September 2009
38 posts
“We are here to help others; what the others are here for, I do not know”
– Wynstan H. Auden
“If you are new to idling and feel compelled to be purposefully occupied,...”
– 10 ways to enjoy doing nothing
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Blueprint for a better world - New Scientist →
Beware of common sense
Legalise drugs
Give police your DNA
Redefine the bottom line
Tax carbon
End pillaging of the high seas
Take friday off…forever
Get real
Screen your genes
Eat more plants
Pimp your house
Be nice to people
Share things
Move to the city
Consume sceptically
Offset your emisions
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“to create behavior change we need to start thinking of people as herd animals....”
– in development: Using cows to broadcast behavior change.
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“scientists […] have found Arctic Ocean ice thickness has declined 53 percent...”
– RSOE EDIS - Climate Change Monitoring
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“Facebook doesn’t ruin friendships, being a self important asshole does”
– sbdc
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“The French president has announced a «revolutionary» plan to make joy and...”
– The Telegraph
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“Italian authorities have found the wreck of a ship sunk by the mafia with 180...”
– Reuters
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“That’s the whole world’s flag… we just haven’t added the extra stars yet.”
– Comment by Morgan on «Courtesy of the red, white and blue? Let’s show some at TC50»
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“The quality of an area can be judged by the number of kebab shops.”
– Anonymous (via Lucie’s Pocket Guide to Judging Areas of London)
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“proof that components in the diet can permanently alter genes is itself a...”
– Fat reprograms genes linked to diabetes - New Scientist
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“The “rhetorical question mark” or Percontation Point was invented by...”
– Irony mark - Wikipedia
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“« We thought it was true so we printed it without checking,» associate...”
– The Onion strikes again.
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“The whole internet, from top to bottom, is a series of nested foil-wrapped pigs.”
– Comments from ‘On HTML 5 Drag and Drop « alert debugging’
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“[‘American’:] Developing nations like Brazil and France are where we...”
– Adolf bin Streisand (a TechCrunch Troll) commenting on ‘Why TechCrunch Is Not Coming to Brazil After All’—or ‘how to boost your traffic by stirring up nationalistic tendencies’.
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