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more about #brazil more comments → Klebert L. Hall: "Is Brazil's Mega-Blackout A Harbinger Of Energy Grid Disasters to Come?" No, probably not, anymore than the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 was, or... more » Jes St.Lawrence: So ... lots of new Brazilian babies in June? #blackout more » twDarkflame: We arnt decentralised enough, its that simple. Power needs to be given and taken from thousands of smaller sources, not a few big ones. #blackout more » TheClap: I think the real news in this article is that Brazil has a space program. Best. Space-party. Ever. #blackout more » LittleDragon: I may be one of the few people who really likes blackouts, have since I was a baby. But darn it, I need power to do my job and to check Io9. #blackout more » spocko: Hey remember when California had statewide black outs? And remember how we were told that the power stations closing for maintenance were just a coin... more » AdoraBelle: Where I live massive national blackouts ARE the norm. Or at least were while I was growing up. Whether it was because of sanctions, bombs or something... more » FrankenPC: For everyone who laughed at me when I stockpiled weapons and Fritos. Looks who's laughing now!! #blackout more » Darklighter: How does this blackout compare to the giant one that struck the northeastern US a few years ago? #blackout more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: In other news, Brazil has a space agency. #blackout more » jchasse: Can't say I was really following Imaginarium until now. Looks like a beautiful example of a rare and endangered species...a movie that actually loo... more » Perhaps Not: Under no circumstances can I imagine this movie making a lick of sense. And I am so there. more » SpammerOvTheGods: "There is no devil. That's just God when he's drunk." - Tom Waits #@! more » ballookey: "all playing the same person, which is something no other movie will ever attempt" Except I'm Not There, and Todd Solondz' Palindromes. more » Alasdair5000: Gilliam's been responsible for some of my favourite movies (Brazil, Munchausen, 12 Monkeys) and one of the very few films I genuinely cannot stand (Br... more » -
#disaster
Is Brazil's Mega-Blackout A Harbinger Of Energy Grid Disasters to Come?
On Tuesday night, most of the vast country of Brazil was plunged into darkness for several hours when the power grid went down. There is no consensus on what caused it. Was this a model for infrastructure breakdowns to come? More » -
#doctorparnassus
Tom Waits' Devil Beckons You To Enter Terry Gilliam's Dada Dreamscape, In New Pics
Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus may or may not wind up making sense, but at least its visuals represent a return to his surrealistic, mind-melty glory days, judging from some new images of Farrell, Ledger, Law, Depp... and Waits. More » -
#futurecrime
Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People
It sounds like the plot of a 1970s scifi movie. Brazilian reality TV host Wallace Souza was charged earlier this month with ordering his bodyguard to kill people to boost ratings for his crime-themed reality show Canal Livre. More » -
#triviagasm
6 More Heroes Who Might Still Be Trapped In Virtual Reality
Yesterday, we looked at six characters who seemingly managed to escape virtual prisons. Now, we'll make it an even dozen as we examine another sextet of science fiction heroes that may or may not still be stuck inside their own minds. Spoilers!
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#ufos
A UFO Lands in Downtown Nanning
The language of UFOs is universal. That's why, when you travel across countries and continents, you'll always find structures that look like UFOs. More importantly, you'll find spaceship-esque buildings that somebody out there has called a UFO on Flickr. In other words: The only thing more universal than the UFO is the compulsion to call any freaky round building a UFO. Above, you can see a UFO that landed in the middle of a city in Nanning, China — captured on film by Peigianlong. Want to see more UFOs from around the world? Check out our collection. More » -
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#falseutopias
Paradise Is A Lie: A History Of False Utopias
If you're living in a shiny happy world where everything is provided to you, and your white pajamas never ever get stained, then chances are you're in a false utopia. Someone's going to be coming and harvesting your organs, or culling you at age 30, or drugging you into obedience. The fake paradise built on a foundation of shit seems to flourish most during times when technology seems to be solving all our problems (like during the dotcom boom.) Click through for a list of false utopias. More » -
#megaenvironmentalism
A Water Bottle for Giant Monsters Showed Up Yesterday in Sao Paulo
No, it's not really a wine cooler for Cloverfield. It's an art installation by Eduardo Srur on the banks of Sao Paulo's most polluted river, which was also the recent site of a toxic fashion show. Srur doesn't want to make the Tiete river chic, though — he wants to warn people of the dangers of pollution from non-biodegradable stuff like plastic bottles. We've got more images of this cool mega-art below. More » -
#scifashion
Toxic Fashion Show Celebrates Pollution
Nothing like holding a fashion show in a toxic industrial park at the edge of the Tietê, one of the most polluted rivers in Brazil. Last week was fashion week in São Paulo, Brazil, and designer Cavalera decided to show off his retro-grunge peasant looks in a place that looks like an industrial dystopia. We've got a gallery of images from one of the strangest fashion shows we've ever seen — past or future. More »
