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Outfitting in Copenhagen during last month’s fashion week. Bianca wore a Remploy Textile full NBC bodysuit with respirator and gloves, while Kate Swiss wowed the crowd, showing off S&T’s latest White Phosphorous line.
wink, winking, Wink v. [from Winker: social-networking Brain/Web interface site created in 2027 by MIT student Jeremiah Jones, originally called Socialwinker ] To include or exclude people in your field of vision or hearing by use of Winker’s Blue-Eye® technology.
2027 Dec 1 Axe Brockman, StudentSpeak, Harvard University Press: “We use it at parties, you know, to find out where our friends be at. You turn on Winker and suddenly everyone shuts up and disappears so I can hear my bros.” Like many students across American campuses, Zack has been winking-in people who share his interests. “It’s a good way to meet people,” he says. “Like, let’s say I want to meet a girl that likes to mush—bam—as long as she put that in her profile, I see her.” While critics claim winking is an antisocial act, isolating users into a narrow range of preferences, many students believe it helps them save time and emotional space, allowing them to wink people out of their vision who otherwise would’ve taken weeks to reveal their incompatibility. Traci Hall says it has helped her eliminate unwanted ogling. “A lot of guys check me out and, before Winker, I’d have to walk to class and see every guy looking at me. Now I just wink in the type of guy I want, and all the others become blur-bodies.”
2028 Nov 23 Joseph Yoon, Atlanta Constitution 1M (LexisNexis): Intended for sex offenders, Winker’s use of red-lining anyone with a criminal record raises a number of ethical issues. Take the case of Joshua Martin: his misdemeanor for ripping Inner-Ear downloads earned him four years as a red-body. “Anyone who’s winking sees my red-body and crosses the street,” Martin reports. He claims he lives in virtual isolation thanks to Winker.
WMDMA n. [after WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) + MDMA (see Ecstasy)]: Methamphetamines shaped like or named after weapons of mass destruction.
2028 Nov 1 Jonathan Wolfe, The Oregonian [Portland, OR]: This week’s police raid on a Burnside Avenue apartment turned up a collection of KLMT-8 bomb-shaped ecstasy pills. In addition there were over one hundred Baggies of meth labeled White Phosphorous. “There’s only so much you can do,” said Sergeant Newman. “We can destroy this stuff, but there are plenty of other labs out there and a growing demand from elementary school kids on up.” The drugs, known as WMDMA, have become common among Virtual Reality Raves, resulting in the recent deaths of Seattle partygoers who were online raving alone in their homes. Despite the rising toll of WMDMA-related deaths, Bausch & Cartz Pharmaceuticals believes the increase of amphetamine-based drugs reveals a vital need for stronger FDA-approved ADHD medication for preteens and young adults.
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RUMOR WAS YOU could still find enlightenment in Nepal, and for cheap. There were back rooms down the spiderwebbed streets of Kathmandu where they wired you in, kicked on the generator, and sent data flowing through your brain for fifteen thousand rupees a session. It was true, Jeff from the co-op had assured Abe, though passport control could be a bitch when you returned to the States.
“They pulled my buddy when we hit Newark,” Jeff had said, sipping maté from a gourd. “But he was showing. His third eye was completely open and he wanted to hug everyone. Just think about porn and you’ll be fine.” Jeff had handed Abe a crinkled business card. Namaste Imports. “Go to this place.”
So Abe had saved his money, bought the ticket, and traveled the endless hours, numbed by bad sleep and bland airline food, to find himself in Kathmandu. Finding Namaste Imports, however, had proved impossible. The streets had no names and, looking up, all Abe saw was a tangle of electrical wires
wink, winking, Wink v. [from Winker: social-networking Brain/Web interface site created in 2027 by MIT student Jeremiah Jones, originally called Socialwinker ] To include or exclude people in your field of vision or hearing by use of Winker’s Blue-Eye® technology.
2027 Dec 1 Axe Brockman, StudentSpeak, Harvard University Press: “We use it at parties, you know, to find out where our friends be at. You turn on Winker and suddenly everyone shuts up and disappears so I can hear my bros.” Like many students across American campuses, Zack has been winking-in people who share his interests. “It’s a good way to meet people,” he says. “Like, let’s say I want to meet a girl that likes to mush—bam—as long as she put that in her profile, I see her.” While critics claim winking is an antisocial act, isolating users into a narrow range of preferences, many students believe it helps them save time and emotional space, allowing them to wink people out of their vision who otherwise would’ve taken weeks to reveal their incompatibility. Traci Hall says it has helped her eliminate unwanted ogling. “A lot of guys check me out and, before Winker, I’d have to walk to class and see every guy looking at me. Now I just wink in the type of guy I want, and all the others become blur-bodies.”
2028 Nov 23 Joseph Yoon, Atlanta Constitution 1M (LexisNexis): Intended for sex offenders, Winker’s use of red-lining anyone with a criminal record raises a number of ethical issues. Take the case of Joshua Martin: his misdemeanor for ripping Inner-Ear downloads earned him four years as a red-body. “Anyone who’s winking sees my red-body and crosses the street,” Martin reports. He claims he lives in virtual isolation thanks to Winker.
WMDMA n. [after WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) + MDMA (see Ecstasy)]: Methamphetamines shaped like or named after weapons of mass destruction.
2028 Nov 1 Jonathan Wolfe, The Oregonian [Portland, OR]: This week’s police raid on a Burnside Avenue apartment turned up a collection of KLMT-8 bomb-shaped ecstasy pills. In addition there were over one hundred Baggies of meth labeled White Phosphorous. “There’s only so much you can do,” said Sergeant Newman. “We can destroy this stuff, but there are plenty of other labs out there and a growing demand from elementary school kids on up.” The drugs, known as WMDMA, have become common among Virtual Reality Raves, resulting in the recent deaths of Seattle partygoers who were online raving alone in their homes. Despite the rising toll of WMDMA-related deaths, Bausch & Cartz Pharmaceuticals believes the increase of amphetamine-based drugs reveals a vital need for stronger FDA-approved ADHD medication for preteens and young adults.
MOKSHA
I.
RUMOR WAS YOU could still find enlightenment in Nepal, and for cheap. There were back rooms down the spiderwebbed streets of Kathmandu where they wired you in, kicked on the generator, and sent data flowing through your brain for fifteen thousand rupees a session. It was true, Jeff from the co-op had assured Abe, though passport control could be a bitch when you returned to the States.
“They pulled my buddy when we hit Newark,” Jeff had said, sipping maté from a gourd. “But he was showing. His third eye was completely open and he wanted to hug everyone. Just think about porn and you’ll be fine.” Jeff had handed Abe a crinkled business card. Namaste Imports. “Go to this place.”
So Abe had saved his money, bought the ticket, and traveled the endless hours, numbed by bad sleep and bland airline food, to find himself in Kathmandu. Finding Namaste Imports, however, had proved impossible. The streets had no names and, looking up, all Abe saw was a tangle of electrical wires
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