Solve toxicity online? Good luck with that, unfortunately.

I would almost never speak if not for the need to socialize/connect with others.

The serpent is commonly a symbol for wisdom within Gnostic perspectives. Literalist christianity is viewed as a perversion. Hence the reason catholicism views the serpent as evil. They would also seek to subjugate any other worldviews and one way to do that is to take their Gods and views and deem them evil.

I have tried to resist this, however, I am removing io9 from my feed. I will no longer support by sharing or reading because it is obvious due to recent activity that there is an obvious trajectory that I cannot relate to. So long, I defended you in the past and am incapable of now.

I don’t care, they are characters. People who do care must have way too much time or they are a writer and need to write something fast that will get some attention. Meanwhile...

Keep up this race-baiting/click-baiting and I will abandon i09. You “journalists” just may make it so all our cultural references will be as sterile as a hospital and then the memetic staph infections will occur.

I came out of retirement to promote your comment. You win.

The real story is why the media sources keep pushing these race-baiting stories. Partially because it’s click-bait.

I will no longer support this media source due to race-baiting click-bait. You are being removed from my feed along with the 10, so far, other sources that have “published” this exact same story.

Don’t forget the swag too. In this instance, it could very well mean getting the actual garage door opener.

The Brawndo is strong in this one.

The difference is that Apple wouldn’t give you a choice at all. Remember U2?

I am not sure it helped me or not, but it is the book that shaped my perspective early on.

I don't want an one, nor the consumerism that they represent.

Cosmopolis: I had little to no idea what was going on. I just knew dude from that awful vampire blasphemy was in it, and found myself wondering what Cronenberg was smoking.

Bo Ningen have a super technical sound. I'll have to keep an ear on them. Meanwhile check out the new Swans.

It's Canada. Check the title of the video at youtube.

If you like the Glass Armonica, William Wilde Zeitler is worth checking out. He's composed whole albums with this fantastic instrument.

It's quite simple...

I completely agree with you, and I suppose I could be classified as a city slicker. I lived in Alaska for winter, but grew up in Minnesota. I noticed that some of the people would traipse around under-dressed (wearing sandals, no coats, no layers, shorts). Typically the reasoning is that they are only outside for…