February 2012
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cordjefferson:
“I can’t believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus.”
A meth addict in Florida climbed into the fifth oldest tree in the world to get high and ended up burning it to the ground. Someone should write a short story about this. Will it be me?
“Sarah Barnes, 26, is charged with burning tree, 3,500.”
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Why Do Cats Purr?
theadventuresofmichaelpawlak:
OH GOOD, SOME OPINIONS →
The internet is saved.
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[This] book, which as a TED book is supposed to be about “a powerful idea,” is a...
– SMILE: The Astonishing Destructive Power of Positive Thinking - Download The Universe (via ayjay)
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Much Less Much More: lastbutnotleast: “But can we... →
lastbutnotleast:
“But can we please admit that many four year colleges do in fact attempt to indoctrinate students? And that a lot of Americans, including President Obama, regard that as a good thing? … It is nevertheless true that institutions of higher education generally value reason more than faith; they value intellectual achievement more than moral achievement; they’re implicated in...
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artyucko replied to your post: Oh good, the Academy Awards
YEAH BUDDY
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Oh good, the Academy Awards
Here come a bunch of opinions.
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: The Wall Street Journal Is Fucking Bullshit →
felixsalmon:
parislemon:
Earlier today, I broke some news.
I don’t typically do this anymore given my new job. But from time to time this will happen. But if you read The Wall Street Journal, you’d never know. Why’s that? Because they’re fuckheads who don’t credit actual sources of information.
I’m going to push back here. The WSJ did credit the actual source of its information: it got the...
Wired Consulting will be a bespoke business consultancy, sharing its “access and...
– The power of consultancy to make even seasoned journalists start talking in meaningless managementspeak never ceases to amaze. You’d think that speaking-in-English would be the obvious way for journalists to differentiate themselves in this market. I guess not.
Condé Nast U.K. Launches Wired...
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Haha according to Rotten Tomatoes "Extremely Loud...
So much for my screen adaptation of Eating Animals.
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The kids win their freedom through the power of rap, then celebrate their...
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O/U: Clicks away from the Wikipedia article for...
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Fortune Favors The Bold: Ranty Rant About... →
bobbybigwheel:
There’s been a mini-outrage about a 101-year-old knish shop, Yonah Schimmel, potentially going out of business on the Lower East Side. However, people are ignoring exactly WHY this place is going out of business.
“The store, where the knish was possibly invented, is…
I’d trade every knish ever made for one plate of Pok Pok wings.
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I don't have to work tomorrow.
Because of Canada.
OK, the idea that kids these days are “digital natives” is a nice, self-serving...
– California Dreamin’ | MetaFilter (via ayjay)
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IF TUMBLOR ISNT FOR MASTURBATION THEN WHAT IS IT...
notkimbendix:
IF TUMBLOR ISNT FOR MASTURBATION THEN WHAT IS IT FORE?
For whom is the funhouse fun?
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