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StrangersInTheNight posted:Yeah, cordyceps have been used as a stimulant for a while now but now people are all OMG CORDYCEPS because of The Last of Us. Pretty sure they're used a lot in Chinese medicine as well. Yep, here's a bunch of pictures and whatnot about their use in Chinese medicine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_sinensis#Use_in_medicine
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May 18, 2014 17:20
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Rondette posted:Have you heard of Webdriver Torso? It's got people all a flutter at the moment....random 15 second videos of red and blue shapes, and an obnoxious tone. Over 77,000 of them, and no one really seems to know their purpose..... Seems like it's probably someone testing out youtube's video compression algorithms. quote:The company needed to be able to quickly and reliably upload digital video, a capability which it tested by uploading short, randomly generated snippets to its YouTube channel and running image-recognition software on it. "Considering the volume of videos and the fact they use YouTube, it tells me that this is a large company testing their video encoding software and measuring how Youtube compresses the videos," says Vargas. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/may/01/truth-youtube-mysterious-videos-webdriver-torso
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May 18, 2014 19:31
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Inspired by this thread, or it's previous incarnation I decided to watch the documentary series Paradise Lost about the murder of three little boys at Robin Hood Hills and the trial, imprisonment and eventual freeing of the West Memphis Three. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost:_The_Child_Murders_at_Robin_Hood_Hills There's lots and lots of things about the murders, the suspects, the trials, the families, the towns, and the supporters that are scary or at least a little unnerving. What really is getting to me is this: Either those three guys were totally sent to prison for life (and in one case death row) in a horrifying parody of how a justice system is supposed to work. Or, one or more of them totally killed those little kids and then they got set free because of a lot of hard work from misguided musicians, filmmakers, activists and support from a lot of people who stuck out in their little small towns and wear black and act spooky. Either way the murderer (or murderers) is walking around free, the three kids didn't spontaneously get stabbed and tied up: someone viciously killed them and it seems like no one will ever know who now. As far as I know no one is seriously looking for the real killers, there's fingers pointing all over the drat place but no real investigation.
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May 18, 2014 23:44
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Jack Gladney posted:As far as I can remember, the only evidence used to charge the West Memphis Three was circumstantial. The killer got away, but there was never really a chance any of them did it. Am I forgetting anything? I don't know that the first two documentaries cover everything that was ultimately revealed. Oh I hope I didn't give the impression that I thought there is much more than an infinitesimal chance that any of the accused had anything to do with the murder. I just don't like speaking in absolutes. So that's it then huh? Three dead kids and no investigation because as far as the authorities are concerned they arrested and successfully prosecuted the "guilty" parties? What a loving disaster on every level. And jesus, it's been 20 years since the whole terrible saga started.
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May 19, 2014 14:44
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Caustic posted:I live in the Bay Area and knew a longtime close friend of the family who jumped. She was an exceedingly nice, thoughtful person and successful psychologist. One day she left her 18-month-old toddler alone in her crib, drove 15 miles or so to the bridge, and jumped. Her husband came home shortly thereafter and found the baby OK. No suicide note was left. Sleater-Kinney has a song about just that sort of situation (not precisely her of course). I first heard the song roughly around the same time as watching The Bridge which gave it an extra emotional kick for me. quote:My falling shape will draw a line Content, John B Calhouns mouse utopia experiment: He created an environment for lab mice that had plenty of food, water and everything a mouse could need...except for infinite space. Initially they bred like crazy and had happy mousy little lives. Then they hit the space limits. quote:Initially the population grew rapidly, doubling every 55 days. The population reached 620 by day 315, after which the population growth dropped markedly. The last surviving birth was on day 600. This period between day 315 and day 600 saw a breakdown in social structure and in normal social behavior. Among the aberrations in behavior were the following: expulsion of young before weaning was complete, wounding of young, inability of dominant males to maintain the defense of their territory and females, aggressive behavior of females, passivity of non-dominant males with increased attacks on each other which were not defended against. After day 600, the social breakdown continued and the population declined toward extinction. During this period females ceased to reproduce. Their male counterparts withdrew completely, never engaging in courtship or fighting. They ate, drank, slept, and groomed themselves – all solitary pursuits. Sleek, healthy coats and an absence of scars characterized these males. They were dubbed “the beautiful ones”. and a video too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z760XNy4VM
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Jun 6, 2014 20:18
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Phobophilia posted:Holy poo poo I need this as a new avatar That might actually be more terrible than boxbot. Seriously though, jesus loving christ that guy and his experiments. 
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Jun 8, 2014 00:32
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DStecks posted:PYF Scary Article: They just sat there and screamed all day Harry Harlow posted:‘The only thing I care about is whether a monkey will turn out a property I can publish. I don't have any love for them. I never have. I don't really like animals. I despise cats. I hate dogs. How could you love monkeys? Dude's a nut. drat. a kitten has a new favorite as of 04:36 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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Jun 8, 2014 04:34
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All the things in this thread where your brain just stops working correctly unnerve the living hell out of me.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:17
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Dec 18, 2014 19:12
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Everyone should read Command and Control and marvel at the fact that we haven't all died in a nuclear holocaust caused, not by any act of malevolence, but by simple incompetence.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452798-command-and-control
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Jan 3, 2015 22:34
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Zesty Mordant posted:This is that thing where it's too dumb to be sincere right? You can believe that if you like. 
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Mar 7, 2015 04:06
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Tibor posted:Yeah, that's a fair point. This just got an update last Friday, they found her remains. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/16/remains-appalachian-trail-hiker-found-maine/bX4Fna5A2AGkUeQjCUKbIJ/story.html
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Oct 19, 2015 05:29
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In 1957 a reptile expert is bitten by a snake, and keeps a journal about it. As it's killing him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEyjF2bNQOA
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Nov 2, 2015 02:20
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ESPN 30 for 30 has a documentary about Hillsborough, it's on both Netflix and YouTube, I'm in the middle of watching it right now and god drat.
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Nov 23, 2015 01:53
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I goddamn love the Phantom Time "hypothesis". What if like, three hundred years was just a typo, man.
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Dec 13, 2015 21:50
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Jan 18, 2016 00:09
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We're still relevant woo
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Jan 18, 2016 22:54
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Zero One posted:Yeah that bit about the March 2015 negotiations make it sound hopeful but that was almost a year ago. That's Brown Moses/Eliot Higgins, he's in the article. Unless there was another guy.
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Jan 19, 2016 01:07
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Well that just coincidentally lines right up with the podcast i just listened to today. Jane Toppan was born in Massachusetts in 1857. She attended the Cambridge Nursing School, and established a successful private nursing career in Boston. Said to be cheerful, funny and excellent with her patients, nothing about “Jolly Jane” suggested she could be “the most notorious woman poisoner of modern times.” Jane Toppan aka (Jolly Jane) (1857–1938), born Honora Kelley, was an American serial killer. She confessed to 31 murders in 1901. She is quoted as saying that her ambition was "to have killed more people — helpless people — than any other man or woman who ever lived...". She was a nurse. A popular and well-liked nurse. A nurse that was sought out as a care-giver, and she poisoned people with morphine and atropine. Possibly a whole lot of people "In 1901, Toppan moved in with the elderly Alden Davis and his family in Cataumet to take care of him after the death of his wife (whom Toppan herself had murdered). Within weeks, she killed Davis and two of his daughters. She then moved back to her hometown and began courting her late foster sister's husband, killing his sister and poisoning him so she could prove herself by nursing him back to health. She even poisoned herself to evoke his sympathy. The ruse did not work, however, and he cast her out of his house."
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Jul 22, 2016 03:48
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Earlier this year i got curious about how the recovery from the Tohoku quake was going five years after and found a pretty good article in the Japan Times. http://features.japantimes.co.jp/march-11-recovery/ Things aren't all that great still. quote:Even those who were fortunate enough to fully renovate or build a new house in their hometowns are facing disappearing communities as the catastrophe led many survivors to move away.
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Aug 10, 2016 02:33
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Speaking about murders, Washington state and music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScT9eo5cljk Neko Case's song Deep Red Bells is about the green river killer.
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Aug 18, 2016 02:39
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ranbo das posted:Have an unnerving article from the OSHA thread. I now have a new phobia after reading it. Oh Oh dear.
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Oct 26, 2016 05:07
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TheAlphaChaser posted:Is there a good write-up anywhere about the satanic connections with Comet Pizza in DC? I've hung out there a bunch so it's interesting to me, but all I can find is 4chan/Reddit gobblygook. i don't think any satanic connections are actually a thing. Basically ever. But, i did find this. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/food/blog/20840980/alt-right-conspiracy-theorists-obsess-over-comet-ping-pong e: jfc Good job america, these people won. a kitten has a new favorite as of 22:43 on Nov 13, 2016 |
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Nov 13, 2016 22:40
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Hey we had one of those in Seattle.quote:Pavan Dhanireddy remembers frantically peering into the swimming pool at the Quality Inn & Suites Seattle Center on June 30 as firefighters searched for his friend Tesfaye Girma Deboch. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/murky-water-hindered-search-for-man-who-died-in-hotel-pool/ At least this poor guy didn't stay down long enough to start decomposing tho.
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Dec 8, 2016 20:44
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William S Burroughs has some words on the subject of dogs and babies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3ByPKwlys&t=39s
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Jan 7, 2017 03:14
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Well huh.
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Mar 4, 2017 00:31
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HisMajestyBOB posted:Criminal is also a good one. It sure is.
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Mar 24, 2017 20:54
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Your Gay Uncle posted:http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/mommy-dead-and-dearest-doc-what-we-learned-w482263 This is a hell of a thing. Thanks for recommending it, but also  .
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May 21, 2017 22:06
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Thomas Morris has so very many exciting articles I'm too chicken to ever click on. e: i made it 3/4 of the way before i had to abandon article a kitten has a new favorite as of 00:47 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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Sep 10, 2017 00:43
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A Spider Covets posted:Any particular recommendations? I saw some in the sidebar that I might have to check out, the bubonic plague "cure" involving a split frog and a chicken's rear end in a top hat is definitely on the list because wtf, lol. To be honest, just go to the archives and pick one at random, it's one of my favorite blogs (and/or twitters). Even if it's hard to read sometimes.  Here's one though: http://www.thomas-morris.uk/dear-oh-dear/ a kitten has a new favorite as of 16:44 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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Sep 10, 2017 16:33
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AnonSpore posted:I recall Christopher Duntsch being mentioned briefly in this thread and wanted to circle back to him a bit. In case you don't remember he's the neurosurgeon who botched almost every one of the 30+ surgeries he performed, in two cases straight up causing the death of his patient, and stayed bouncing around Texas hospitals doing hella drugs and crippling people for years until he was finally caught. Anyway, I recently listened to a podcast about him and how/why exactly he was allowed to do what he did and I hope it counts for this thread. It was super upsetting for me to listen to, especially since I was recovering from a pretty routine surgery myself when it was recommended to me. I'm barely into the first episode and I feel like I want to die. Thanks! I look forward to listening to it in 5 minute chunks, or whatever the audio equivalent of watching a horror movie thru partially covered eyes is. jfc
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Baby Jessica fell down an 8 inch hole at 18 months, but I'm no expert on baby sizes so I have no real idea how that compares to a 2 year old since they grow crazy fast.
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