May 2010
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“we imagine on some level that our children are weaker than we were.”
– Children and technology: The soft bigotry of low expectations | The Economist
May 31st
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A Bouquet of Balloons & A Chair: A Dream Trip →
an American adventurer crossed the English Channel on Friday carried by a bundle of helium balloons, ending a quiet and serene flight by touching down in a French cabbage patch. Jonathan Trappe, 36, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was strapped in a specially equipped chair below a bright cluster of balloons when he lifted off early Friday from Kent, in southeast England.
May 30th
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May 30th
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“like walking upstream in a river of sorrow”
– How Our Brains Make Memories | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine
May 29th
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May 28th
“the architectural reconfiguration of our cities and towns has been an...”
– Kaplan: Was Democracy Just a Moment?
May 27th
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May 26th
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A computer program is writing great, original... →
(via obsoletethebook)
May 25th
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May 24th
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The Manhattan Street Corners →
cubicle17: The Manhattan Street Corners is my working title for a project to produce a comprehensive photographic portrait of everyday life at street level in daytime Manhattan. Between March and November, 2006, I systematically photographed each and every one of the island’s roughly 11,000 street corners. Guess that’s roughly 11,000 pictures I’ll have to look through to decide which ones I...
May 23rd
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“If admen had souls, many would probably trade them for an opportunity every...”
–  Menu Psychology to Entice Diners
May 22nd
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May 21st
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“But the more blatant lesson of Avatar is not that American imperialism is bad,...”
– In Which We Teach James Cameron a Thing or Two, by Lauren Bans (via youmightfindyourself)
May 21st
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May 20th
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Moral judgments can be altered by magnets →
MIT scientists applied magnetic fields to the right temporo-parietal junction, which has been shown with fMRI imaging to be involved in thinking about “judgements involving other people’s intentions,” and how those intentions alter the morality of their actions. In their experiments… …the researchers found that when the right TPJ was disrupted, subjects were more likely to judge failed attempts...
May 20th
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May 19th
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“Squirrels are tricky because we all instinctively act a little crazy.”
– NPR.org » Larry And The Axle
May 18th
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Cannonball (California is a place.)
May 17th
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“Journalists should follow the facts where they lead, especially if that’s...”
– Poynter: Things journalists should and shouldn’t do.
May 17th
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May 16th
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“deglobalization is falling hardest on the poor, which had adapted most radically...”
– The World is Bumpy
May 15th
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May 14th
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“Our observance of our Geneva obligations is not about the enemy, but about us,...”
– The Law of Armed Conflict : Six Questions for Gary Solis—By Scott Horton (Harper’s Magazine)
May 13th
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May 12th
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“The public service is jaded”
– Gary Corbett, a former Treasury Board employee, quoted in the Globe and Mail: Day’s humorous overture to staff falls flat
May 11th
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May 10th
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David Sirota: Some Simple Questions After Obama's... →
Simple budget question: Should we now believe that escalating the Afghanistan War at the same annual cost of universal health care will save more than 45,000 Americans a year (i.e. the number of Americans who die every year for lack of health insurance)?
May 10th
“You’re a bad worker or you’re a bad parent.”
– Tracking a New Kind of Civil Disobedience | CommonDreams.org
May 9th
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“If you thought globalization was destabilizing, just wait to see what...”
– The World Is Bumpy | The New Republic
May 8th
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May 7th
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“You will never see the situation of poor people if you look at it through the...”
– Muhammad Yunus quoted by Neil MacFarquhar of The New York Times on Banks Making Big Profits From Tiny Loans
May 6th
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May 5th
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“You want a secure connection between the high-pressure wellhead system and the...”
– Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened? - Drilling Ahead
May 5th
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May 5th
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“We don’t so much like Tate Modern as hope to be like it: with its relaxed...”
– Tate Modern: a symbol of Britain as it would like to be - Telegraph
May 4th
May 4th
“I reach for my revolver when I hear the word quirky. Or edgy. Those words are...”
– Is Indie Dead?
May 4th
May 4th
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May 4th
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“… then from the worst of circumstances came the finest, noblest elements...”
– Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened? - Drilling Ahead
May 3rd
“Powerpoint has changed the culture of decision-making.”
– Dumb-dumb bullets - Armed Forces Journal
May 3rd
Carlsen: Chess was probably just another pastime.
SPIEGEL: There was no crucial experience?
Carlsen: I saw Ellen, my sister, playing. I think I wanted to beat her at it.
May 3rd
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May 3rd
May 2nd
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“The crowded network of transportation system reminds me of the general...”
– April White on Russell Smith talks about his novel Girl Crazy on CBC’s The Next Chapter
May 1st
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“This feeling that we’re all in it together may have benefited communities by...”
– Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again - NYTimes.com
May 1st