June 2012
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Jun 3rd
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“I write songs that turn inward now. Songs that rely on subtlety. Songs that are...”
– Geoff Rickly This man is absolutely one of my (few) musical heroes.  (via staircase-thoughts)
Jun 1st
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May 2012
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May 30th
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May 26th
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The Economist: An ocean of troubles →
Without dramatic action to reverse these processes, [Callum Roberts] predicts a catastrophe comparable to the mass extinctions of the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, when carbon-dioxide levels, temperature and ocean acidity all rocketed. He writes: “Not for 55m years has there been oceanic disruption of comparable severity to the calamity that lies just a hundred years ahead.” That would be...
May 18th
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May 15th
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May 13th
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Team forfeits due to female opponent →
grumwave: Ugh, supremely misogynistic and stupid.  Just play against her! Wow, what fucking era are we living in? I don’t even have words…
May 13th
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Invisibility cloaks are almost a reality with...
5feet12inches: WIRED The art of military concealment is not just about making aircraft invisible to radar, but also about giving soldiers protection in the field. Since 1999, HyperStealth Biotechnology has produced patterns for more than two million uniforms for the armed forces of 40 countries. Read More Really frickin’ awesome
May 13th
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“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always...”
– Vasudev  (via ashelaysleeping)
May 10th
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May 7th
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May 7th
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May 7th
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“Sunday morning on ‘Meet the Press,’ Vice President Joe Biden went...”
– Let Biden Be Biden, Salon.com Yeeaahhh Delaware
May 7th
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May 6th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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April 2012
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Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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“You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love...”
– Ayn Rand
Apr 30th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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"Get A Job, Hippie" - New Job Site for Tumblr! →
ethiopienne: nanner: stfuconservatives: Two of my dear friends have started a Tumblr with job postings. From their blog: “Looking to exchange labour for currency in our hegemonic capitalist society? We’ve got you covered. Expect postings for all manners of employment, especially for nonprofit and academic positions. Submissions always welcome.” I know lots of my readers are on the hunt for...
Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 18th
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The Onion: Human Civilization Brings Out Worst In... →
“According to estimates from the American Psychological Association, the type of personality disorder exhibited by Krypel is shared by approximately 93 percent of U.S. citizens, though many believe the actual figure to be higher due to the condition’s underdiagnosis.”
Apr 18th
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Apr 14th
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Duke Students Ask Who Needs Feminism →
“Duke’s student newspaper provides the cold, hard facts for students who doubt the movement’s vitality: Women with a master’s degree earn 72.7% of what men with equal education earn in the same position. In 2011, only 2.4 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and 6.7 percent of Fortune 500 top earners were women. The U.S. ranks 70th in women in government. One in five women are...
Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Jemicy School, MICA team up for 'Memory Tricks'... →
Lynn Tomlinson’s “Memory Tricks” project helps elementary schoolers at the Jemicy School learn their multiplication tables visually while using animation technology - I believe this sort of interdisciplinary learning project is fundamental in helping young students truly understand what they are learning, and in helping them recognize that no educational topic exists in and of...
Apr 12th
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Google's New Glasses And The War On Serendipity :... →
dotconor: My time there may be unstructured and unplanned, but it is not inefficient. It is very efficient, in fact, at reducing whatever chemicals are the ones that pound through your brain saying WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS INSTEAD OF MANAGING YOUR TO-DO LIST? I just don’t understand why people are so afraid of things like this. If you don’t see a place for a device in your life, then by all...
Apr 11th
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And so begins...
another chapter. Hoya Saxa!
Apr 11th
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