Tag: ALS

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Stephen Hawking: Death of a Poon Hound

The sudden news of the death of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking set in motion what usually happens when someone important dies: exceedingly reverential bleating. Why not celebrate the thing that made him most human? Stephen Hawking just died, surrounded by family and friends, after a long and arduous, yet fruitful life burdened physically since his 20’s, a victim of amyotrophic… Read more →

Shimbo Challenges You to Take a Chill Pill: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is Good For Social Media

by Shimbo I love people. Except when people are busy being “people”. One of the natural by-products of the Internet Age is an increasingly solipsistic point of view; how could it be any different? So often we sit behind our computer monitors or our smartphones, and digest everything the internet has to offer, while filtering it through our own ideals. Sometimes… Read more →