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Hot Links 11/15/11: Aerial Footage of Occupy Eviction But Not Of Secret Chinese Area 51

Helicopter footage of the Occupy Wall Street eviction "this morning":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpHXmzo9DM. The mayor of Oakland "admitted that cities coordinated a crackdown on the Occupy movement":http://capitoilette.com/2011/11/15/oakland...
ALEX PASTERNACK
11.15.11
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Motherboard TV: Upgrade: Mushroom Plastics

When we talk about mushrooms, we typically muse on any combination of three sub-strains: Recreational foraging, adventures in a psychedelic Legoland, and underrated pizza toppings. But not Eben Bayer.
Brian Anderson
11.15.11
Tech

Watch This Trailer: Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano's "Outrage"

I'm a fan of what I see in this trailer. Even if it's a piece of false advertising.
Chris O'Coin
11.15.11
Art

Electroluminescentness: The Psychedelic Light Paintings Of Wes Whaley

WARNING: Wes Whaley’s DSLR psychedelia is likely to induce feelings of euphoria and mild hallucinations.
Emerson Rosenthal
11.15.11
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Listen To This Free Mix Caribou Did for ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas

Caribou's Dan Snaith "put this together":http://www.atpfestival.com/assets/cariboumix/index.html for ATP's "upcoming fest":http://www.atpfestival.com/ in Minehead, UK and it's pretty rich and the good kind of buckshot. It's disturbingly Christmas-y...
Michael Byrne
11.15.11
Design

Is Eye Pilot The World's First Optically Controlled Video Game?

Fly with your eye.
Kevin Holmes
11.15.11
Art

Electric Elegance In Zimoun's Sculpting Sound

Turning cardboard boxes into kinetic art.
Kevin Holmes
11.15.11
Tech

The South Pacific Drone Zone

Or, Earth's Earth.
Brian Anderson
11.15.11
Art

Naoko Serino Spins Vegetable Fiber Into Golden Sculptures

This artist captures light and space in delicate 3D structures spun solely out of jute fiber.
Moon Lee
11.15.11
Tech

Saving The Planet With Fart Gas

Sulfur dioxide, the stinkiest part of a fart, has the power to reflect light from the sun.
Mclean Gordon
11.15.11
Tech

The U.S. Army's Creepy Depleted Uranium Training Videos

It's doubtful that there will ever be any strict consensus as to the root causes of Gulf War Syndrome.
Derek Mead
11.15.11
Motherboard Blog

No Kidding: The Internet Is Isolating You From "Real" Friends

Who'd a thunk that a vast, consuming network of virtual relationships mediated by a clumsy Facebook interface would decrease rich, meaningful personal relationships in the "real" world? Crazy talk I say. A new study in the _American Sociological...
Michael Byrne
11.15.11
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