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Sci-fi legend William Gibson teams up with Buzz Rickson’s on B-29 bomber jacket | The Verge

The jacket has a sheep shearling collar, cotton grosgrain outer, quilted rayon inner, brass fasteners, and two hidden hand pockets. While the B-29 isn’t as highly technical as the 1957 replica MA-1, seller Self Edge describes it as “super warm.” If you’re in the market for a briefcase, there’s also Gibson’s collection of bags with Japanese bag company Porter and Buzz Rickson’s, which features military grade ballistic nylon and horse leather.

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Here’s David Cameron Calling For Permanent Austerity In Front Of All Kinds Of Ridiculous Gold Things

Last night, David Cameron gave a speech at a banquet calling for permanent austerity.

No Mr Bond, I expect you to starve…

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grinding.be » Blog Archive » The Many Posthuman Aspects of PacificRim

in which i possibly out myself as a posthuman gendered aliencanine mechsuit a sexual

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ITAR-TASS : Russia to send exploration rover to Venus in mid-2020s

“The rover will reach Venus in a relatively short time and will work there for several hours, unlike previous rovers they were sent to Venus in 1975 and 1978 and transmitted data for minutes”

ITAR-TASS : Russia to send exploration rover to Venus in mid-2020s

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Make your own Enigma Replica

This is our very first Instructable and this step by step guide will show you how to build a fully functional electronic replica of the world famous G…

Make your own Enigma Replica

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I’m Not Really Here: 3liza: one of the weirdest things about star trek is why…

3liza:

one of the weirdest things about star trek is why replicator/teleporter technology (they are the same) havent completely destroyed the concept of senescence within the societies that can afford to use the technology. in this episode of ds9, for example, chief o’brian comes down with…

having recently completed an Into Darkness inspired tour through the Trek’verse I have concluded that the Eugenics War is a deliberate construct put into their future history (but back and to the left of ours) to justify their anti-transhumanist/human purist agenda.

Also what Cory Doctorow said somewhere ages ago that you can store the whole damn, near infinite if you like, crew in a tin can and just beam them ‘out’ when needs be.

But then I’d be taking the Trek verse way too seriously huh…

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Someday Somewhere Beyond by Jonathan Minard

metanautics:

Imagine a city in space, a round structure miles across that millions of people would call home. Engineers working at NASA in the 1970s developed colorful proposals for permanent settlements in space, but their plans were shelved and forgotten. Decades later, a new generation of dreamers from high schools around the world aspire to mine asteroids, terraform other planets, and venture to the stars. The students have come together for a contest at NASA, and have big plans for the next millennium.

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Re-Membering Giordano Bruno

theheadlesshashasheen:

History is a narrative, whose plot is often guided by the mistakes of well meaning scholars repeating errors and misrepresentations that have crept into the academic discourse. This usually happens…

Via David Metcalfe, linked elsewhere.

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How To Become A Science-Fiction Scholar (Audio)

wolvensnothere:

Good morning, everyone! The Comics & Popular Arts Academic Conference at Dragon-Con A/V train just keeps on a-rollin’! Today, we have Damien Patrick Williams (Me!) and Vickie Willis in “How To Become A Science-Fiction Scholar”: A discussion of how one becomes involved in the field SF and SF-related studies, including finding a friendly or thoughtfully amenable graduate program, researching, writing, and presenting at SF conferences.

You may also find that discussion of a) the nature and the “purpose” of science-fiction, as relates to women, minorities, and other systematically oppressed groups and b) the nature of and fact THAT systematized structures of bias, imbalance of social power, and oppression even EXIST becomes pertinent. Necessary, even.

Do enjoy the audio, and tell your friends!

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Billionaires’ battle for historic launch pad goes into overtime – NBC News.com

The competition demonstrates two kinds of clout at work: Musk’s SpaceX was once seen as an upstart challenger to the space establishment — but after a string of successes, it now plays a leading role in NASA’s vision for commercial spaceflight. Bezos’ Blue Origin doesn’t have as much of a track record in spaceflight, but it does have powerful allies in the launch industry as well as in the halls of Congress.

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