May 2013
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Yahoo buying Tumblr is like 1997 buying 2013. You can’t fool us. You smell like Must See TV Thursday. You are the past. We here in the present are trying to accomplish the future. Stop attaching yourselves to the ankles of actual present-day internet pioneers in an attempt at purchased brand relevance.
You want to regain relevance? You want to be considered “cool” by your...
April 2013
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Priceonomics Blog: The Economics Of Girl Talk →
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When Gregg Gillis performs, audiences go wild. So does he. Better known as Girl Talk, he runs around the stage, stripping off his clothes as he moves with the energy of his catchy dance beats. Girl Talk performs at venues as touted as the Coachella music festival in Los Angeles and…
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March 2013
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One World Synergy: If *Science* Was Our Culture →
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Outstanding excerpt from Looking Forward (1969) by Jacque Fresco and Kenneth Keyes. (Don’t be intimidated. You’ll be glad you read it all!)
Many people have confused the scientific method with laboratories and test tubes. But a laboratory is only a room where there are special devices for turning up facts. Charles Darwin, who is regarded as one of the world’s greatest...
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February 2013
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Anonymous asked: Are you a native New Orleanian?
January 2013
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Watch“Our creativity comes from without, not from within. We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another…” - Kirby Ferguson
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“I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind...”
– Henry Ford (via jonathanmoore)
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Congress Kills Part of the Affordable Care Act →
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Thanks To Gerrymandering, Democrats Would Need To... →
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As of this writing, every single state except Hawai’i has finalized its vote totals for the 2012 House elections, and Democrats currently lead Republicans by 1,362,351 votes in the overall popular vote total. Democratic House candidates earned 49.15 percent of the popular vote, while Republicans earned only 48.03 percent — meaning that the American people preferred a...
November 2012
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“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.”
– Will Durant (via azspot)
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“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when...”
– Richard Feynman (via sciencesoup)
October 2012
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September 2012
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Prison walls still standing tall.
Some things...
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As soon as you’re born they make you...
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Hurricane Isaac: A Yelp Review →
Captain’s log, stardate -310344.3 I sit here writing this review on actual paper, by candlelight, with a hurricane outside the door, huffing and a puffing and a blowing on my home, and I suddenly realize another piece has clicked into place. I understand now a little bit more about what gives New Orleans its incomparable magic. The hand of nature physically felt, is a visceral reminder of...
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August 2012
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Photo of boy in public housing with an iPad... →
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Our goal as a nation should be for every child in Public Housing to have an ereader or iPad or some form of portable screen with internet access. Our goal should be to insure that children growing up with the least advantages economically have more not less educational advantages.
An iPad is cheaper than most computers. It’s portability allows a child to use it...
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The Entire Mass Effect Saga Edited as a TV Series →
I went through this entire list over the course of a week or two recently. I’d never played the game, but wanted to know the story, and this play-through ended up being the perfect solution. I also love how during “Season 2” he even adds an opening credits scene to each video, reminiscent of TV shows like Star Trek.
Great stuff!
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Republican Rep. Todd Akin in Grade School
Teacher: Again, the force of gravity is what causes the Earth and all planets to orbit the Sun... yes Todd, you have your hand up.
Todd: The Earth is at the center of the solar system. It was put there by God who created it and the rest of the unicorn in 6 days.
Class: LOL. OMG.
Todd's friend: Dude, unicorn? I think you meant universe.
Todd: Universe? What's that?
Teacher: I don't think you've been paying attention, Todd.
Class: (chanting) Todd is stupid. Todd is stupid. Todd is stupi...
Todd: (crying) Stop making fun of me! I screwed up one word! Just one word! Why is everyone making fun of me over a single wrong word?
Teacher: Maybe it's because the Earth orbits the Sun and your answer has been wrong for approximately 400 years.
Todd: I don't understand. Can I be class president now?
Class: ROFL
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Awesome new clawed cave spider discovered in...
iheartchaos:
Despite a pretty decent population and a lot of people scanning nearly every corner of the US, a discovery in an Oregon cave proved that there are still new things to be discovered. The newly found family of spiders, Trogloraptor marchingtoni are unique in that they have fold-up claws on the ends of their arms they use to snatch prey— hence the “raptor” part of the family name.
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Mummified Siberian princess discovered with a body...
iheartchaos:
People have been tattooing themselves for almost as long as we’ve been around, but finding mummified remains with tattoos is still a big deal. Especially when the tattoos are as wonderfully preserved and intact as those of a recently discovered ancient princess from Siberia.
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