May 2013
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“It turns out that we are only 10 percent human: for every human cell that is...”
– from “Some of My Best Friends Are Germs” by Michael Pollan
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“To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet’s nest is a very bad...”
– via International Business Times
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DoJ illegally seizes Associated Press records →
Also this week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto.
And it’s only Tuesday!
Does it not seem, more and more, that our government is working against us? When is the last time you felt that ours is a government for and by the people?
Oh, and the world’s biggest banks collude to fix the prices of pretty much everything.
Oh, and Obama’s transparency schtick is...
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April 2013
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“Once they were able to get a hold of the officer, they asked her about the lack...”
– via Streetsblog
So a girl gets her body wrecked by a criminally dangerous SUV driver and the driver eventually, begrudgingly, sorta-kinda gets properly cited.
How the fuck can an officer enforce the law if the officer doesn’t know the law? Isn’t that, you know, a pretty big part of...
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Florida bans bongs, borks businesses →
Move to the Pacific Northwest! Sure, it rains and stuff, but at least we’re not insane.
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“Most news consumers—even if they used to be avid book readers—have lost the...”
– from News is bad for you—and giving up reading it will make you happier
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“To the Wonder” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult...”
– via The NY Times
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To All Our Future Flames
To All Our Future Flames will be the final show at Gigantic Gallery as the gallery currently exists. The first strike was a change in building management. The second was an increased rent and additional fees. And the third was an opportunity to open a new, collaborative space in a better location designed to serve multiple purposes. So we’re out.
Credit for the show idea and curation...
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“The world shall not be safe for democracy until Lego is banned. Because...”
– via The Telegraph
March 2013
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“I still hear some people say that science takes the wonder out of life. Those...”
– via Slate
Yes.
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“While Richards was right to call out fellow conference attendees for making...”
– via Forbes
Right. Fascism over humor. My myriad insecurities over your right to crack lame jokes. That’s the way.
“I guess a lot of things have changed since you grew up there.”...”
– via The Morning News
This particular piece struck something in me because, apparently, when I was young, the two things I wanted to be when I grew up were a clock fixer and a ninja.
giganticgallery:
Lucky Clover Sale tomorrow! Take 20% off any 3 pieces from Cartes de visite, part deux. There’s a lot to choose from.
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“Proliferating red tape is causing tangles everywhere, from the 400 subsidiary...”
– via The Economist
Go go gadget government.
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Today's wrap-up
New Pope: did you really expect a gay transgendered Ethopian woman?
New Bowie: did you really expect a return to “Heroes”-ic greatness?
New Kick Ass movie: kickass!
Veronica Mars movie: let’s make this happen.
February 2013
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There’s a secret download link on the rather good Atoms For Peace site. Also, click the boat-rower. Also, it’s nice to see someone else using a .info domain.
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Hey, check out this cool Rube Goldberg machine on Kickstarter!
Here’s how it works:
You commit to send money to Kickstarter.
In 30-ish days Kickstarter will take your money and send it to Amazon.
A few days after that, Amazon will send most of your money to those two dudes that call themselves WobbleWorks.
WobbleWorks will take your money to China and hire a factory to produce their...
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“The Obama administration currently takes the position that it can essentially...”
– via Huffington Post
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Ron Paul wants UN to sieze him ronpaul.com →
But doesn’t that seem a little out of character?
I was raised Catholic so my sensitivity to Catholic-related news is fairly high. The news of Pope Benedict XVI resigning is hopefully good for the Church—I agree with the feeling, as the article mentions, that he was “filling the post after the long papacy of the beloved John Paul until a younger, more dynamic heir could be elevated.” And the news that the Austrian church is urging...
