Lobna Allamii R.I.P.

Lobna Allamii was shot by police at the Taksim Square. She was a doctoral student, who was peacefully protesting. She was a philosophy student at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University). She was 34 years old
(NB: Unbelievable the way she is lifted by the medic)

Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure

What makes Rupert run?

Bitcoin lovers: This is what it looks like when the US wants to destroy a currency

On PRISM, partisanship and propaganda

Edward Snowden's worst fear has not been realised – thankfully

Simply because...

Rare live footage of Rip Rig & Panic

Personally I'm still waiting for the change. Damn they were such a great live band. Footage of my old nemesis Jez on sax (knew him when he played in The Method in what...78/9). Also HOW many times did I climb up those LMC stairs in Camden? Especially difficult after copious pints in The Engineers opposite and I won't even mention lugging the PA up and down after my band played their first gig there back in 81...
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♪♫ PTV3 VS Hawkwind

Oh how thee mighty have fallen...and if you are truly masochistic here's a fugn awful cover of Can's 'Mother Sky'. One word: Lawdamercy!

Nate Silvering the Iranian Elections

The Sun Apologises to Aliens for Linking Them to Scientology

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No words...

Marcus London Ain't Someone U Fuck With

The Grateful Dead: spot the difference (16 magazine 10/67)

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Oh the fun to have been had back in the day being a fly on the wall in a crash pad full of hippies all tripping out of their gourds after I spiked their chai tea...
Wonder how many differences they would have come up with then...
(Thanx Stan!)

Niels Shoe Meulman: Calligraffiti (undon't)

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Gate 228 - an unauthorised exhibition in an abandoned house (Carlton/Melbourne 9AM 15/6/13)

Six Melbourne artists invite you to a run down, forgotten but beautiful house in Carlton. Artists involved have used aerosol, stencils, print making, illustration and installation based techniques...come and see from 9am this weekend how they've evolved the space.
Warning: Broken floor boards and general decay. Be mindful where you step.
Tom Civil - tomcivil.com/
Ryan McGennisken - facebook.com/ryanmcgennisken?fref=ts
Doctor - facebook.com/thedoctor.melbournestreetartist?fref=ts
Be Free - facebook.com/be.free.908
Suki - facebook.com/suki.art?fref=ts
Bon - bonbonbackwardsisnobnob.tumblr.com/
Info (address to be released this afternoon)

Alan Moore Interview

'Hey, you can just make stuff up'