January 2010
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FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of... →
azspot: When we saw the loophole, we had to ask ourselves, “Is this real net neutrality?” And the answer was simply, “No.” The entertainment industry is already pressuring ISPs to become copyright cops. Carving a copyright loophole in net neutrality would leave your lawful activities at the mercy of overbroad copyright filtering schemes, and we already have plenty of experience with copyright...
Jan 31st
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“One of the effects of nationalist thinking is a loss of a sense of proportion....”
– Howard Zinn, “Put Away the Flags”
Jan 29th
Working late means ramen from Katana-Ya http://www.yelp.com/biz/katana-ya-san-francisco
Jan 29th
Is it me or is it hard to take http://dataprivacyday2010.org/ seriously when it’s sponsored by AT&T and Google?
Jan 29th
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WatchWatch
Howard Zinn on Democratic Socialism (an interview by Big Think)
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
RT @MoRocca: Joint Chiefs refuse to applaud repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. That’s so gay. #sotu
Jan 28th
RIP Howard Zinn. http://tr.im/LPxH I still need to finish reading A People’s History of the US, but it has already shaped my politics.
Jan 28th
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It’s a appropriate that Steve says the iPad is “a dream to type on.” I don’t recall doing much typing in my dreams.
Jan 27th
RT @jameson9101322: #Psychonauts for $2 on Steam! Buy it now! http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/
Jan 27th
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Making a difference →
bobulate: For those who have ever heard, “Those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach:” Taylor Mali, on behalf of educators everywhere, on what teachers make: I make kids work harder than I ever thought they could. I make parents see kids for who they really are. I make kids wonder. I make them question. I make them criticize. I make them apologize and mean it. I make them write write...
Jan 26th
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What does it mean that it didn’t really sink in that it’s my birthday until I saw the date in the build info for a website I’m working on?
Jan 26th
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“In order to comply with government search warrants on user data, Google created...”
– Bruce Schneier, “U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google,” CNN.com
Jan 24th
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“Luckily for corporations, the activist justices appointed by an earlier version...”
– Douglas Rushkoff (via azspot)
Jan 22nd
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RT @feliciaday: #ff William H Macy has started Twitter @WilliamHallMacy. @Nathanfillion debuted him yesterday. Welcome! :D
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
NOW I finally understand the whole Conan/Leno debacle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9m1an-pQ8 (via @feliciaday)
Jan 21st
San Franciscans are so bad at driving in the rain that I saw a cab driving the wrong way up a one way street.
Jan 20th
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“The crude racist rhetoric of the past is now considered impolite. We pretend...”
–  Chris Hedges (via azspot)
Jan 18th
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“Q: What is the most important lesson life has taught you? A: That life is a...”
– Slavoj Žižek
Jan 18th
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“You have been told that real life is not like college and you have been...”
– Meryl Streep (via nancysun)
Jan 18th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Hey, does anyone know what the return policy on brains is? I think mine is defective.
Jan 14th
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“We have become the fastest-living creature on earth, producing more than the...”
– Michael C. Kalton, “The Faster We Live, The Shorter We Seem To Be On Time,” Cosmos And Culture Blog - NPR
Jan 14th
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The Fake Freeway Sign that Became a Real Public... →
Ankrom called his piece “guerrilla public service,” and that it was: His action quickly and seamlessly alleviated millions of headaches for those who were able to make their transition to the 5 somewhat less hairy (can you imagine how long it would have taken to petition Caltrans the old-fashioned way?). He very likely saved a few lives. But I see Ankrom’s work more like...
Jan 13th
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Ant Has Given Up Sex Completely, Researchers... →
The complete asexuality of a widespread fungus-gardening ant, the only ant species in the world known to have dispensed with males entirely, has been confirmed by a team of Texas and Brazilian researchers.
Jan 13th
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Arrested Development the movie to start filming... →
brighteryellow: The much-discussed but as of yet unrealized feature film version of the axed comedy series will begin filming this year, says one of its stars. Will Arnett, who played the Segway-riding Bluth brother Gob, tells ComingSoon.net that “Arrested Development” the movie is a definite. “We are working on the movie right now, yeah … We don’t have a completed script yet, but it’s...
Jan 13th
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RT @google: Important blog post: A new approach to China http://bit.ly/6jwVHP
Jan 13th
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“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six...”
– Oscar Wilde (via quote-book)
Jan 12th
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“Many of my fellow conservatives have an almost knee-jerk hostility toward gay...”
– Ted Olson, “The Conservative Case For Gay Marriage,” Newsweek.com
Jan 12th
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Why I Believe Printers Were Sent From Hell To Make... →
marco: Perfect. (via energyface)
Jan 12th
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RT @methodtweet: {method news} buh-bye jug. hello method laundry!!!! let the laundry revolution begin. http://ow.ly/Uo9d
Jan 12th
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The college admissions scam - The Boston Globe →
In truth, the SAT, which is thankfully being phased out at many schools, has had the opposite effect. Far from opening the doors of elite schoools to outstanding students from ordinary backgrounds, it has wound up giving an objective patina to an unjust process. In some ways it is the great subterfuge. That’s because SAT scores correlate highly to family income - an average of 12 point...
Jan 11th
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“I’m thinking about how eagerly we (by which I mean the Global North, I suppose)...”
– KR Blog » Testimony of the Colonized (via curate)
Jan 9th
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“This waking dream we call the Internet also blurs the difference between my...”
– Kevin Kelly (via azspot)
Jan 9th
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RT @joostvanbellen: Homophobes should be banned from enjoying all cool things gays made. (via @DitaVonTeese)
Jan 8th
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“It’s truly astounding to watch us — for a full decade — send fighter jets and...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via azspot)
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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“If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas,...”
– Jack Handey
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Bakon Vodka →
I’m guilty of craving bacon from time to time, but I’m not so sure about this one, guys.
Jan 4th
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“When it comes to Terrorism, discussions of motive have been declared more or...”
– Glenn Greenwald, “Cause and effect in the ‘Terror War,’” Salon.com
Jan 4th
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“And the damning question we have to ask is whether the doctor is set up to meet...”
– Atul Gawande, “McAllen, Texas and the high cost of health care,” The New Yorker
Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
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15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee - The Oatmeal →
Jan 3rd
I voted NPH http://www.afterelton.com/blog/edkennedy/man-decade-twitter
Jan 3rd