December 2011
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“A PSYCHOLOGICAL TIP
Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind,
and...”
– “A Psychological Tip,” lovely grook by Danish scientist and poet Piet Hein (via curiositycounts)
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“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
“Perhaps all sides should ponder the words of Jefferson in his first inaugural...”
– http://www.economist.com/node/21541718
“Among his recent claims are that the founding fathers rejected Darwinism...”
– The faith (and doubts) of our fathers - Economist
“As this is happening, though, the protean Internet technologies of computing and...”
– The Internet Gets Physical - NYTimes.com
“School confuses us, so do bosses and families. Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid...”
– Seth’s Blog: The difference between a failure and a mistake
“If you do things that demean people due to their ethnicity, you are a racist.”
– Racist Girls Basketball Team Explains They’re Totally Not Racist
ladymisskate:
I’mma ride or die type chick.
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“Under SOPA, every single one of the services that Abe uses can be obliterated...”
– bricoleur: Overbroad Censorship & Users
“the bigger lesson in Aboujaoude’s book is that the internet does play a very...”
– The Dark Sides of Our Digital Self
“The fact that there was any debate over whether to call in experts on such a...”
– http://motherboard.tv/2011/12/16/dear-congress-it-s-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-the-internet-works
“Some background: Since its introduction, SOPA and its Senate twin PROTECT-IP...”
– Dear Congress It’s No Longer Okay To Not Know How The Internet Works by Joshua Kopstein
I wish someone could explain SOPA to me in regular people speak.
“Too bad there’s no algorithm to measure truth.”
– When Truth Survives Free Speech - NYTimes.com
“When she gets in a fight with someone, she frequently responds by creating a...”
– When Truth Survives Free Speech - NYTimes.com
Wow..it’s scary what can happen if you cross the wrong person who is so tech savvy.
“There are the language nerds, who just find grammar interesting, and the Na’vi...”
– In ‘Game of Thrones,’ a Language to Make the World Feel Real - NYTimes.com
This might be my favorite article this week. Just because it’s nerdy fun. Not that I’m a linguist or anything like that but I found this article so fascinating.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
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Imelda May (7)
Ben Harper (2)
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