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Russian-Owned LiveJournal Bans Political Talk, Adds Risk of Spying
LiveJournal, a blog community that’s hosted a lot of science fiction authors and fans (including George RR Martin), has officially banned “political solicitation”— which can mean anything that criticizes the Russian government, as well as pro-LGBTQ discussions. There are also concerns users can be subject to Russian…
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Goodbye Sweet Nomad
Things get weird on Mass Effect: Andromeda’s desert world of Eos when you start pushing the Nomad over 160 kilometers per hour. As several players have reported on Reddit, the glitch happens while zooming around the planet’s surface at high speeds.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Sounds Insanely Awesome in German
One of the latest international teasers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is out, and it’s got a few cute moments... including a brief shot of dancing Baby Groot. But holy hell, German Guardians sound amazing. I’m already regretting minoring in French.
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X-Men Nightcrawler Cat Is Kind of a Dick
What happens when a cat has the power to instantly teleport itself, and its owner, practically anywhere? Well, there’s near-death, followed by more near-death and more near-death... then food.
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Anthony Hopkins Calls Michael Bay a 'Genius' and 'Savant'
Anthony Hopkins has worked with some of the best in the business, like Steven Spielberg and Oliver Stone. The latest visionary director to earn Sir Hopkins’ favor? None other than the king of explosions, Michael Bay.
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Saturday's Best Deals: MacBook Pros, Metal Lightning Cable, GreenWorks Tools, and More
Discounted MacBook Pros, GreenWorks 40V cordless tools, and For Honor lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.
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GameStop Acknowledges Possible Breach Of Customers' Credit Card Information
If you’ve shopped at GameStop.com between mid-September and early February, it’s possible your credit card information has been compromised according to a report by the web security blog, KrebsOnSecurity.
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Dumbass Almost Hit By Train Because the Future is Too Damn Quiet
Authorities in Auckland, New Zealand are urging all dumbasses to look both ways before they cross train tracks, after a local dumbass was nearly hit yesterday. But in fairness to the dumbass, the new electric trains in the area are pretty quiet. Too quiet, if you ask this dumbass.
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Star Wars Episode IX Will Reportedly Feature Previously Shot Footage of Carrie Fisher
The loss of Carrie Fisher was a huge blow to those who loved her, both on- and off-screen. Inevitably, it also raised questions about the future of her iconic Star Wars character. We’ve known for awhile that she’d already completed work on The Last Jedi before she died. Now we’re hearing that plans may already in…
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Even Shape-Shifting Aliens Will Love This Gorgeous Art Inspired by John Carpenter's The Thing
It’s been 35 years since Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, and the rest of the salty McMurdo crew fought an interstellar invader in deepest Antarctica. A new book celebrating John Carpenter’s The Thing shows how inspirational the scifi horror film has become for artists with wildly diverse styles.
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Henry Cavill Screen-Tested for Man of Steel in Christopher Reeve's Iconic Superman Suit
The Man of Steel Superman costume is a perfectly fine rendition of Superman’s classic look, if a little muted in color. But somewhere in an alternate world Henry Cavill took to the silver screen in the classic Superman costume of the original comics, just like Christoper Reeve, and I bet it looked as fantastic as this…
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Meet the Hugo-Nominated Author of Alien Stripper Boned From Behind By the T-Rex
The Hugo Awards nominations were released this week, featuring some of the best and brightest works in science fiction and fantasy— most of which are relatively well known. Then, there’s one nominee for Best Novelette, a short story hardly anyone had even heard of... until now. It’s called Alien Stripper Boned From…
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How Good Are the 'Best' Star Wars Books, Really?
Next week, Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn, a book about the rise to power of everyone’s favorite grand admiral, will be released. I’ve never anticipated a Star Wars book more, and now seems like the right time to look back at the books that introduced him and evaluate if they really were as great as popular wisdom says they…
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These Are the Wildly Advanced Space Exploration Concepts Being Considered by NASA
Earlier today, NASA announced funding for 22 projects as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. From a planet hopping laser-driven sail and a solar powered Venusian weather balloon to an autonomous rover on Pluto, the future of space exploration looks incredibly bright.
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These Posters for Indie Horror Film The Void Are Video Store-Ready, If That Was Still a Thing
The indie horror film The Void opens on demand and in limited release today. To celebrate, three new posters have been released. Evocative, creepy posters that would have fit in perfectly at a video store in the 1980s or 1990s.
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God Willing, One Day Fast and Furious Could Head to Space
It probably won’t but it’s not totally, hypothetically, 100 percent off the table. And that’s good enough for us.
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Marvel Would Like You to Know Captain America's Turn to Fascism 'Has Little to Do' With Politics
In a few weeks, Marvel will kick off Secret Empire, the culmination of a year-long arc that has seen Steve Rogers, a walking symbol of American exceptionalism and patriotism, revealed as a life-long agent of a fascist supervillain organization. But aside from that minor detail, they’d really like you to know that…
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A Figure With Han Solo's Best Shit-Eating Grin, and Other Cool Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's round up of the best toys we’ve seen all week. This time we’ve got tons of new Lego minifigures, the most amazing Magneto cape, entirely unrelated magnetic building blocks, a spectacularly poseable Spider-Man: Homecoming figure, and yes, the best grin on a Han Solo action figure ever.
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The Gif Party Will Not Be Denied
Some weeks are long and full of fear and horror. That’s why the gif party is here for you to have a bit of a release. Fill the comments with the gifs you want to see.
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After Jumanji and Rampage, the Rock Will Fight Even More Animals in Jungle Cruise
For two years, Disney has had a deal in place with Dwayne Johnson to make a movie based on its iconic theme park ride, Jungle Cruise. Just when it was starting to seem like it would never happen, he’s now officially signed on—and production will begin in 2018.
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