January 2011
9 posts
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What Lies behind Egypt’s Problems?
What Lies behind Egypt’s Problems? How do They Affect Others? | Our Finite World.
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Lego keychain
Icqip.jpg (480×640).
Awesome :)
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Egypt and the US
Those who propose the United States somehow adopt an approach of “noninterference” should remember that silence will be interpreted as complicity by Egyptians. America, after all, far from a bystander, is the Egyptian regime’s primary benefactor. The billions it has given Egypt in economic and military aid means that the United States, more than any other country, enjoys...
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Charlie Stross tours a nuclear power plant
I can also report that there’s an almost eerie workplace cultural emphasis on safety. Posters plastered on almost every available surface exhort you to know what you’re doing ahead of time, understand and avoid the risks, don’t be careless, wear your helmet, check — are your shoelaces tied? — there was even (near the exit) a poster urging everybody to “take...
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A Lot Happens In 10 Years
/via A Lot Happens In 10 Years | Flickr - Photo Sharing!.
This seems insane, the fatty fat laptop looks fake.
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Depression linked to processed food
Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.
/via BBC NEWS | Health | Depression link to processed food.
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Peak oil, climate change and transportation...
I dont want my great-grandchildren to ride donkey carts over crumbling ten-lane interstates. I dont want them to have to spend valuable energy replacing concrete roadbeds over and over again for buses. I dont want them packed into aging buses. I want them to inherit the most efficient transportation system that humanity has ever devised: a network of compact, walkable and bikeable cities and towns...
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Google's dropping H.264 from Chrome a step...
Google might want WebM to become the dominant web video standard, but H.264 is set to remain the dominant video standard for years to come, and WebM is never going to achieve that same status. Web browsers can either handle that standard natively (maximizing both user convenience and quality), or they can stick their head in the sand and ignore it, forcing users and site operators alike to...
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Government-created climate of fear
Government-created climate of fear - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com.
Depressing as usual…