"Heart of Texas, a Russian-controlled Facebook group that promoted Texas secession, announced a rally on May 21, 2016 to 'Stop Islamification of Texas.'

A separate Russian-sponsored group advertised a 'Save Islamic Knowledge' rally for the same place and time.

Protesters showed up in downtown Houston. Interactions between the two groups eventually escalated into confrontation.

Russians managed to pit Texans against each other for the bargain price of $200."

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/01/russian-facebook-page-organized-protest-texas-different-russian-page-l/

TODAY: Two people meet on Mastodon

FOUR YEARS FROM NOW: "And these are our children, Emojo and Jort"

Whom the gods would destroy, they first give Docker

Give Amazon three years, they'll be selling a $250 service where a courier jams your package straight up your ass

Went searching for info on a World War I battleship and discovered that in 1982 GM thought it was a good idea to try and sell a Camaro with a 90 horsepower engine (!).

I love the internet http://www.motortrend.com/news/12q3-buyers-guide-1982-1992-chevrolet-camaro/

The only phone anyone on this site should be using https://octodon.social/media/zXVwZ7cBoIek1KZDXfg

"The new 'Nazi Sense' mechanic adds a whole new gameplay dimension on top of Call Of Duty: WWII’s already intense firefights. Instead of just blasting away at every enemy soldier, players will have to consider whether each individual Nazi might be an otherwise decent person who just happens to be fighting alongside some real bad apples."

http://www.clickhole.com/article/next-level-gaming-new-call-duty-will-penalize-play-6513

Today's North Korea news got you searching for a quick explainer on what's at stake there and why? You're in luck, I just wrote one a few weeks ago:

https://jasonlefkowitz.net/2017/07/better-know-an-apocalypse-korean-peninsula-edition/

FYI, if you're still dreaming of the Model 100 this article may be of interest: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/surfing-the-internet-from-my-trs-80-model-100/

Same http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/cocaine-in-cookie-monster-549021

Where the hell did the term "sapiosexual" come from

Is it another thing from that horrible tv show? You know, like "bazinga"

@KitRedgrave I ran one for a while last year, just for giggles! Turns out It's super easy to get a Gopher site up and running these days, you can stand one up on a Linux box in ten minutes.

The big hitch is *accessing* it. Web browsers used to include Gopher support, but all the modern ones have either removed that feature (Firefox, I.E.) or never included it in the first place (Chrome, Safari, Edge). So it's hard for anyone to actually read what you publish there.

DEMOCRATS 2018: It's Only A Little More Work Than Not Caring At All™

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Hashtag we're doomed

WHAT

launches WHAT

FFS if I'm about to die in atomic hellfire you could at least do me the courtesy of skipping the "read more" link

@natecull Bing it on your zune

Q: How do I know if it's really love?

A: Please consult IRS Publication 944 (2017), "Infatuations and Romantic Entanglements," which includes a worksheet for disambiguating various types of physically affectionate relationships

"Marking a day no one—with the possible exception of Terry Gilliam—was sure would ever come, Terry Gilliam announced yesterday that he had completed principal photography on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a mere 17 years after he began shooting."

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/06/05/terry_gilliam_has_finally_finished_shooting_his_don_quixote_movie_and_it.html

EVOLUTION OF A GLOBAL WARMING DENIER

1. "Global warming isn't happening."

2. "Global warming may be happening, but we don't have enough data to know for sure."

3. "Global warming is happening, but not because of anything humanity did."

4. "You say the living room is half full of seawater. I say it's half empty."