Yearly Archives: 2013

petman

Of PETMAN – their frankly terrifying robo-humanoid, developed with funding from the US Defense Department’s Chemical and Biological Defense program, Boston Dynamics sez:

It is used to test the performance of protective clothing designed for hazardous environments. The video shows initial testing in a chemical protection suit and gas mask. PETMAN has sensors embedded in its skin that detect any chemicals leaking through the suit. The skin also maintains a micro-climate inside the clothing by sweating and regulating temperature.

Killing all humans: it’s a sweaty business.

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BHVHEqCCQAA3Xt7Downing Street, London, today.

In keeping with the great lady’s legacy, Margaret Thatcher’s state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders. ..

 

Privatising Margaret Thatcher’s funeral would be a fitting tribute to her legacy (Sunny Hundal, December 22, 2011, Guardian)

Thanks John Hundal

Pic via Lucy Manning

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What you may need to know:

1. After too many give-the-whole-movie-away Hollywood trailers of late, this is a tonic.

2. The director and star of Drive (2011) are BACK! And they’ve gone to Bangkok!

3. There will be blood. Lots of it.

4. he Gos is taking a break from acting. He’s going to direct a movie instead. He’s already got a Terrance Malick movie in the can. Very Sean Penn altogether.

5. Meet Ryan Gosling, Arts Administrator

6. ‘Wanna fight?’

Release Date: Summer

 

Not so fast, strange grieving right wing man.

She was a scientist.

In the late 1960s, Margaret Thatcher supported Leo Abse’s Bill to decriminalize homosexuality and voted in favour of David Steel’s bill to legalise abortion

Margaret Thatcher, Pro Gay Rights and Abortion from as Early as the 1960s