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August 24, 2018

In the lab with Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry

*Every once in a while a Neanderthal shows up while you’re looking for Denisovans. Meanwhile, inside the lab with the hard-working Australian undergrad (…) The...

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Published on August 24, 2018 00:01

August 23, 2018

The Shape of Space

*Some very nice work in spacey architecture-fiction here. Seems to be part of a forthcoming book. Architectures of space habitats, a cultural history (…) In...

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Published on August 23, 2018 00:02

The complete list of Interval “Salon Talks”

They’re like TED talks for the irretrievably weird

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Published on August 23, 2018 00:02

Ukrainian inside-trading hackers reap millions in stock markets

*This is quite a racket. Hackers, spies, relatives, religious leaders even… Lotta easy money. Everyone who gets near it wants in on the action (…)...

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Published on August 23, 2018 00:02

The pessimists are winning, and for good reasons, by the way

*How could they not? Technology Review actually reviewing some technology Business Impact Why the pessimists are winning, for now The editor’s letter in the 2018...

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Published on August 23, 2018 00:02

Fond thoughts of the office from far away

*I enjoy hanging out in one of these Savoyard palaces. Luckily the “Vineyard of the Royal Madame” is a relatively modest pile in which to...

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Published on August 23, 2018 00:02

August 22, 2018

The Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018

*Why has the “rapture of the nerds” taken so long to mainstream? https://www.eventbrite.com/e/christia... DESCRIPTION Science is increasingly challenging our understanding of what it means to...

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Published on August 22, 2018 00:02

Arphid Watch: Three Square Market

*A rare contemporary surfacing of RFID chip implants in humans. These hacks used to reliably provoke an intense moral panic, number of the beast fundie...

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Published on August 22, 2018 00:02

The Transhumanist Bill of Rights version 2.0

*Can’t wait to see the inalienable rights featured the presumably-evolving 3.0. http://transhumanist-party.org/tbr-2/ Transhumanist Bill of Rights – Version 2.0 Version 1.0 written by Zoltan Istvan...

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Published on August 22, 2018 00:02

August 21, 2018

“Electronic literature” and “progressive rock”

*Matthew Kirschenbaum is making a pretty good cultural-history argument in the dot-pdf of his speech here. Smart geeks who are messing around with weird gadgets...

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Published on August 21, 2018 00:01

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