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What Kind Of Sci-Fi World Are We Living In, Anyway?: This Week's Round-up of Fun Internet Treats

After a week of soul-straining news, it's time for some interactive fiction, nightclub simulation, and algorithm-made movies.

Things that are nifty: Porpentine Charity Heartscape's speculative Twine game/work of interactive fiction, Vesp: A History of Sapphic ScaphismFollow the fight to re-bury the remains of a Native American man who died nearly 1,200 years ago.Are you cool enough for Berghain - Europe's hottest nightclub? Thankfully, you needn't wonder anymore, because their bouncer can now judge you remotely!Take a peek at these awesome portraits of Ellis Island immigrants. #fashiononfleekWelcome to the future: there's now a movie written by an algorithm...and it's actually good? What kind of sci-fi world are we living in! And WHERE ARE OUR JETPACKS?One curator of the Internet Archive has uploaded hundreds of 19th century adventure stories. Happy reading!Eschewing the nay-sayers, these radical women have defied the rules of the Roman Catholic Church to become ordained as priests.Whoa -- a 1,000 year-old mechanical computer? That's amazing!!Support women, especially if they're also in a horse costume with you.Take a look at our new best friend, who seems confused and thinks that these sheets are actually snow:[embed]http://i.imgur.com/255qVyo.webm[/embed]

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