a picture of the future

"...a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity"


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with apologies to WB and PZ both.

The Great American Bubble Machine article is up on the Rolling Stone website.

Great rant.

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Just another graphic to aid the discussion.

And yea, it is an interesting article, but it did come out a while ago.

yes, it is a month old, I think even linked to it before, but maybe not to the actual Rolling Stone website.
But, I was bored, linking is good, and it is worth linking to.