The second season of True Detective stars Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch, and premieres on HBO June 21, 2015.

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My niece Amanda Pescovitz spotted this excellent Wi-Fi branding on a Loch Ness Cruise boat to seek out Nessie. Now that is some bandwidth I can believe in.

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Today, I've been swapping late '70s power pop videos with my old college friends (we were in bands in Ft. Collins, CO and often played together).

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Penn, you need to practice that card palm. Read the rest

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Breast milk is precious stuff so I don't blame actor Alyssa Milano for being miffed about Heathrow officials confiscating the 10 oz she'd pumped out before going through security. She had a baby in September, who was not with her at the time, which is the reason an airport representative told her the milk was a potential terrorist threat. Read the rest

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Police in the northern Indian city of Lucknow plan to use pepper-spraying drones against protesters. This should end well. Read the rest

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Portrait posters of Game of Thrones characters for Hero Complex Gallery, released at WonderCon 2015. Read the rest

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I didn't know that in 1979, Knickerbocker released a line of eight Lord of the Rings toys that were inspired by the Ralph Bakshi animated film.

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"By George," said John. "I think Paul's lost his ringo." [via]

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The comic strip is designed to teach Japanese-speaking readers about Christian values. Read the rest

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The UK is to see its first new electricity transmission tower design in nearly a century, reports the BBC.

The new design abandons the traditional "Mutant Eiffel Tower" style in favor of a sleek "T" shape.

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"About what one can not speak, one must remain silent." – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Louis C.K. talks different flavors of bullshit found in NYC/LA, and his evolving relationship with fans, comedy, and cash. The 5th season of his hit comedy Louie premieres Thursday April 9 on FX. Read the rest

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"We make brushing teeth fun," declare the creators of Play Brush.

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Kit Harington (aka Jon Snow) stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers and proved just why the bastard son of Eddard Stark isn’t the best party guest.

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Author Jon Ronson looks at what happens when we obliterate people for unpopular opinions, off-color jokes, offensive language, and professional faux pas. Read the rest

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In 1993, when Kevin Kelly and I were both editors at Wired, Douglas Coupland spent a few weeks at the office.

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There is a certain novelty in trying to leaf through a book that is bigger and heavier than the coffee table it rests on.

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You can get all these Sherlock Holmes stories and novels for free, because they are in the public domain, but I was happy to pay ninety-nine cents for the convenience of this X-Ray enabled Kindle edition, which has 56 short stories and four novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read the rest

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Jamie Hyneman attached a rotating saw blade to a quadcopter and tried topping some trees with it. It didn't really work, but it was worth a try!

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