Category Archives: We’re All Gonna Die!

Bruce Sterling Will Now Tell Your Fortune

Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2012 by Keith

If yo aren’t already, go read Bruce Sterling’s annual new years future cast, State of the World 2012. A taste: FUTURE CHANGE AS SEEN BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1. Continue trend of seize the planet’s physical means of … Continue reading →

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Taxes Are Too Low

Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 by Keith

For 40 years now, the American People have been told repeatedly by the GOP that Taxes are Too High and we need to Cut Taxes Now! It’s been said so often that it is now axiomatic. My own parents, Democrats … Continue reading →

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I’m Still Here, How About You?

Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 by Keith

So the rapture came and went and no one flew off to Heaven. At least, no one out of the ordinary. And by “Flew off to Heaven” I mean “died.” because really, that’s what we’re talking about when we say … Continue reading →

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Then on Sunday, The Most Awkward Church Service Ever

Posted on Friday, May 20, 2011 by Keith

So apparently tomorrow is the rapture. Except that of course it’s not. The world is no more likely to end tomorrow than it was on any of the few hundred previous times it was predicted. The thing that pisses me … Continue reading →

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Ozymandius Jr.

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Keith

Is this our future?: Dubai has been built very fast. The plan was money. The architect was money. The designer was money and the builder was money. And if you ever wondered what money would look like if it were … Continue reading →

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If I was President, This is the Speech I Would Give Tonight

Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 by Keith

My fellow Americans, we are well and truly fucked. For far too long, we let the Republicans, and their corporate overlords, have their way with our country. On all fronts–the economy, social welfare, foreign and domestic policy–we let a bunch … Continue reading →

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No Other Option

Posted on Monday, November 15, 2010 by Keith

There’s an old (mostly apocryphal) story about Cortez, and how when he reached the New World, he burned his ships. This sent a clear message to his men, we make this expedition work, here in this untested, foreign world, or … Continue reading →

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“Sure, But What Have the Romans Done for Us Lately?”

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 by Keith

As is his want, Bruce Sterling talks sense, this time, about Swine Flu: *You’re not ACTUALLY gonna die unless your lips are turning blue, you have bad chest pains, you can’t swallow water, you can’t stand up, you’re having seizures … Continue reading →

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Whistling In The Dark

Posted on Thursday, April 9, 2009 by Keith

This story about Dubai was linked on Boing bBoing the other day but if you haven’t yet read it, go do so: The wide, smiling face of Sheikh Mohammed – the absolute ruler of Dubai – beams down on his … Continue reading →

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Fiddling With Code While the Matrix Burns

Posted on Monday, February 9, 2009 by Keith

You may have heard that the Singularity is coming. Or maybe not. Either way, you should know that several people, some of them even smart, are all about the idea that humanity is on the verge of some unfathomable technological … Continue reading →

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