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Ruling Against Health Care Law Evens Scorecard at... →

This is the federal judgment which backs up the previous judgment out of Virginia. Not looking good for the legislation.

Feb 1st

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Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. →

Even if nothing else good comes out of the uproar in Egypt, at least Al Jazeera is getting coverage in America.

Jan 31st

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NPR's Robert Krulwich on Intuitive Mathematics

creativelearningmsu: Last month, when Vi Hart’s math doodling video (below) was zooming around the internet, Robert Krulwich (NPR science correspondent and host of the fabulous Radiolab) made a wonderful connection. You may have noticed she’s a touch angry about how math is taught in America. She thinks it can be done better — more intuitively, joyously. So does Paul Lockhart, a math...

Jan 31st

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Predictions for 2011 | Freedom to Tinker →

This is very well thought out list. Give it a scour.

Jan 31st

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Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. →

hitrecordjoe: We Americans are giving the Egyptian government shit for trying to block information. Meanwhile, American cable companies refuse to offer this world-renowned news source, which would be the best place on TV for us to see what’s going on over there. That is precisely why I have Al Jazeera on my iPod Touch.

Jan 31st

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Jan 31st

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Create a Connection-Free Walden's Pond in Your... →

I really love this idea, but I have only one room…

Jan 31st

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Jan 29th

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“At 22:34 UTC (00:34am local time), Renesys observed the virtually simultaneous...”

– Egypt Leaves the Internet - Renesys Blog This move is unprecedented and is incredible from both a political/societal standpoint, and an economic/technical one. What happens when you pull the plug on an internet dependent country?

Jan 28th

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What we're dying to see from ABC's Edgar Allan Poe... →

Sheesh, this list is just awful. I could get with most of it (for an episode or two) but no CSI:Miami references allowed.

Jan 28th

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“TorrentFreak has some nice technical details on Bahnhof, the Swedish ISP that...”

– Swedish ISP will anonymize all its users’ traffic - Boing Boing

Jan 27th

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Amazon Security Flaw May Make Your Old Password... →

I experienced this issue several months ago and reported it to Amazon. I then promptly forgot about it, when I should have been harassing Amazon repeatedly. I will take partial responsibility. I am sorry.

Jan 27th

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hitRECordJoe: The Social Network & My Generation... →

hitrecordjoe: The Social Network & My Generation an open letter to my friend Peter Travers Peter, Hey man! So, I finally watched The Social Network the other night, and today I read your review of it, curious about your claim that this film defines my generation. First let me say, I agree that…

Jan 27th

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Jan 27th

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Watch

funnyordie: Bromance with Michael Cera, Tony Danza and Martin Starr A budding bromance flourishes as three famous friends stop by the Gallery 1988/Funny Or Die “Is This Thing On” comedy-art exhibit.

Jan 27th

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“Farke reanalyzed the same set of fossils, and came to a different conclusion...”

– Triceratops: Not quite dead yet I love finds like this, but I wonder how long this disagreement will persist.

Jan 26th

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“Give caffeine to cells engineered to produce viruses used for gene therapy and...”

– Caffeine energizes cells, boosting virus production for gene therapy applications

Jan 26th

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Nation's Report Card: Science Results Alarming,... →

I am in the arts, and love what I do, but I am nevertheless proficient in the sciences. This finding is something that should be remedied, as we cannot continue to be innovative with out population of scientifically-proficient workers diminishing. Don’t get me wrong, this is in no way a nationalist plea. I would say the same of any population falling behind.

Jan 26th

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“Everyone, myself included, probably has a delusion or two in their belief...”

– Can Jared Loughner help us get beyond good and evil? - Boing Boing

Jan 26th

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Microcosm Zine Store in Portland Will Exchange... →

Jan 26th

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“The jabs at Star Trek from Moore — who had only recently ended a long stint on...”

– The original Battlestar Galactica series bible is Ron Moore’s rebuke to Star Trek

Jan 26th

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Jan 25th

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Jan 25th

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Thank you Tumblr!

Just wanna say I love the new 503 error page. It will bring the sense of calm I need when Tumblr is unavailable. oatmeal: They used my TumblBeasts! Thanks guys! -The Oatmeal

Jan 25th

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Jan 24th

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“Tal Golesworthy, a British engineer from Tewkesbury, suffered from Marfan...”

– Engineer designs his own heart implant - Boing Boing

Jan 24th

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“Murphy acknowledges he still struggles with demons that haunted his youth, but...”

– “Satanist” turned heavy metal minister - Boing Boing Wonderful, he was an unstable extremist, and no he is just a different kind of the same.

Jan 24th

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“US states are facing a new obstacle to enforcing the death penalty after the...”

– Lethal injection drug production ends in the US | World news | The Guardian

Jan 24th

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“The success of the specials has now convinced Dave to develop a longer series in...”

– Red Dwarf to return for a new series I am hopeful for this, despite the lackluster latter seasons and dull miniseries. If they can get back to basics, the new series could be incredible. All that said, why will it be so long before we see more episodes? A year and a half is a long time to wait...

Jan 22nd

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Not a good time for this

I woke up with a killer headache and my reading list for this weekend includes: Surfacing by Margaret Atwood Areopagitica by John Milton short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Alice Monroe a few histories of John Milton roughly four theoretical articles I may need something more powerful than Aleve to get this thing knocked out.

Jan 22nd

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BPS Research Digest: Coffee helps women cope with... →

Jan 21st

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