Author: m1k3y

I think one of the enduring tragedies of the 22nd century will be that during the 20th and 21st centuries we persistently treat nuclear reactors as if they’re nuclear weapons, and nuclear weapons as if they’re nuclear reactors.

Charles Stross [source] (via amkelly)
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That’s the direction for the newest transportation system in Rio, slated to open in March: a six-station gondola line running above a collection of favelas known as the Complexo do Alemão. The government says that 152 gondolas will carry 30,000 people a day along a 2.1-mile route over the neighborhood, transforming the hour-and-a-half trudge to a nearby commuter rail station into a 16-minute sky ride.

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“No es una guerra, es una misión de rescate”

He posted it in the comments, but I thought it deserved a post of its own; @Rabbitz has translated my recent essay “It’s not a war, it’s a rescue mission” into Spanish.

Thank you kind sir!

“No es una guerra, es una misión de rescate”

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Utopia demands a denial of time. A realised utopia is definitive and concluded. It cannot evolve, for that would imply an error or instability in the originally conceived utopia.

Vincenzo Latronico, The brutality of utopias.
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