Video: Pokemon GO Real Life Update

For Pokemon GO players: Youtube user Shuttle Authority:

Futuristic hologram technology in the next Update of Pokemon Go? How cool would that be!

They also did a previous version:

Tuesday links

For Aldous Huxley's birthday, an infographic of Huxley Vs Orwell, a letter from Huxley to Orwell explaining why he (Huxley) was right, and audio of Huxley narrating Brave New World.

Toasters of the 1920s.

World War I in Photos: Animals at War.

The coldest places on earth.

Sir David Attenborough narrating Pokémon Go is a hoot. Related: the fatwa against Pokémon Go: it spreads Darwinism.

Huge Catfish Trigger Earthquakes In Japan (1855).

How Did a Grizzly Bear Get on California's Flag?

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include a cringe-inducing set of fashion ads from the 1970s, a 1923 car that turned into a boat, diagnosing Hitler's flatulence, and a compilation of the 100 greatest action movie punchlines (NSFW language).

Sir David Attenborough narrating Pokemon Go is a hoot

On encountering a Spearow: "It is, of course, a bird."

Yes, of course it's fake. David Attenborough didn't really narrate Pokemon Go, but it's a really well done fake! 

The Irish website Lovin Dublin posted the clip to its Facebook page last week, and it now has more than 2.4 million views. On coming across a Zubat:

“Bats, with their fluttering zig zag flight are not easy targets ... That is one bat that will not return to the roost tonight.” 

Related:

Fatwa against Pokémon Go: It's prohibited, #1 modern spying tool worldwide and spreads Darwinism.

Gently but flamboyantly launching the over-sized walnut down the frozen river: David Attenborough Narrates Women's Curling.

Heh: Hooligan gang fight narrated by David Attenborough.

Fatwa against Pokémon Go: It's prohibited, #1 modern spying tool worldwide and spreads Darwinism

Via MEMRI: You Pokémon Go players may not realize it, but you're participating in a game that promotes the idea of evolution, and you're a spy because everything on your camera goes directly to the global servers.

Dr. Khlifa Al-Makhrazi, head of the Family Consultative Council in Dubai, speaking on Sky News Arabia TV, discussed the new Pokémon Go rage. Dr. Al-Makhrazi declared that playing this game is prohibited, in keeping with a recent fatwa by Al-Azhar and by "some jurisprudents." He further explained that Pokémon Go is "genuinely and directly" linked to Darwinism and to the theory of evolution. He concluded by saying that anybody playing the game is a spy. The interview aired on July 14.

Transcript:

Dr. Khalifa Al-Makhrazi: 

"For us Muslims, living in an Arab and Muslim society – what is the ruling of playing this game (Pokémon Go)? Well, there is a clear and official fatwa from Al-Azhar prohibiting this game. Some jurisprudents have also rules that this game is prohibited. One might ask: 'This is just a game. It's fun. Why is it prohibited?'

These jihadists have their religious priorities straight.

It is prohibited because it is connected to things we are not aware of. It is connected to one's faith. This game is genuinely and directly linked to Charles Darwin's doctrine of Darwinism, to the theory of evolution and to the transmutation of the species, where a weak species transforms into a superior species. In our religion, this doctrine is forbidden. Therefore, Al-Azhar issues a clear fatwa prohibiting playing this game.

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"I take full responsibility for what I am saying. Any person playing this game is a spy, because the pictures he takes go straight to the global servers. All the places, all the streets and even inside the homes all the way to the bedrooms – the pictures go straight to the global servers, where they are saved, in order to expose all that is private. This game is the number one modern spying tool worldwide. A person unknowingly turns into a spy by playing this game."

More:

No word yet from the pope, but
presumably he's OK with the game.

Saudi Arabia issues fatwa against playing Pokemon Go: Edict first issued in 2001 when Pokemon was played with cards is renewed with warnings the game contains devious and forbidden images:

First issued in 2001 when the game was played with cards, the decree says Pokemon violates Islamic prohibitions against gambling, uses devious Masonic-like symbols and promotes “forbidden images.” 

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The edict notes that a six-pointed star in the game, for example, is associated with the state of Israel and that certain triangular symbols hold important meanings for the Freemasonry. Crosses in the game are a symbol of Christianity, while other symbols are associated with polytheism, says the edict.

MEMRI.