VIA “indiewire.com” by Negin Farsad What does Clint Eastwood’s war drama tell us about our relationship with guns? It isn’t a pretty picture. Clint Eastwood’s latest film “American Sniper” says a lot about America – there are hints of home-of-the-brave, sprinklings of let’s-show-‘em-how-its-done, and a generous helping of America-fuck-yeah! It is, after all a movie […]
VIA “the-open-mind.com” by Jade Small “People with Asperger’s syndrome, a high functioning form of autism, are often stereotyped as distant loners or robotic geeks. But what if what looks like coldness to the outside world is a response to being overwhelmed by emotion – an excess of empathy, not a lack of it? This idea […]
VIA “thespiritscience.net” by Kirsten “Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.”-Ted In the near future […]
VIA “vice.com”, by Peter Lawrence Kane By now, you’ve probably seen the video of Bill Gates drinking a Kerr jar full of water derived from human poo. The machine that cranked out the butt-juice, terrifyingly called the Omniprocessor (or OP), uses human waste to generate potable water and electricity that can be sold back to […]
VIA “faithreel.com”, by Tabitha Khaye In San Donaci Italy a German Shepherd named Tommy attends mass everyday. When Tommy was a stray, a kind hearted lady named Maria Lochi adopted him. Tommy would walk to church with Maria everyday and was allowed to sit at her feet during mass. When Maria died Tommy followed the mourners […]
VIA “independent.co.uk” by Heather Saul Saudi Arabia has been condemned for publicly flogging liberal blogger and activist Raif Badawi, who was accused of insulting Islam. Amnesty International confirmed to The Independent that Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, received the first round of 50 in a public flogging after Friday prayers, which it says […]
VIA “ecthehub.com” by The Hub and Matteson Holtman. Matteson Holtman ’16 is a junior here at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently working towards a BFA in Studio Art. This series of prints is made from copper plate etching and features notable men from pop culture and history.
VIA “Bloomberg.com”, by Angeline Benoit and Helene Fouquet Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) — Gunmen opened fire on the offices of French satirical cartoon magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. Bloomberg’s Brendan Greeley looks at what Charlie Hebdo is and why it was the target of France’s worst terrorist attack in decades. (Source: Bloomberg) Charlie Hebdo plans […]
VIA “telegraph.co.uk” by Keely Lockhart Hacker group Anonymous have released a video and a statement via Twitter condemning the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people, including eight journalists, were murdered. The video description says that it is “a message for al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and other terrorists”, and was uploaded to the group’s […]
VIA “nypost.com” by Steve Osborne ON Sunday, at the funeral of the slain New York City police officer Wenjian Liu, his grieving father described how his son would call him at the end of each day’s tour of duty, just to let him know he was O.K. This sort of habit is familiar to many […]
