NEWSLETTER: "IN CAPITALIST WEST IWATCH WATCHES YOU!"
This Week:
* TWITTER - hate mobs!
* ADAM CURTIS - forever!
* USEFUL - An actual, useful Top Tip!
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B3ta email 653 - Friday the 13th, Feb 2015
Read this issue whilst "blowing your nose"
http://b3ta.com/newsletter/issue653
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One of the stupid but enjoyable things we've
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Loads of fun,
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
Other than "blowing their nose"
>> Read, write or fork stories <<
Like a Github for short fiction. "I had the
idea in the shower this morning," explains
HoratioFellatio. "You can either create a new
opening line, or choose from existing ones.
Then you choose the next sentence from the
options at the bottom, or write one of your
own..."
https://story-builder.herokuapp.com/
>> "My Muslim friend Habib" <<
Teen Thangz takes on the hot button issue of
racial prejudice. Hard-hitting stuff.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/My_Muslim_friend_Habib
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: THINGS ROB WROTE FOR USVSTH3M
Which he liked
* The day I met Steve Strange - after he
invited me to his birthday party
http://goo.gl/DUFMso
* Other than Al Murray, who's standing against
Nigel Farage in South Thanet?
http://goo.gl/8rd81L
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from the 'Lies' challenge
Last week we asked to see your favourite fibs,
fallacies and untruths in pictorial form.
Your favourites included:
* IE Detector: Should come pre-installed on
all browsers. (monkeon)
http://b3ta.com/board/11133991
* Hulk: Awful accusation about the destructive
force (Frogbeat)
http://b3ta.com/board/11133279
* Payment Pun: No really, it is, I put it
there myself. (Capt Hood-Butter)
http://b3ta.com/board/11132701
All these images, and a load more can be
found here:
http://b3ta.com/challenge/lies/
>> New challenge: Animals at War! <<
George Orwell never wrote a sequel to Animal
Farm. But, if he had, it no doubt would have
included global warfare between all animal
species. Show us this hell in all its furry
mayhem. Cats vs Dogs, Monkeys vs Parrots,
Dolphins vs Beetles on Fruitbats.
Tool up Fido, it's war!
http://b3ta.com/challenge/animalwar/
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates
* Reading this Jon Ronson piece about Twitter
hate-mobs might make some people uneasy.
http://goo.gl/rA5khN
* Super-rare Commodore 65 up on eBay for a over
$1200. With built-in floppy drive, it's a thing
of rare beauty and worth more.
http://goo.gl/r4kMcn
* Totally Mexico! Detailed Guardian article on
why Nathan Barley is more relevant than ever.
BTW: We're all Nathan Barley now, but B3ta was
also a bit Nathan Barleyish first.
http://ow.ly/2UviLe
* This Buzzfeed post on the history of an
anti-semitic internet memes is a superb bit of
research. More stuff like this please Buzzfeed,
less '16 times this vacuous celebrity was just
perfect' - thanks.
http://goo.gl/fbfxsBa
* Infinite Adam Curtis - if you don't think the
moon shines out of Adam Curtis's bottom, this
is for you. (Although we're quite fond of him,
and having an easily-parodied style just means
he's developed a style - more than most people
manage)
http://www.tomscott.com/infinite-adam-curtis/
* The nihilism of Werner Herzog's thoughts,
presented as a series of inspirational posters.
http://herzoginspirationals.tumblr.com/
* Madvertising - Flickr-based collection of Mad
Magazine's extraordinary parody ads from the
60s.
http://goo.gl/SCdg0H
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: VIDEO SCHMIDEO
Like TV but a bit broken
* Guitar pedals aren't usually funny -
genuinely laugh out loud funny - but this one
is. Listen.
https://t.co/P8uUIzDS3m
* Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground - mixing the
talents of musicians from all over the world.
Really rather brilliant.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Stevie_Wonders_Higher_Gr...
* Together again at last! Richard Herring and
Stewart Lee - this is partly a bookmark for
ourselves to watch later, as it's an hour long
epic!
http://www.b3ta.com/links/1274412
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: STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE
Make something cool and tell us about it. If
you are in it then people will see your stuff.
Things we'd really like to see include
* A FOOTBALL SHIT CALCULATOR - "Just went to
the loo. In the time it took me to do a poo a
Premier League footballer earned £6,500
#footballshits"
* AN UBER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISGRUNTLED OPINIONS
- could call it Twitter.
* NAME YOUR FIRSTBORN 'SIRI' - just to confuse
iPhones.
Send contributions via the mail form.
http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/
BTW: If you've sent something in that hasn't
been featured then don't be put off - we look
at everything you send us.
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THANKS:
This issue was written by Rob Manuel with
David Stevenson. Stuff sent in by Jabberwoc,
Fork, Captain Howdy, fred zeppelin,
wheresthefish.
Image challenge by Fraser Lewry.
Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke.
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