7 days ago

Friendly Atheist by @hemantmehta This post is by Jesse GalefSorry for the lack of posting; I’ve been guest-blogging for Daniel Florien at UnreasonableFaith.com. Stop by and say hello!I had a thought I wanted to share. In an earlier post here on FriendlyAtheist, I said that we’re not fighting against religious people, we’re fighting against the harmful me (Read More)

Nov 08, 2009

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs Every once in a while you get to see a mainstream outlet cover a story right alongside a blog, so you can put them up against each other and see why one was so much better than the other. This week TechCrunch and the New York Times (photo) provided just such a lesson.The issue was a company called Zynga, which makes online (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

Slice of SciFi If you’re a “Star Wars” fan of a certain age, you may recall a certain scene in “Return of the Jedi” in which Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia wore a certain metal bikini.Earlier this week, Kottke found this on-set image of the filming of the third installment in the original trilogy, showing Fisher and her stunt double catc (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

FriendFeed thePuck The Age of VaccinesIn the early '60s, there were approximately 450,000 measles cases and an average of 450 measles-associated deaths reported each year in the United States [1] . The disease had been a killer for centuries, and at its peak an estimated 3-4 million persons in the United States were infected each year, of who (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

io9 Need an unusual gift for the cryptozoologist in your life? Sculptor Sabrina Brewer's medium is dead animals, which she mixes and matches to create fantastical creatures, from the more traditional griffins and unicorns to El Chupacabra and undead three-headed squirrels. [Custom Creature Taxidermy via Super Punch] Three-heade (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

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Nov 03, 2009

Boing Boing The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It's bad. It says: * That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be imposs (Read More)

Oct 31, 2009

Friendly Atheist by @hemantmehta Go, LAPD! The Los Angeles Police Department wants to stop working with the organization that runs its Explorer program for youths because the group is linked to Boy Scouts of America, which bans gays from becoming members.The organization, Learning for Life, was spun off from Boy Scouts of America.A department official tol (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

Mashable! Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Norman Bates, and Jon & Kate are just some of Hollywood’s most horrifying characters. One of the best things about Halloween is that it’s a perfect opportunity to grab some friends and settle in for a good old fashioned scare in front of the TV, or increasingly, the computer mo (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

Huffington Post Normally, I embrace fear. I traffic in fear. Fear has been good to yours truly.But if there's anything scaring me these days, it's the blatant misuse of fear in regards to health care reform. I am appalled at the brazen lies being propagated by opponents of reform specifically to scare the elderly and other vulnerable seg (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

CNN President Obama on Wednesday signed a law that makes it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. . (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

Huffington Post Perhaps I'm typical in that I became a writer because I don't feel like dealing with you. I certainly don't feel like doing what you say. Well, not you, but You. You know what I mean, don't You? Am I alone in my sense that writing for a living is partly about enjoying the act of writing, and partly about and inability (unwi (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

io9 You've heard about Cthulhu, and you've probably heard about the man who created this tentacled horror, H.P. Lovecraft. Now you want to try delving into the world of Lovecraft, but where to start? Let us help you. Crucial Stories There are so many terrific, iconic stories by HP Lovecraft that no introductory list could ever (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

Huffington Post Say what you will about the content. The point is in the process, as we therapists say. I am referring to the tone of objections raised when our President won the Nobel Peace Prize:• RNC Chairman, Michael Steel, rather than basking in the shared glory of a national honor, called it "unfortunate." • Fox's Sean Hannity compl (Read More)

Oct 18, 2009

FriendFeed thePuck If one of the primary purposes of sex crime laws is to protect minors against violent ADULT sexual predators then why are 14 and 15 year olds the demographic with the highest incidence of sex crime arrests?Diary of  a Nudist reportsAmerica is turning its children into sex offenders. The chart above, from the US Department o (Read More)

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Neal Jansons is a writer and new media consultant who spends his days and nights thinking, writing, and solving interesting problems. He writes for a variety of online publications and blogs, and has worked on a wide variety of projects, ranging from copywriting to game design. He has been interviewed by Mashable, maintains a strong social media presence, and is the founder of The Social Media Philosophy Project, an open, collective effort by members of the social media community to explore the philosophical implications of social technologies. There is also a rumor that he is the leader of the Social Media Superheroes, but that is wild speculation founded in outlandish stories, and can’t possibly be true.