June 2009
93 posts
A Call to Vigilance
I’m probably preaching to the choir, here, but at least it’s out there:
“Back in April, there was a huge fuss over an internal report by the Department of Homeland Security warning that current conditions resemble those in the early 1990s — a time marked by an upsurge of right-wing extremism that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing,” says Paul Krugman in the NYTimes.
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ANSWER MY FIRST QUESTION?
Okay, I just learned to ask questions on this thing and it’d be nice if you took a look at my nameless 112th UNSTABLE and OVERWEIGHT element and we can send all your answers to Alok Jha, who is the cutest goddamn science journalist around. So, erm… ELEMENT NAMES, PLEASE?
Congratulations, San Francisco! You sound like... →
Well well well, check you out, San Francisco:
“San Francisco, which already boasts one of the most aggressive recycling programs in the country, has raised the ante, vowing to levy fines of up to $1,000 on those unwilling to separate their Kung Pao chicken leftovers from their newspapers.”
You should’ve seen my kitchen in Brussels. Managing my garbage was like playing on a...
Lover admits to kinky sex killing →
This came in my inbox with the following comment: “Crime of my passion, my balls. You people can get away with anything…”
Crime passionnel: yes, this defense is still valid in France. You get 10 years, max. YOU, Mr. Balls, are just jealous. And me, I’m just scared, because in France, crimes of passion, more often than not, happen at the hands of men.
Except here, of...
WatchThe ultimate hula hoop.
Mercury could spin out of control and commit suicide by going head first into the sun. The Earth could collide with Mars, or Venus. Looks like so far, we’ve lucked out with our solar system, according to Monsieur Laskar.
— In the New Scientist, from London.
Train can be worse for climate than plane →
This sucks. As far as I’m concerned, trains win every time. Something you understand if you’ve enjoyed watching the changes in landscape while comfortably sitting at a window, or fallen asleep in one city to wake up at passport control, or crossed mountain ranges or followed a river, on your way to meeting/hugging/frenching a loved one on the platform.
But I suppose lower occupancy...
dailydoseofdylan:
My choice for a Bob Dylan...
Harvard Studied Twitter →
… And here’s what they found:
It’s a developing country in that 10% of the people produce (own) more than 90% of the content (wealth);
Which means that those of you who tweet and read everyday are still among the very few, even if it the site has over 10 million users now;
The median number of tweets per user is… one;
Men have 15% more followers than women and are also...
