July 2011
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House Committee passes bill requiring your ISP to... →
“People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.” - Benjamin Franklin
missshirley:
There’s a contact-your-representative-in-opposition form at the link.
The New York Times lists the top-50 words its... →
Journalists are told to write for an 8th grade reading level, but honestly that’s harder than it sounds: This year’s list includes a number of head-scratching favorites that also made the lists in 2010and 2009 > : * inchoate*, *opprobrium* and* hubris *are apparently as troublesome as ever, even to our well-read audience. On the other hand, such past standbys as * solipsistic*,...
College journalists try publishing an issue... →
It’s hard not to be spoiled by the ability to create anything you want with the click of a mouse button: Students at Florida Atlantic University are putting out their final summer issue on machinery that’s older than they are, reports Michael Koretzky. They’re writing their stories on manual typewriters and copyediting them in pencil. “They lay it all out with pica poles and proportion...
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Recession is Hitting the Tooth Fairy Hard →
motherjones:
Expendable income is down, and that includes money you give your needy, unemployed, roommates children. Data says the Tooth Fairy is now giving an average of only $2.60 per tooth, down from $3 pre-recession.
When I was a kid, I was lucky to get a dollar. Usually I got a quarter or $.50. Mayhaps the Tooth Fairy market was overinflated and is only now ratcheting down to where it...
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Programming note: My right eye has been bothering me this morning, so posts are going to be sparse today. Thanks!
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Story: A Post Gender Normative Man Tries to Pick... →
Obviously, there is such a thing as over-compensating:
So what do you think? Would you like to take me up on my offer for you to buy me that drink?
If you would like to respond, that would be wonderful. Of course, if you would like to continue to sit here silently, staring at me with that powerful gaze, which both breaks gender constructs and also scares me a bit, that would be fine as...
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The Moon Landing 42 Years On: Five Odd Facts... →
2. No One at NASA Knew What the Hell Neil Armstrong Was Talking about with his “Tranquility Base” Stuff One thing NASA doesn’t like is surprises. Everything is meticulously planned out, and that’s what happened on Apollo 11 with the notable exception of what Armstrong’s first words would be. (We get the feeling that if it was modern-day NASA involved, no astronaut...
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Close your eyes to win rock, paper, scissors... →
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WatchYou mave have seen photos of grills, woks and other cooking items cut in half. They’re all a part of the making of Modern Cuisine, a new (huge and expensive) cookbook that hopes to explain both the skills and science of great food.
Above, one of the creators, Nathan Myhrvold explains how those amazing photos were made.
(Via The Kitchn)
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WatchThis video for Cults’ new song “Go Outside” is super creepy.
The footage of (pre mass-suicide) Jonestown mixed with this catch pop song is pretty crazy.
directed by Isaiah Seret
(Via BoingBoing on Vimeo)
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