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3rd party Alien Jesus art
May 7th
Amazingly enough, the Alien Jesus Collective is not the only source of Alien Jesus art on the Internet. Found a collection of Alien Jesus art by all sorts of artists (including one by yours truly). Unfortunately, there’s no attribution, which makes it kind of hard to track down more work by the same artists. Here’s one of my favorites from the collection:
If anyone can identify the artist, please post a comment.
Another head on Mars?
May 2nd
Here’s a picture from the surface of Mars, taken by NASA’s Spirit rover in 2006. The photo shows a rock resembling a head. The Daily Telegraph has a non-story of sorts, not much useful info available yet. I’m a little surprised Richard Hoagland’s site doesn’t have any thing up yet. So what’s the deal? An ancient statue of the Space Buddha blown up by the Martian Taliban? Optical illusion? Doctored photo? Leave your guess in the comments.
Jesus reminds your pet: please get spayed or neutered
Apr 27th
“For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.” – Matthew 19:12
(Image via Jesus Is Love.)
Swine flu infecting Internet faster than humans
Apr 27th
What’s setting the Internets ablaze today? Seems everyone is all a’twitter about swine flu. In addition to actual news coverage, there’s a lot of discussion about how this is being discussed online. One commentator calls swine flu discussions on Twitter unnecessary:
The panic has spread using social networking website, Twitter, which is almost unnecessary to the same degree as the Large Hadron Collider “destroying the Universe” back in September last year. Nevertheless, people have a right to be concerned and worried.
So remember kids, it’s ok to be concerned and worried, just keep it to yourself please.
Also weighing in is self-described Internet communications expert Evgeny Morozov with a piece titled Swine flu: Twitter’s power to misinform. It seems that everyone’s twittering about swine flu due to peer pressure:
Thus, Unlike basic internet search – which has been already been nicely used by Google to track emerging flu epidemics – Twitter seems to have introduced too much noise into the process: as opposed to search requests which are generally motivated only by a desire to learn more about a given subject, too many Twitter conversations about swine flu seem to be motivated by desires to fit in, do what one’s friends do (i.e. tweet about it) or simply gain more popularity.
So I guess twitter is like a giant global high school. Morozov’s suggestion? A real hard-ass vice principal:
In moments like this, one is tempted to lament the death of broadcasting, for it seems that the information from expert sources – government, doctors, and the like – should probably be prioritized over everything else and have a higher chance of being seen that the information from the rest of one’s Twitter-feed, full of speculation, misinformation, and gossip.
Morozov goes on to discuss the trend of corporations using Twitter to shape the conversation about their brands:
A recent New York Times piece highlighted how a growing number of corporations like Starbucks, Dell, and Whole Foods are turning to Twitter to monitor and partially shape conversation about particular brands or products. What the piece failed to mention was that conversations about more serious topics (like pandemics- and their tragic consequences) could be shaped as well.
He may be on the money there. Let’s try some searches on Twitter:
- Twitter search: Tamiflu
- Twitter search: Roche (the makers of Tamiflu)
- Twitter search: Relenza
- Twitter search: GlaxoSmithKline (the makers of Relenza)
A little explanation is in order. The CDC recommends two drugs for treatment and prevention of swine flu: oseltamivir or zanamivir. Tamiflu is the brand name of oseltamivir, an antiviral marketed by Roche Pharmaceuticals and created by Gilead Sciences. You may have heard of Gilead Sciences and Tamiflu during the bird flu pandemic a few years back. You’ve also probably heard of a couple of their shareholders and former board members: George Schultz and Donald Rumsfeld. They made out all right on avian flu, and I bet they’ll do ok this time around too.
Swine Flu-Alex Jones’ Infowars:
Apr 25th
Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!
Alex is on it. Live report from Saturday, April 25th, is available on infowars.com. Right column, down a bit.
He’ll be going Live as needed. That could be at any time so keep checking his site.
Edgar Mitchell’s UFO comments get some coverage
Apr 22nd
Apollo 14 pilot Ed Mitchell capped his speech at X-Conference 2009 with an appearance at the National Press Club on Monday, and CNN has picked up the story:
Mitchell, who was part of the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, asserted Monday that extraterrestrial life exists, and that the truth is being concealed by the U.S. and other governments.
“I urge those who are doubtful: Read the books, read the lore, start to understand what has really been going on. Because there really is no doubt we are being visited,” he said.
“The universe that we live in is much more wondrous, exciting, complex and far-reaching than we were ever able to know up to this point in time.”
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