February 2012
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Feb 11th
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A Mississippi lawmaker want to rename the Gulf of... →
Feb 10th
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Ever wondered what $4 billion worth of crystal... →
After a 15-ton seizure, the biggest ever, the US will probably see a noticeable disruption to its supply. Insert usual caveats about this being pointless and stupid.
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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This video of Barack Obama and an 8th grader... →
He’s so excited by science!
Feb 9th
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The models for American Gothic were real people,... →
Crazy!
Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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Republicans are significantly less enthusiastic... →
Romney doesn’t just fail to inspire, he uninspires. [via @eparillon]
Feb 8th
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TEPCO re: Fukushima: "So when we said 'cold... →
The “shut down” reactor is heating up again, and officials are saying “it was too early to say the plant is safe in December”. Well, awesome.
Feb 8th
Sometimes he says something, and I remember why I worked hard to get him elected. barackobama: “I’m going to make a special plea to the press—not just the folks who are here, but also your editors—give this some attention. This is the kind of stuff, what these young people are doing, that’s going to make a bigger difference in the life of our country over the long term than just about anything....
Feb 8th
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There isn't a single logically valid, nonreligious...
newsweek: spytap: Not one. And if the only argument you have is that your specific religion disapproves, well, that’s not really an argument at all; at least not in this country. Truth.
Feb 7th
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The Google+ API remains an embarrassing, read-only... →
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FiveThirtyEight says the economy has to create... →
This morning, the Labor Department said that the economy has added an average of 201,000 jobs per month for the last 3 months. Nate Silver’s analysis is, as usual, fascinating.
Feb 3rd
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Hackers have already found their way around the... →
Predictable.
Feb 3rd
Telling Grandma I'm Gay
pointednorth: If you’ve followed me for a while then you know that my blog isn’t made up entirely of drivel, but that I like to pause every once in a while to tell you a little bit about what it’s been like being me. I was born on a dairy farm in Paris, Tennessee in 1987 with an insurance agent, soon to be Southern Baptist Pastor, as a father and a 19 year old mother who worked as a part time...
Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Ready for The Big Game? You better be, because the... →
The IOC are equally militant, claiming a trademark on the word “team”, amongst other things.
Feb 2nd
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Verisign has belatedly revealed serious security... →
Verisign is a serious single point of failure in the security of online communication, so this is really scary news.
Feb 2nd
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