The Earth has 7.6bn mobile accounts for 7.3bn people – and other beautiful trivia and not-so-trivia.
52 things Tom Whitwell learned in 2016.
The eroticization of abusers: from jizz in the face feminism to dapper white supremacists.
What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time…
Governments are outlawing privacy. Here’s how you can stop them.
This is the same country where the Berlin Wall fell only 27 years ago. East Berlin was home to the Stasi, the most repressive secret police ever. Where parents would lean over to whisper into the ears of their own children, in their own homes, for fear of surveillance. That Germany. Even they are taking steps toward outlawing privacy.
Maybe shrooms help here, too?
If Trump has a Personality Disorder it may be the “What” in the collective “WTF?”
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): an enduring pattern of grandiose beliefs and arrogant behavior together with an overwhelming need for admiration and a lack of empathy for (and even exploitation of) others.
More Than 1 Million Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan.
Check here if you are affected: gooligan.checkpoint.com
Shrooms FTW
Using Ecstasy to treat PTSD: “I felt like my soul snapped back into place”.
One Dose of This Illegal Drug Can Stop Depression for Months.
Three cancer patients explain how a psychedelic drug eased their fears.
The threat to professional music is becoming acute.
The Loss of Music.
Whenever you listen to a streamed song, like it but don't buy it and instead stream it again, you are casting a vote for the future nonexistence of professional musicians.
Synseplaum dulcificum.
The berries contain a protein called “miraculin” (really), which in and of itself also sounds kind of Potter-ish. Miraculin itself is tasteless, but once you eat it, it binds to your tastebuds. For the next fifteen minutes to an hour, the miraculin tricks your tastebuds into thinking that typically sour foods are, in fact, sweet.
‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red’.
How Stable Are Democracies?
Relevant: C.S. Lewis on Equality and Our Core Misconception About Democracy.
The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.
“We must learn to look at everything from the point of view of the consumer."
How Humans Became 'Consumers': A History.