March 2012
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“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via nedhepburn)
February 2012
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“I’ve got to admit, it’s been funny to watch some of these folks...”
– POTUS at the United Auto Workers conference today (video)
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“But can we please admit that many four year colleges do in fact attempt to...”
– Conor Friedersdorf
theatlantic: Let’s hear it. Is Conor wrong?
markcoatney: Yes. Also, if I were a Notre Dame alum I’d be fairly offended at being lumped in with a racist institution like Bob Jones.
Politicalprof: This is pedantry at its best.
All education is transformative. No one is born...
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“The four words that will define this century: The Earth is full.”
– @paulgilding at TED
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“What else would explain the magnificence of Angelina Jolie, with her streaming...”
– Anthony Lane, The Oscars: Man or Muppet?
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“At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...”
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via inothernews)
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“The Artist is fucking winning every single award. How’s that happening? I...”
– Seth Rogen at Spirit Awards
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“I honestly bet that Brett Ratner really wished he was organizing the Grammys...”
– Seth Rogen at tonight’s Spirit Awards
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A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of... →
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
Read on.
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“I agree that if a social media platform bans certain content, people will find another place to post it.
Now that Facebook has banned pics of earwax I look forward to following fuckyeahearwax.tumblr.com…. More seriously, I am impressed with Tumblr’s new efforts to help protect people, and to connect people who search for things like “thinspiration” and other...
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A few thoughts on new tumblr policy...
biteofpythias:
I haven’t had the time to fully work through my thoughts on this (so I may shift), but here is my reaction to tumblr’s new policy, which seems to be being very positively received.
1) Tumblr is a private company and has complete decision-making authority over what users can do with their service. So, some knee-jerk arguments about freedom of speech simply confuse public and...
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“Gloom is easy, comedy is hard.”
– Molly Haskell | NYT: The last comedy to win Best PIcture was Annie Hall in 1978
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“mardi gras is one of the best things in this world: it combines the amazing spirit of new orleans with music, friends, children, old people, booze, crawfish boils, beads, screaming, laughing, stumbling, masks, strategizing, saying ‘sidewalk side’ a lot, lights, floats, confusion, koozies, dancing, costumes, and a willingness to endure some pain and lose some sleep. time exists on another...
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Corporations Don’t Need a Tax Cut, So Why Is Obama... →
“The Obama administration is proposing to lower corporate taxes from the current 35 percent to 28 percent for most companies and to 25 percent for manufacturers.
The move is supposed to be “revenue neutral” – meaning the Administration is also proposing to close assorted corporate tax loopholes to offset the lost revenues. One such loophole allows corporations to park their earnings...
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BBC transcript to be used in wake of nuclear... →
This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known. We shall bring you further information as soon as possible. Meanwhile, stay tuned to this wavelength, stay calm and stay in your own homes.
Remember there is nothing to be...
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