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THERE ARE NO REAL HUMANS, EVERYTHING IS ARTIFICIAL.
GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY ARE A CONSTRUCT OF A.I.
NOTHING IS PERMAMENT.
DISCONNECT IS A DEATH SENTENCE░
An anime short film by Maciej Kuciara
The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
Two studs wide and angled at 45°, the ubiquitous “2x2 decorated slope” is a LEGO minifigure’s interface to the world.
These iconic, low-resolution designs are the perfect tool to learn the basics of physical interface design. Armed with 52 different bricks, let’s see what they can teach us about the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces.
Tech | Designed by Cave
How the Pandemic Defeated America
How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America has failed to protect its people, leaving them with illness and financial ruin. It has lost its status as a global leader. It has careened between inaction and ineptitude. The breadth and magnitude of its errors are difficult, in the moment, to truly fathom.
Ed Yong | The Atlantic
We Are Tracking What Happens to Police After They Use Force on Protestors
These 68 videos show clear apparent instances of police officers escalating violence during protests. Most departments refused to share details about investigations and discipline or even officers’ names. Here’s what we learned about each case.
ProPublica
Dagger Dagger: A Dark Fantasy/Sci-Fi Comic Anthology
A pulpy magazine size (8"x10") book with over 180 Pages of Dark Fantasy/Sci-fi goodness brought to you by:
Zé Burnay • Matt Emmons • Marie Enger • Maxime Gérin • Goran Gligovic • Al Gofa • Leslie Hung • Tyler Landry • Vlad Legostaev • Sloane Leong • Matt Lesniewski • Trey M Patterson • Sophie Margolin • Simon Roy • Linnea Sterte • Artyom Trakhanov • Alexis Ziritt
'These are his people': inside the elite border patrol unit Trump sent to Portland
Bortac agents are among “the most violent and racist in all law enforcement”. The quasi-military nature of the unit goes beyond their training, percolating into their state of mind. “They don’t exist within the realm of civilian law enforcement,” Budd said. “They view people they encounter in the military sense as enemy combatants, meaning they have virtually no rights.”
Trump has repeatedly pushed for more resources for the agency and for its staff union, and is now actively promoting the fulfillment of its dream of becoming a militarized presence on America’s streets. Under his presidency, the brutalized and violent politics of the border are being extended across the nation.
US News | The Guardian
Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply
Researchers reveal that given the right food in the right laboratory conditions, microbes collected from sediment as old as 100 million years can revive and multiply, even after laying dormant since large dinosaurs prowled the planet.
Phys.org
How the eviction crisis across the U.S. will look
Massive unemployment has left more than 40% of renter households at risk of eviction, according to a new analysis by global advisory firm Stout Risius Ross.
“It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen,” said John Pollock, coordinator of the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel.
CNBC
A Front-Row Seat for the Arctic’s Final Summers With Ice
Freaked out scientists and gleeful captains of fossil-fuel tankers are now sailing through climate history in the melting polar region.
Bloomberg Green
Where Will Everyone Go?
ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, with support from the Pulitzer Center, have for the first time modeled how climate refugees might move across international borders. This is what we found.
by Abrahm Lustgarten
Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland
Peaceful protests were already happening for weeks when federal officers arrived on July 4. Our video shows how President Trump’s deployment ignited chaos.
Visual Investigations | The New York Times
The Man Whose Science Fiction Keeps Turning Into Our Shitty Cyberpunk Reality
A Q+A with the novelist Tim Maughan, whose disturbing future predictions have had an unfortunate habit of coming true.
One Zero
IBM 1401 datacenter almost completed :)
"I make tiny things! Handmade scratch build! This is my miniature insta!"
@miniatua
'Hardspace: Shipbreaker' Is a Beautifully Dystopian Sci-Fi Job Simulator
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a sci-fi job simulator that gives you a laborer’s-eye view of a setting that we’re used to dominating from the god-like perspectives of rulers and admirals.
Games | Vice
Commission #2 (A3): SAMUS ARAN!
Recent commissioned artwork by Russian comic artist Artyom Trakhanov.
Archive | Official Trailer (HD)
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs: being reunited with his dead wife.
Directed by: Gavin Rothery | Vertical Entertainment
Starring: Rhona Mitra, Theo James and Toby Jones
Arctic records its hottest temperature ever
Alarming heat scorched Siberia on Saturday as the small town of Verkhoyansk (67.5°N latitude) reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, 32 degrees above the normal high temperature. If verified, this is likely the hottest temperature ever recorded in Siberia and also the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle, which begins at 66.5°N.
CBS News
I’m not going to regurgitate what’s already been said…
I’m not going to regurgitate what’s already been said, because that just isn’t my style. If you know me at all, you know I prefer to instead fill noticeable vacuums, and there is indeed a vacuum I’m noticing in the dominant narratives that formulate the current Twitterstorm in regards to the subject at hand.
Ganzeer's thoughts on the Warren Ellis situation, via Ganzeer.Today