December 2011
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“It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised...”
– ~Thomas de Quincy, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 1856
“According to Mr Farr, the “only motive” of the Hackerspace Global...”
– BBC News - Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship
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“When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than...”
– _why, (via David Tate (via robertogreco)
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“They want to take over the Internet,” he said. “Can you imagine how much we’re...”
– Ron Paul, talking about SOPA and PIPA
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Slams SOPA | TorrentFreak
(via fred-wilson)
Not particularly surprising, given Paul’s general opposition to federal “interference” of virtually any kind.
Now if he’d just change his positions on civil rights, monetary policy,...
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“Thor’s Oak was an ancient tree sacred to the Germanic tribe of the Catti,...”
– Thor’s Oak - Skadi Forum
Trying to learn more about “Thor’s Oak” and all you read about is the ass hat saint who chopped it down.
“Continuing as late as the 19th century, warden trees were venerated in areas of...”
– Yggdrasil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via cardinalspirits)
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“The human brain tends to think along pre-determined linear thought pathways....”
– Project M - Thinking Wrong since 2003
“If you’ve made two fairly high mountains why make a third?”
– Ken Kesey, when asked by Larry McMurtry if he intended to write any more novels (via newspeedwayboogie)
“I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to...”
– Voltairine de Cleyre
(via mutualaddiction)
Vermont's new goal: 90% renewable by 2050 →
icelandicbutterflies:
Another reason I live in the best state. And. Someday. When we have our own barn. We definitely want it to be covered in solar panels…
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“Musk makes no secret of the end goal: Create a new civilization on Mars....”
– 1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ? | Space Exploration | Air & Space Magazine (via iamdanw
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“This is that original,
This has no identical,
You can’t have my digital,...”
– Black Eyed Peas, Don’t Stop the Party
“If you count all the DVR, HBO GO, replay viewership, we were in the millions....”
– Vulture: “Bored to Death” Creator Jonathan Ames on the Show’s Cancellation (via joshkinberg)
Change the model.
“I never viewed money as being “my money” I always saw it as “The money” It’s a...”
– Louis CK
Talk? Talked. Walk? Walked.
(via whitneymcn)
So true. Like a hammer in your toolbox. It’s a tool to use when you need it.
WatchCincinnati to New Orleans By Water - Episode 1 (by rossbros)
Great little series chronicling the journey of four dudes in a houseboat trying to make their way down the MIssissippi River.
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“A strange thing happened Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. As Rep. Stenny Hoyer...”
– Boehner’s office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating | The Raw Story
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Leading Questions from CBS News about Iran...
An assertion by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta that Iran could have a nuclear weapon as soon as next year was based on a highly aggressive timeline and a series of actions that Iran has not yet taken, senior Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
In an interview broadcast Monday on “CBS Evening News,” Mr. Panetta was asked whether Iran could have a nuclear weapon in 2012.
“It would be sometime...
“Remotely piloted aircraft have regularly been touted, in the press and the...”
– Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Life and Death of American Drones | TomDispatch
“The language of Kickstarter is video, text is secondary.”
– Kickstarted: How one company is revolutionizing product development | The Verge (via iamdanw)
