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imagine how much faster the Web would be…

Tue, Apr 30, 2013
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…if we weren’t always waiting for ads to load.

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Turkey is home to a very famous cat… and it has its own tumblr

Tue, Apr 30, 2013
6 comments

Of course it does. Ladies and gentlemen, meet The Hagia Sophia Cat…

| 6 Comments

like if George Orwell wrote Life on Mars

Sat, Apr 27, 2013
3 comments

Or if Monty Python wrote 1984…

| 3 Comments

women: always Other

Thu, Apr 25, 2013
5 comments

Fuck this shit, and shame on Wikipedia.

| 5 Comments

check your surfing for plagiarism and recycled press releases with Churnalism

Thu, Apr 25, 2013
3 comments

I wonder if it blows up when it checks the fanboy geek sites and Huffington Post?

| 3 Comments

Doctor Who thing: a breakup letter to the Doctor

Thu, Apr 25, 2013
19 comments

Oh no! Ryan Britt at Tor.com reveals why he’s “Probably Going to Have to Break Up With Doctor Who.” Sadness!

| 19 Comments

the real question is, what would Anne Frank make of this?

Wed, Apr 24, 2013
1 comment

Joffrey Bieber. The comedy, it burns like green wildfire.

| 1 Comment

film critics! damned if we do, and damned if we don’t

Mon, Apr 22, 2013
21 comments

Great. Now we critics are being chastised for not spoiling movies…

| 21 Comments

attn geeks: your “Jayne hat” is now a “cunning handmade hat from the future”

Thu, Apr 11, 2013
10 comments

Fox finds a new way to piss off Firefly fans…

| 10 Comments

HBO isn’t dying, so they think they’re winning (on the rampant pirating of Game of Thrones)

Mon, Apr 08, 2013
13 comments

I can’t help but recall that thing that Upton Sinclair said about people not understanding something when their salaries depend on their not understanding it…

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