A Funkaoshi Production

I read Dune recently. It’s an excellent book.

Melbourne is one of the greatest cities in the world.

Two sets of identical twins, mixed up and birth, so that each was raised as a pair of fraternal twins.

And it’s funny.

I love all the shops that have opened up in Blansdowne since I moved down here, but articles like this are obnoxious.

These guys are notorious in the computer security industry for being kind of shitty. (And it looks like they are in fact shitty, based on what’s been leaked.)

I will assert here that I think that Dinosaurs are beautiful and have a moral meaning, inherent to themselves, both in their actual previous existence in the real world, but also in the minds-eye are works of art and living beings, though they live only as webs of digital light.

If you are going to read one criticism of the new Jurassic Park movie, which everyone seems to love, make sure it’s this one!

There are a lot.

Our conservative government is also really embarrassing and kind of creepy and racist.

Another title might have been “The Real Terror Threat”.

The main terrorist threat in the United States is not from violent Muslim extremists, but from right-wing extremists.

There was another mass shooting in the United States. Of course there was. You can read a pretty lame New York Times article about a gunman.

Ana Bailao is so shady. I still can’t believe she’s the councillor in our ward.

I am so hooked on this song. You can’t go wrong sampling Isaac Hayes. I’m curious to see what her whole albums sounds like. A refreshing change from boring crap pop music. A sort of anti club anthem?

I’m sorry if I seem uninterested
Or I’m not listenin’, or I’m indifferent
Truly I ain’t got no business here
But since my friends are here, I just came to kick it
But really I would rather be at home all by myself
Not in this room with people who don’t even care about my well-being
I don’t dance, don’t ask, I don’t need a boyfriend
So you can, go back, please enjoy your party
I’ll be here

Police violence visualized using Google street view and maps.

He’s also got a book deal. Good for him.

My friend Gary and his brother opened up a board game cafe right on Queen St. West. Nice.

Aziz Ansari co-wrote a book about romance. Weird. Here he writes briefly about his parent’s arranged marriage.

Today I learned about Soul & Sorcery.

John Tory is good at being wrong about things. Hopefully he’ll change his mind on this issue, but it seems like he’s in the pocket of various lobbyists.

Booyaka!

In a single month, the N.S.A.’s invasive call-tracking program was declared unlawful by the courts and disowned by Congress. After a White House-appointed oversight board investigation found that this program had not stopped a single terrorist attack, even the president who once defended its propriety and criticized its disclosure has now ordered it terminated. This is the power of an informed public.

“The campaign to rebuild the Gardiner is a highly organized, choreographed affair.” Fuck the Gardiner.