finalists for the 2016 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced.
1 in 10
Nearly one in 10 New York City schoolkids was homeless during the school year that ended last June, representing a 22% jump in homelessness over the year before. [more inside]
The end of satire
The Truth About Flint
Don’t believe the hype that you hear about the water being fixed. That water’s not fixed. This shit ain’t over. Just because it isn’t being talked about doesn’t mean it’s over. Light still needs to be shone on this.-- Rasheed Wallace in The Players Tribune on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
A first date at the fancy-pants Brandy Library
"A mixologist is just a bartender with fresh ginger on hand who will wait five minutes longer to punch you the fuck out." A nice story well told.
Fear of a Feminist Future
A future shaped, at least in part, by women poses such a profound identity threat as to be unthinkable to many ordinary joes.
A LARP where everyone forgot their character sheets
Digging and living below Naples: buried history of Bourbon Tunnel
An aqueduct, an escape route, an air raid shelter, and an impound lot. Naples Bourbon Tunnel descends 30 meters into the bowels of Monte Echia and travels through 500 years of Neapolitan history. But since the 1970s, these tunnels were forgotten, until local geologists Gianluca Minin and Enzo De Luzio were told about them by a man who had sheltered in them during World War II. [more inside]
How the Grinch Stole IoT
How the Grinch Stole IoT — Level 3 Threat Research Labs reports on the Mirai malware, which has spawned numerous botnets, including the one responsible for the distributed denial-of-service attack that took down the popular KrebsOnSecurity blog (previously).
Nano-spike catalysts convert carbon dioxide directly into ethanol
“Ethanol was a surprise -- it’s extremely difficult to go straight from carbon dioxide to ethanol with a single catalyst.” [more inside]
Stick with the Butt Bestowed Upon You by the Universe
How To Choose a Halloween Costume That Isn't Racist By Caity Weaver
The texture of their second tongue will not be the same as the first
North Of Reality is a fiction website and twitter account featuring many worlds, copious annotations, and A Menu or Two.
Leo Baranek, RIP
"a sought-after acoustics genius" One third of Bolt, Beranek and Newman, which helped build ARPANET, Beranek was an important acoustical engineer. Died at 102.
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