US Defense Secretary: Snowden Caused Tensions With Techies

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Practical quantum computers are a step closer, with IBM scientists announcing "two critical advances" in the journal Nature. Read the rest

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Writing in the Guardian, Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman analyses the last five years of British austerity, using other developed nations in the EU and elsewhere as a benchmark for the growth we could have had -- it's not a pretty picture. Read the rest

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As tensions rise in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray, yet another black victim of police brutality, I’ve noticed that some well-meaning (usually white) people have a tendency to quote Martin Luther King, Jr. Read the rest

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Author Michael Pollan talks about discovering the healing powers of magic mushrooms. Read the rest

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Boing Boing has 2720 posts with "penis," and 1080 posts with "vagina," putting us between Vox.com and Wired.com. [via]

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15-year-old Muslim girl in French town banned from class--twice!--for wearing a skirt that was "provocative" because it was too long. Yep. Too long. Read the rest

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A monkey interpreted a human's hand gesture as a threat, and retaliated with explosive violence.

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The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum recently acquired a mass of personal archives that belonged to science fiction pioneer, futurist, and inventor Arthur C Clarke, co-writer of 2001: A Space Odyssey and creator of so much more. Bruce Sterling took a peek: Read the rest

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This "Limited-Edition Mother's Day Premium Starbucks Card" looks like something you'd come across at a garage sale in a mildewy cardboard box filled with loose hot curlers, a broken epilator, and a hot water bottle shaped like a lamb, and would be priced at "25 cents or make offer." But you can buy one directly from Starbucks for $200.

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Patent troll extraordinaire Nathan Myhrvold is a poor choice for a commencement speaker, writes Ara Shirinian for the Daily Bruin.

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The power of disclosure can reduce prejudice, shift attitudes, and change minds forever Read the rest

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They jokingly called themselves Cecil B. DeMille Warriors. To others, they were the Ghost Army. To the Army itself, they were the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops.

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The guitarist births an avant-garde masterpiece, and a new musical instrument to play it Read the rest

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My friend and colleague Pilot Viruet published a wonderful essay on Medium called “Black Exhaustion”. Read the rest

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This simple cartoon speaks volumes about the media’s tendency to demonize black people and sympathize with white people. Read the rest

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Cut Video has been releasing these awesome 100 Years Of Beauty videos for a while now Read the rest

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Dewalt's bifocal safety goggles come in strengths from 1.0 to 3.0 and at $10/pair, you can't go wrong, especially if you, like me, are losing your vision as you hurdle towards senescence -- better Mother's Day present than flowers, better Father's Day present than a tie. (Thanks, Ian!)

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New policies at twitter for reporting, automatic message muting, and enforcement could turn the noise way down for users subject to harassment. Read the rest

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The latest tee from our pals at Monochrom: Zardoz is Pleased, based on an original 2015 oil painting.

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