Thousands of workers are to join in a nationwide strike on Wednesday, while the Greek parliament is expected to vote on the deeply unpopular measures on Thursday and European leaders hold a summit to approve the bailout on Friday.

Financial markets fell sharply on fears the EU-IMF bailout package for Greece may not be enough and that the crisis could spread to other weak eurozone economies like Ireland, Portugal and Spain.

(via Acropolis stormed as Euro stocks dive)

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Doctor who journeys end alternate ending (via tomgarrett92)

extra interesting considering Capt Jack is supposed to have a piece of the TARDIS growing on his desk. 

If *I* was pitching a US reboot of Torchwood…  ULTIMATE STOLEN/BORROWED ALIEN TECH!!!

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FaceBook In Reality – idiotsofants.com and BBC’sThe Wall (via andychamonix)

via http://gizmodo.com/5530178/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook

everyone plz quit so I don’t have to be there.. but they won’t will they.  you know, those people who only know what Twitter is ‘cause standups make shitty jokes about it now.

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Leaving Your Mark

“No, this isn’t some fancy Photoshop trick, these are real human footprints ingrained in a hardwood floor. 70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China for over 20 years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in some areas, are the result of performing his prayers up to 3000 times a day. Now that he is 70, he says that he has greatly reduced his quantity of prayers to 1,000 times each day.” ~ Off Beat Earth ( via )

What impression will you leave? The perfect mold of your fat ass imprinted in the springs of your couch? A pebble of paint double-clicked away from the yes button on your mouse?

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towards real posthumanism: bio-hacking to replace our organs

How about a round-up post showing a few ways in which (if we can survive long enough) we just might get to live forever?

First off, scientists! have created stretchy artificial skin:

towards real posthumanism: bio-hacking to replace our organs

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