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At Bombay Beach, a half-ruined former vacation town on the edge of the Salton Sea, absurdist philosophers, artists, and everyday townsfolk have undertaken a postapocalyptic experiment in radical living.

It is easy to miss California’s biggest environmental disaster. Driving north on Highway 111, you wouldn’t expect to find an inland sea. If it’s summer, the thermometer in your car could read 115 degrees. But amid the shimmering heat, there are signs of water. All around you, rows of broccoli, lettuce, and alfalfa stretch in every direction. In the fields, farmworkers bend and straighten. The air is sharp with cow dung. A pall of dust hangs over everything.

FUCK YOU, BRIAN!

FUCK YOU, BRIAN! Also, please tell your neighbor to the right (your left) that I apologize for smashing their window.

If Brian receives this: FUCK YOU!

If Brian’s Neighbor receives this: I need you to know that I’m standing directly across from Brian’s window. I’m even using my nondominant hand to aim before I release, so I shouldn’t be missing. That being said, I take full responsibility.

Rather than attempting to fix my throwing mechanics in real time at the cost of your window (which unfortunately I can’t cover), I’ll move to stand across from Brian’s other neighbor’s window before throwing the next brick. It should still veer right, thus going to Brian. See attached diagram.

Sorry about this. It won’t happen again.

Since the announcement of the government’s intention to introduce digital ID cards last week, public opinion has turned ferociously against the policy, which Labour had explicitly ruled out as early as last July. The proposal, a longstanding policy recommendation of former Prime Minister Tony Blair (who attempted to introduce them himself in 2003), currently has […]

Brendan Carr is advancing a plan to choke communications for those of us who use cellphones to expose abuses in prison.

The post The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People appeared first on The Intercept.

From scarcity to market architecture, luxury fashion is manipulating our tastes. But a vintage countermovement has begun

- by Charlotte Wren

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The idea of nothing pushes at the limits of thought, spawning paradoxes that have long nourished art, philosophy, and science

- by Victoria Wohl

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Reflections from those who knew the primatologist best

The post The Indomitable Jane Goodall appeared first on Nautilus.

Amid the Republican-Democrat blame game, a federal judge’s extraordinary ruling takes on the Trump administration’s unlawful detentions of pro-Palestine protesters.

The post Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown appeared first on The Intercept.

The most dangerous job on Earth is at the bottom of the sea

The post The Divers Who Stretch the Limits of Human Biology appeared first on Nautilus.

The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while the flow of guns from the U.S. displaces poor people in Mexico.

The post Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory. appeared first on The Intercept.

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

The post Trump Declares He Can Wage Secret Wars Against Anyone He Calls an Enemy appeared first on The Intercept.

1. Pearl Jam¹
2. Old Lady Curtains²
3. Blind Melon³
4. Alice in Chains⁴
5. Judge Judy in a Bathrobe⁵
6. Garbage⁶
7. Smashing Pumpkins⁷
8. Toad the Wet Sprocket⁸
9. Angry Rainbow⁹
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs¹⁰
11. Nine Inch Nails¹¹
12. Pledge Drive Tote Bag¹²
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers¹³
14. Green Day¹⁴