February 2012
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43 percent of voters say random choices from phone... →
washingtonpoststyle:
This does not link to an Onion article. Via Karen Tumulty
Ah hah hah hah!!
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PLAY AGAIN | Home →
Psyched to be screening this great film about play at Peoples Academy in Morrisville, VT at 7PM on March 15.
FOCUS | Madonna, Like a Man, and Hated for It →
Common Voice: David Budbill Reading →
sterlingcollege:
The poet David Budbill will visit Sterling on Thursday, February 16th, to read from his recent collection “Happy Life” as well as from earlier works.
Budbill lives not far from Sterling College, on the slopes of a mountain near Bear Swamp, where just last week students enrolled in Winter…
January 2012
9 posts
Joy of Quiet from the NYTimes
This is nice. Somehow flawed, but nice.
December 29, 2011
The Joy of Quiet
By PICO IYER
ABOUT a year ago, I flew to Singapore to join the writer Malcolm Gladwell, the fashion designer Marc Ecko and the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister in addressing a group of advertising people on “Marketing to the Child of Tomorrow.” Soon after I arrived, the chief executive of the agency that had invited...
December 2011
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WatchNice video from some guys at Stowe - nice!: Triple Chair Thursdays
“Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights. It is a violation...”
– U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • Giving vocal support to the plight of oppressed LGBT persons worldwide, at a meeting of diplomats in Geneva. Clinton’s speech is being hailed as a landmark event in terms of U.S. foreign policy towards LGBT rights, and dovetails with the Obama...
How To Be More Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) →
How to be interesting in ten (not so) simple steps. Yay.
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November 2011
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WatchTug running in with the tide on the East River
“The encampment in City Hall Park is not sustainable. This is especially true...”
– Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in a statement regarding the eviction of Occupy L.A. protesters. The note takes a very conciliatory tone, one that reflects the positive relationship the movement has with the city: “It is my hope that we can conclude this first chapter of Occupy LA in a...
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in...”
– President Eisenhower. (I wish ten million Americans would send this quote to President Obama.)
vruz: posted and reblogged many times before. never out of fashion.
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No caption necessary. (via gregcohn)
mohandasgandhi:
China holds 8% of U.S. treasuries and owns 12% of U.S. public debt. Americans own 54% of our public debt, foreigners own 46%… and yet, China is somehow always incredibly scary.
I sometimes wonder if these candidates can even spell “economics” without help.
Hah. Foreign debt.
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“Since container ports are efficient, industry didn’t need to locate near them,...”
– The Epic Story of Container Shipping (via cacioppo)
Cool! Transitional economies based on container shipping! Who knew!
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WatchBoats, oars, night on Lake Champlain
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WatchPerkins Pier - November 13. 61 degrees F - 6:00PM
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Artificial intelligence: Difference Engine:... →
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futuramb:
In his analysis, Mr Ford noted how technology and innovation improve productivity exponentially, while human consumption increases in a more linear fashion. In his view, Luddism was, indeed, a fallacy when productivity improvements were still on the relatively flat, or slowly rising, part of the exponential curve. But after two centuries of technological improvements,...
Technoccult: Nassim Nicholas Taleb: End Bonuses... →
it’s time for a fundamental reform: Any person who works for a company that, regardless of its current financial health, would require a taxpayer-financed bailout if it failed should not get a bonus, ever. In fact, all pay at systemically important financial institutions — big banks, but also…
Hedge Fund wizard with a good idea
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Art
art
1 [ahrt] noun1.the quality, production, expression, or realm, according toaesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.