May 2013
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Honeybees Trained in Croatia to Find Land Mines →
Croatian researchers are training honeybees to find unexploded mines littering their country and the rest of the Balkans. Hey bees, I know you’ve got a bad case of colony collapse disorder, but we were wondering if we could send a few of you to find some bombs. Oh, don’t worry, it’s fine. You won’t get blown up. It’s fine.
May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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May 20th
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“Remember: What we talk about when we talk about celebrities is, as ever,...”
– Anne Helen Petersen
May 17th
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Haruki Murakami and the Art of Japanese... →
Translation is a matter of linguistic technique… which naturally ages as the particulars of a language change. While there are no undying works, on principle there can be no undying translations. It is therefore imperative that new versions appear periodically in the same way that computer programs are updated. At the very least this provides a broader spectrum of choices, which can only benefit...
May 12th
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One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last... →
Nearly one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died or disappeared last winter, an unsustainable decline that threatens the nation’s food supply and suggests that something is deeply foul in our environment.
May 8th
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May 8th
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No More Free Breakfasts →
Another destructive progressive idea So brave.
May 7th
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Kareem: 20 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was 30 →
18. Watch more TV. Yeah, you heard right, Little Kareem. It’s great that you always have your nose in history books. That’s made you more knowledgeable about your past and it has put the present in context. But pop culture is history in the making and watching some of the popular shows of each era reveals a lot about the average person, while history books often dwell on the powerful people. ...
May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 2nd
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April 2013
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High income improves evaluation of life but not... →
More money does not necessarily buy more happiness, but less money is associated with emotional pain. ok.
Apr 29th
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Subjective Well‐Being and Income: Is There Any... →
While the idea that there is some critical level of income beyond which income no longer impacts well-being is intuitively appealing, it is at odds with the data. Bummer.
Apr 29th
The Hell of American Day Care →
Shit.
Apr 18th
Why Boston's Hospitals Were Ready →
We’ve learned, and we’ve absorbed. This is not cause for either celebration or satisfaction. That we have come to this state of existence is a great sadness. But it is our great fortune.
Apr 17th
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Just witnessed someone rewrite the rules of...
bobbyfinger: 1 - Ready for the work day? 2 - Actually, I am! 1 - Haha, I guess we have no choice. 2 - Actually, we do have a choice. We can either greet each day with a sense of fear and hesitation, or with open arms. NOT GONNA BE A CYNIC TODAY NOSIRREE
Apr 16th
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readingbythepool: “This is not a remake of American Pie, but you never know who is watching and recording.” — Actual line from a UT crime prevention tip telling students not to sexy-Skype with strangers. UT police really know how to connect to students with their culture.  That movie came out when I was 14. And for some reason I loved it? I saw it 4 times in theaters. This was right after...
Apr 8th
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With an Act of Kindness, a Delaware Lady Vanishes... →
bobbyfinger: aminatou: Read this. If only for the lede No no, read the whole thing. Yeah, do that.
Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 3rd
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Nuance Thinks Voice Ads Could Be a Mobile Hit →
nope.
Apr 2nd
March 2013
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Mar 29th
Mar 27th
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Long Night at Today →
And for this he wakes up at 4 a.m.? Nice hit piece on Matt Lauer, the Jay Leno of morning shows.
Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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bobby finger: I can't remember if I've told this... →
bobbyfinger: but soon after I graduated from college a friend of mine drove to Dallas for a job interview. Immediately after, he sent me a text like “The women who interviewed me looked just like Stockard Channing and I almost told her as a way of breaking the ice, but I didn’t. Good idea?” I wrote back… The only two results in my gmail for “Stockard Channing” are...
Mar 22nd
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“Q: How can I access for internet because I don’t connect to internet? A:...”
– a Turkish work-study student here at the library. (We use a website to track unusual questions/answers. This was posted there last night)
Mar 21st
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Lupica: Morbid find suggests murder-obsessed... →
The man paused and said, “They believe that (Lanza) believed that it was the way to pick up the easiest points. It’s why he didn’t want to be killed by law enforcement. In the code of a gamer, even a deranged gamer like this little bastard, if somebody else kills you, they get your points. They believe that’s why he killed himself. I literally cannot think of a single video game where this is...
Mar 19th
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Some Theories on Why Men Don't Do as Many... →
The Epistemic Hypothesis: Perhaps men simply can’t see what needs to be done. The Motivational Hypothesis: Perhaps men have an inkling of what, supposedly, needs to be done, but they don’t believe the tasks are valuable enough to justify the time it would take to complete them. The Structural Hypothesis: Perhaps men are attentive, knowledgeable, and willing, but their...
Mar 11th
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Mar 11th
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Mar 7th
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Mar 7th
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Scientists say that eating your own poop is... →
Scientists say.
Mar 5th
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A shield of poop will protect Inspiration Mars... →
Poop is the best Google News alert.
Mar 4th
February 2013
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“In 1885 when Frost was 11, his father died of tuberculosis, leaving the family...”
– Jesus Christ, Robert Frost’s life.
Feb 27th
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Children swimming in septic tank →
Bogus 911 call about possible drowning
Feb 27th
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Children swimming in septic tank →
A child may have drowned while swimming in a septic tank in southwest Houston Wednesday morning.
Feb 27th
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Swimmer mauled to death by Great White Shark in... →
nah fuck that
Feb 27th
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Creme Puff (cat) →
I think Creme Puff wrote this entry.
Feb 27th
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Crossing The Street →
Recently, I found another way to evaluate people that tracks pretty closely with real life. Ready for it? Watch someone cross the street. I wait almost all the time because I like to pretend I follow the categorical imperative and that somehow by following rules I’m making the world closer to the place I wish it were, but, you know, sometimes I’m just in a hurry.
Feb 27th
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Embroidery Trouble Shooting Guide →
This is art.
Feb 26th
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Alabama courts eighth-grader →
Gross.
Feb 26th
Roxane Gay is Spelled With One "N": How a Wound... →
roxanegay: Last night’s Oscar ceremony and some of the commentary around the ceremony make the best possible case for why diversity matters. We largely knew what to expect with host Seth MacFarlane—immature sexist jokes that weren’t quite funny but could be if he tried, just a little. And then of course he… Well written and informative. This is worth a read for those of us who often...
Feb 25th
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ListenI listened to Kid Logic (This American Life #188)...
Feb 23rd
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“My first thought was, ‘Well, why not make a TV series about firewood?’” Mr....”
– The New York Times, obviously.
Feb 22nd
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“Sadly though, he is believed to have been eaten, possibly by a shark, sometime...”
– Antarctic Penguin Turns Up In New Zealand; Vets Say Condition ‘Touch And Go’
Feb 20th
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“I grew up with people who were not lettered people, most of whom couldn’t...”
– Clarence Thomas, sounding downright likable.
Feb 20th
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Feb 19th