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THE FT TOP 23 STRANGE PHENOMENA No. 5 The Mystery of Easter Island
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i. mystery no.1 where did its denizens heard about EASTER eh?

ii. mystery no.2 why does nobody ever discuss HALLOWEEN ISLAND eh? EH??

iii. how suspicious is it that ONE SINGLE ISLAND has become the default object-of-projection for all knock-the-[…]

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Annals of Dead Media
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I just read that the first ever “op ed page” appeared in the New York Times in 1970 (21 September) — “op ed” as in space handed over to rival blowhards, to counter the editorial pages (which are as old as newspapers the[…]

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The FT Top 23 STRANGE PHENOMENA: No.11 Ecology of Bus Shelter Rooftops
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i. you are on a bus
EXPLANATION: you are going to work or back home or somewhere and yr ROLLS is at the MENDERS
ii. you are gazin idly out the window
EXPLANATION: you are IDLE
iii. you are at bus stop
EXPLANATION: you are ON A BUS
iv. on the top of t[…]

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RODS!! we are NOT ALONE!!
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here is a thread about em
here is a timeline about em
here is a slideshow about em
here is the “truth” about em[…]

NUMB3RS-W4TCH
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in order to remind the one who wz in northern exposure that armed gangs when they know they’re under observation may try and change their behaviour, the sweaty maths-nerdy one invoked a somewhat embroadened HEISENBERG’S UNCERTAINTY PRINCI[…]

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FULL-TEAM OUTING ALERT: Tintin in Tibet… ON ICE!!
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all london-based FT posters on standby: equiv mass-crit opportunity not sighted since they cancelled POKEMON ON ICE!

(heads-up courtesy chuck at ilc)[…]

v.silly…
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… but this made me larf (it reminded me of me and ethanon AIM!)
(in PBS bcz of technology like)[…]

THAT EXPLAINS WHAT EXACTLY7?
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Patrick Fitzgerald, whizzkid prosecutor about to blow apart the Bush Administration (or possibly not), used to play rugby[…]

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