Nobody talks about the weather, but everybody has done something about it.

amnestyusa:

Play Human Rights Bingo during Wednesday’s presidential debate!  Will the candidates address these issues?  Download all 4 bingo cards to play along at home.

+1 for mentioning “drones”

(via cloudberryfinn-deactivated20130)

twicr:

“The robot was fine with it, but the dog didn’t seem to like it too much and came back with its tail between its legs.”

—

Willow Garage CEO Steve Cousins on building a robot to walk your dog. (via StarTribune.com)

In “City”, dogs and robots were much better friends!

prettyman () { man -t $1 | open -fa Preview }

I always forget to include instructions for the non-nerds uninitiated.

Do you use bash on Mac OS X? Yes? Then proceed:

 1. put that in your .bash_profile. How? How ‘bout like this?

echo 'prettyman () { man -t $1 | open -fa Preview }' >> ~/.bash_profile

 2. restart Terminal (or iTerm2 or whatever)

 3. lookup a manual page:

prettyman abs

 4. The manual for “abs” will open as a PDF in Preview, where it’s easier to read and, once printed, is suitable for framing.

There are many man pages. Find one you like here:

open /usr/share/man/whatis

twicr:

xkcd on the likeliest outcome of a robopocalypse. 

(via Robot Apocalypse)

True dat.

cuadernovirtual:

La estación Niños Héroes es #yosoy132 (Tomada con Instagram)

#yosoy132 redesigns icon of Mexico City’s “Young Heroes” subway stop.

4 out of 5 drones & robots agree: Don’t mix oil & gov’t subsidies.

I hafta say, though, I kinda like the hokie shite on the radio.

wc <<< flush

thenewinquiry:

Celebrate the release of The New Inquiry Magazine, No. 2: Youth at NYC’s The Kitchen on Tuesday, March 27 for a screening of one of the buried gems of late 60’s youth-power exploitation cinema, “Wild in The Streets.”  

Over four decades before “The 99%,” rock star-turned-President Max Frost told America’s youth they were “The 52%” - a majority that should act like it. In the run up to Occupy Wall Street’s declared May 1 general strike, we’ve assembled a panel to discuss the film, pop music, and revolutionary politics featuring:

Greil Marcus:Legendary rock critic and author of Lipstick Traces, Mystery Train, and most recently, The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years

Sara Marcus: Author of Girls to The Front: The True Story of The Riot Grrrl Revolution

Andrew O’Hehir: Head film critic for Salon.com

Laurie Penny: UK columnist and activist, TNI contributing editor, and author of Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism and Penny Red

Cosmo Bjorkenheim: New York based controversial-film maker and anthropophobe

Moderated by TNI editor Malcolm Harris.

This event is free and open to the public. Drinks are on us.

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