iEvade: Apple just released another groundbreaking new product that is already changing the world. See what their gigantic bond offering is really all about.

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Head Bangers: Your friendly cavemen, Ogg and Uck are back! This time they're explaining the pain of fossil fuels and emissions.

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A big Happy Birthday to Stephen Colbert, Stevie Wonder, and Darius Rucker(Hootie & The Blowfish)!

Good morning, introducing Tar Sands Timmy, your guide to the Keystone XL project and dirty oil extraction in Alberta, Canada! See what Timmy has in store for the USA and points beyond. Video animation by Mark Fiore.

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From our friends at NASA comes this amazing 13-second animation that depicts how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1950. You’ll note an acceleration of the temperature trend in the late 1970s as greenhouse gas emissions from energy production increased worldwide and clean air laws reduced emissions of pollutants that had a cooling effect on the climate, and thus were masking some of the global warming signal.

The data come from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York (GISS), which monitors global surface temperatures. As NASA notes, “All 10 of the warmest years in the GISS analysis have occurred since 1998, continuing a trend of temperatures well above the mid-20th century average."

Evan Viera's award-winning "Caldera" is an animated short film that explores the ambiguous reality inhabited by people experiencing psychosis, through the tale of a young girl suffering from mental illness.

The story follows the girl who goes off her medication, and leaves a bleak metropolis to immerse herself in a vibrant oceanic cove. Ultimately, the story is about the young girl’s impossible predicament, where she can not live in either the fantastical and haunting world of psychosis or in the marginalizing society that mandates her medication.

Viera explains:

"CALDERA is inspired by my father's struggle with schizoaffective disorder. In states of delusion, my father has danced on the rings of Saturn, spoken with angels, and fled from his demons. He has lived both a fantastical and haunting life, but one that's invisible to the most of us. In our differing understanding of reality, we blindly mandate his medication, assimilate him to our marginalizing culture, and entirely misinterpret him for all he is worth. CALDERA aims to not only venerate my father, but all brilliant minds forged in the haunted depths of psychosis."

More about this film at Orchid Animation and on Evan Viera's Facebook page.

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This short, animated video explains the United States debt limit.

"The Koch Brothers and Their Amazing Climate Change Denial Machine" is a short animation detailing the effort of billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch to undermine belief in climate change and prevent legislation that threatens their profits. By pouring money into bogus scientific studies and funding think tanks and front groups, the public is led to believe a genuine scientific debate is raging. In truth, as one climate denier candidly admits, those doubting the science are just a small, if brilliantly coordinated, minority.

Good morning, today is Monday, October 22, 2012. The Avenging Uterus is schooling lady-hating legislators in her first animated adventure.

Credits: Written and created by Matt Bors. Animated by Jeremy Joseph of Headache Films. Audio by Atomicon. Voiced by Frayn Masters, Dave Weiner, and Britt Harris.

Good morning, today is Thursday, October 11, 2012.

From Mark Fiore: Right-Wing Ralphie is back! After the Obama-Romney debate, he's here to talk a little bit about the next step of the campaign. Don't worry about voter ID, not everyone needs to vote!

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Good morning, today is Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Somebody make some coffee, would you?