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Ad-hoc museums of a failing utopia: the store windows of the last days of the USSR Photographer David Hlynsky -- American born, Canadian residing, child of Eastern European emigres -- took over 8,000 street photos of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, East Germany and Russia, documenting the last days of ideological anti-consumer shopping, now anthologized in an amazing book. Read the rest... Soccer Sharks [Street Angel 016] After a devastating fall, things goes from bad to worse for our diminutive heroine. A local parish scrapes Jesse Sanchez's injured body off the street. Unfortunately, a local Satanic cult has declared war on this particular parish. Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire! Also -- soccer sharks!?! Read the rest... Your voice-to-text speech is recorded and sent to strangers Redditor Fallenmyst just started a job at Walk N'talk Technologies, where she listens to randomly sampled speech-to-text recordings from our mobile phones, correcting machine conversions. Read the rest... How to turn your mobile display orange for better sleep I've been using f.lux on my computers for years. Now I've come up with a way to make my iPhone and Kindle have orange displays, too. Read the rest... Goodbye, Spock. Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015. [HT: @hbeschizza] Read the rest... Motown 25: rebroadcast tomorrow of unforgettable 1983 TV special Do you remember when Michael Jackson debuted his moonwalk on the absolutely fantastic 1983 TV special Motown 25 - Yesterday, Today, Forever? Read the rest... ACT NOW! Congress wants to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership Congress is about to introduce a bill that will let the US Trade Representative lock America into the provisions of the secretly negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership, without substantial debate or scrutiny -- including criminal sanctions -- jail! Read the rest... NASA honors Nimoy The beloved “Star Trek” actor's work brought space home to so many millions of fans. Read the rest... Leaving China – a painted memoir about growing up during WW2 James McMullan, an illustrator and watercolorist known for his popular theatrical posters for Lincoln Center as well as various children’s book covers, has created a beautiful memoir entitledLeaving China. Read the rest... SF Bay Area: Sunday March 1st, Give Me Fiction short story reading show This Sunday at Lost Weekend Video in San Francisco, a group of comedians and writers read original short fiction at Give Me Fiction, the literary series hosted by Ivan Hernandez. Read the rest... Man demonstrates respectable tea-pouring skills Is he pouring tea (or some other beverage), or is he stretching putty? [via] Read the rest... Kansas Senate wants to imprison teachers who assign books it dislikes Under Kansas Senate Bill 56, which passed 26-14 this week, school teachers who give students "harmful material" can be criminally prosecuted. Read the rest... Simple sourdough loaves With my sourdough starter active and friendly, I've been baking some fantastic bread. I figured you may need something to do with all that starter, while you wait for second recipe in the fried chicken and waffles duo. Read the rest... Faucet dispenses water in pleasing patterns Neat faucet. They need work on their marketing copy. The Swirl Faucet focuses its attention on the flow of the water. Read the rest... Gentleman throws brick at a car, brick bounces back and knocks him out "Now fair play to him, he gives it a right go." [via] Read the rest... Video: Xeni on Maddow on Net Neutrality victory Thursday's historic ruling protects major aspects of Net Neutrality under federal law. Our Xeni joined the MSNBC host to share why this is hailed as a victory for open access advocates. Read the rest... Man gets life in prison for selling $20 worth of weed to undercover cop “Why did you get involved in this crime?” one survey question reads. “To get $5 dollars to get something to eat,” he writes. Read the rest... Selfie-taking naked Russian guy in the snow blocks traffic Another exemplary Russian video: dashcam, bad tempers, likely vodka abuse, and an abrupt ending leaving you wanting more. Read the rest... Music: "The Bird," Morris Day and the Time (1983) "I pledge allegiance to the Time" Read the rest...