Category Archives: thought provoking stuff

Obama’s Nowruz Message to Iran

Barack Obama sends a Nowruz message to the people of Iran.

Setting up home in the uncanny valley

More film of Boston Dynamics’ BigDog – a robotic pack-horse designed for the military. They killed Bambi!!

Frost/Nixon: the real Watergate interview

David Frost interviews former President Richard Nixon in one of the most powerful and important political interviews of the Twentieth Century.

New Avoid Spikes comic now online!

In this weeks’ ‘Avoid Spikes’, Foxx decides to prepare in case Yellowstone erupts and wipes out civilisation. Like you do.

End of World nigh. To be held indoors if raining.

dogsounds notices that tinfoil hats are twicthing about seismic activity in the Yellowstone Caldera, and investigates what might happen if the old girl decides to erupt.

My family war story

So, I have been watching lots of documentaries over the last week about Armistice Day and World War One. And seeing so many War Cemeteries got me to thinking that neither I, nor anyone in my family, has ever visited the graves of my grandfather or great uncle, both of whom lost their lives in [...]

What we owe

A very special issue of “Avoid Spikes”. Some things must never be forgotten.

Waaaasssuuup?

Facebook readers click here for the full video.

Humanmetrics – your personality type

What type of personality are you? Take the HumanMetrics test to find out!

This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons.

The National Archive has released a script written by the government and the BBC to be aired on the radio in the event of a nuclear war.

The Law, Your Camera, And You

We are constantly filmed every day. But when it is the public doing the filming, the law seems to not like it quite so much. Asinine examples follow.

Loose Change – Final Cut full film, counterpoints

The final cut of Loose Change, the acclaimed 9/11 conspiracy examination, and critiques of the film which bring into question some of its conclusions.

Are we but ghosts in the machine? Pt. 4

The final part of dogsounds’ exploration of Nick Bostrom’s Ancestor Simulation argument.

Books and covers

Never judge a book by its cover.

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