This week, Senate Republicans upped the ante and mailed a puppy to ISIS.
Welcome to Syria, Mr. Butterscotch.
But I wanted a kitty cat.
Done.
- Old Print Article: Post-WWI, plastic surgery becomes popular (1924).
- Featured Videos: Ross Andersen comments on existential risks to humanity and a potential Mars colony + Edmund Hillary recalls scaling Mt. Everest, on an episode of Omnibus (1954) + Futurist Jacque Fresco turned 99 this week.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Dropping a deuce has never been sexier + Actually, it was two weirdos in McDonald’s + My apartment is a cluttered mess.
- 5 Scientology posts republished, in advance of Going Clear airing on HBO.
- Lawrence Wright thinks Scientology may grow beyond its odd beginnings.
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who got us all spammed, did an AMA at Reddit.
- Google wants you to search for cat videos and porn for 500 years.
- Dan Pfeiffer, who planted President Obama between two ferns, leaves his post.
- Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist Presidential candidate, is ready to debate.
- Soon enough, no one will have to ship automatic weapons to you.
- David Graeber looks at the influence of mail systems (snail and e-) in history.
- In the Digital Age, we all live in public and are constantly judged.
- The Internet of Things will count us all, like it or not.
- Thomas Piketty reminds us of the utter failure of austerity.
- Keith Gessen tries to make sense of the Nemtsov assassination.
- Some restless Iraq War vets are heading back to help combat ISIS.
- Ray Bradbury’s urban-planning ideas were more nostalgic than useful.
- James Gleick tries to identify invaders among us, the social bots.
- You may someday have your own personal robot journalist.
- Robots, swarming European factories, have not yet displaced all humans.
- Paid work for human beings could soon become scarce.
- Space architecture probably needs to be built with 3D printers.
- Space colonies will require not only big money, but also huge political will.
- Before the iWatch, the Timex Data Link could receive downloaded info.
- Strong AI may not ever happen, but Weak AI will be a challenge.
- America is neglecting certain keys to safeguarding the economy.
- Melvin Konner believes technology has aided feminism.
- In 1977, Richard Dawkins believed humans were “robot vehicles.”
- Species, both plant and human, trade genes.
- A brief note from 1885 about second thoughts.
- A brief note from 1904 about a human ostrich.
- A brief note from 1893 about a mustache sale.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.