Friday, January 24, 2014

Tweet Your Way To Prison

Can A Tweet Put You In Prison?, Thousands Of Japanese Men Have A Virtual Girlfriend Named Rinko, Will This Go Faster Than Light?, How A Dog Has Lived For Eleven Thousand Years — In Other Dogs, The Woman Buried In A New Jersey Parking Lot
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Friday, January 24, 2014
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IT WILL IN THE UK
Can A Tweet Put You In Prison?
thedailybeast.com
Tweeting racist or otherwise libelous bile can land you in jail in the UK, but the victim, as ever, is not the target of the tweet but free speech.
SLOPPY SECONDS, THIRDS, FOURTHS ETC.
Thousands Of Japanese Men Have A Virtual Girlfriend Named Rinko
dailydot.com
First, there were sex dolls. Then there were love pillows. Now the latest inanimate object to capture the hearts of the Japanese bachelor population is Rinko, the star of Love Plus, a video game that simulates the experience of being in a relationship.
WARP 9, ENGAGE
Will This Go Faster Than Light?
digg.com
Have any of these contraptions cracked the code on faster-than-light travel?
DOG GOD
How A Dog Has Lived For Eleven Thousand Years — In Other Dogs
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com
A dog that was born 11,000 years ago stumbled across the elixir of life, and is still alive today.
YES, THIS SPACE IS TAKEN
The Woman Buried In A New Jersey Parking Lot
mentalfloss.com
When Mary Ellis died in 1828, her family buried her in a peaceful patch of woods near a bend in the Raritan River. She's still there, but the trees are long gone—her body now rests in the middle of a movieplex parking lot.
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NOT A PROMO FOR 'HALF-LIFE 3'
Image: A Ukrainian protester wearing a gas mask stands amid burnt tires and garbage following clashes between pro-EU demonstrators and riot police in Kiev on January 23, 2014.
A Ukrainian protester wearing a gas mask stands amid burnt tires and garbage following clashes between pro-EU demonstrators and riot police in Kiev on January 23, 2014. Credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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