Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Director of Digital Humanities, Michigan State University

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Definitely a bang. Or maybe California just breaks off from the rest of the US and goes off to hang with Hawaii. Either way, it’s The End of the World. (But Australia’s down there, like, WTF mates?) [Flash required; watch that volume. Via Metafilter.]

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