December 2010
Bullerjan Stove "Designed By Canadian... →
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I like the look of this thing.
Why trying to think of what would make a TreeHugger post go completely viral, I come up with green sex in front of a wood or pellet…
Dodge Cars = Freedom = America →
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Expect more ads like this as the trains/bikes/transit vs car debate moves forward.
Dmitriy T.M. sent in this Dodge ad that associates cars with liberty and, by extension,…
Is Less Reading Making Americans Less Empathetic? →
A new study from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor shows that Americans’ levels of empathy have dropped significantly in the last three decades.
Using a questionnaire called The…
80% Of All US' Antibiotics Given To Farm Animals →
photo: CALM Action/Creative Commons Even for someone who follows sustainable agriculture and animal welfare issues, this is pretty astounding: New analysis by the Center for a Livable…
“I’m not much of a dancer.”
Pulp Fiction... →
“I’m not much of a dancer.” Pulp Fiction (1994)
Man Officially Cured of HIV →
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Man officially cured of HIV. Your share is invalid. (h/t SCJ)
For the first time, a man has been declared officially cured of HIV. The remedy may nearly have killed…
“Sic transit gloria. Glory fades. I’m Max... →
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Sen. Mark Pryor’s yard.
“Sic transit gloria. Glory fades. I’m Max Fischer.” Rushmore (1998)
Facebook Will Miss You →
Genesis C. smartly decided to deactivate her Facebook account, and thus its distractions, during her final exams. “It felt as if Facebook was doing all it could to convince me to stay.” First…
US Army Evaluating Solar Powered Tents →
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I could live here.
Advances in photovoltaic technology have led to the development of thin, flexible solar cells. It’s possible to build a tent out of them, and…
Word Lens →
This is just flat out magical…you hold your iPhone running Word Lens up to some text in, say, Spanish, and you’ll automatically see it translated into English. !!! No, like !!!!! …
Fox Management Ordered Reporters to Spin Global... →
Surprise! Management at Fox Cable “News” instructed journalists to spin reporting on climate change by casting doubt on the indisputable fact that the world has warmed over the…
Bench Made from a Thousand Belts →
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Not feeling the bull, but like the idea of a chair or bench made with belts.
Hongtao Zhou, a sculpture professor at the University of Wisconsin, made a bench out…
Being And Time - The Daily Dish | By Andrew... →
Good video. Love these RSAnimate videos.
That Don't Seem Right →
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Nothing to see here.
Just to remind everyone: the judge who declared part of the Health Care law unconstitutional today? He’s a part owner of a GOP consulting firm that among…
Putting Assange In Perspective →
E.D. Kain does it with pointed questions:
If the publisher of a small website dedicated to the dissemination of the state-secrets of the Chinese government were operating their publishing…
On this rock ... →
Little Rock over the years has found itself cast as one of the meanest cities in America. Why? It has too often elevated image over humane treatment of the homeless. by Max Brantley Little Rock over…
Climate Scientists vs. Congress (Video) →
At the moment, I can’t think of a profession I’m less envious of than that of the American climate scientist. Consider: The climate science community’s years of meticulous study, research,…
The Legacy Of Elizabeth Edwards →
ThinkProgress is devastated and heartbroken to hear that the health of our dear friend and colleague Elizabeth Edwards has deteriorated, as she wages her courageous battle against breast…
Powerful and Deadly Hurricanes, As Seen From Outer... →
Photo credit: NASA Goddard For coastal regions around the world, the threat of hurricanes—strong storms fueled by warm air and water—is a seasonal reality. Each year, storm cells form over…
Hey Starbucks! Inhabitat Has An Idea For You… →
Dear Starbucks, we love your new-and-improved-no-spill-stainless-steel-reusable coffee mug. However, we would like to offer you a bit of advice from the Inhabiteam. We think you could…
One more nail in the social security coffin →
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whenever I hear “payroll tax holiday” I think: http://relentlesspoa.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/ackbar1.gif
One More Nail In The Social Security Coffin by digby Social…
World map of lightning strikes →
See that dark purple spot of heavy activity in North America? That’s more or less centered over where I grew up. God, I miss thunderstorms. And, speaking of deities, what is up with this,…
Brian Cook Illustration →
via http://www.briancookillustration.blogspot.com/
Louis CK Absolutely Kills It on "The Tonight Show" →
by The Awl
Louis CK joined Leno on The Tonight Show on Friday night, and he was amazing. Louis’ standup is so conversational that he often does new material on a talk show couch that later…
What liberal anger on the tax cuts is all about →
I remember when the first Bush tax cuts were passed back in 2001. It was a political masterstroke for Republicans because — unlike President Obama’s stimulus tax cuts — they made damn sure…
Assange Voluntarily Enters the Legal System–But... →
by Choire Sicha
Right now, people are demonstrating outside a British court, where Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange will most likely receive bail and a court date, according…
In Protest - The Big Picture - Boston.com →
via http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/in_protest.html
Balls →
via Theremina.
Can the White House win in 2012 by losing on the... →
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Is this brilliant spin or is Ezra actually making sense? Like just about everyone on the left, I have been frustrated with the poor handling of the Bush tax cuts, but is…
Video chats can lead to weird hallucinations →
JWT India is getting buzz for this Airtel spot called “Endless Goodbye,” in which a couple in love never really have to say goodbye to each other—thanks to the client’s mobile…
WikiLeaks Hit With Denial of Service Attacks Just... →
WikiLeaks has unveiled what may be one of the most controversial and U.S.-damaging documents to date: a secret diplomatic cable listing locations abroad that the U.S. considers vital to…
Map: Religions & Ethnicities of Iraq →
Religio-Ethnic Map of Iraq
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Proof That Texas Executed an Innocent Man... →
Ten years after Claude Jones was executed for murder in Texas new DNA tests on the only physical evidence in the case — a hair sample that the prosecution claimed could only have come from Jones —…
Super-Tiny Chameleon Photographed in Madagascar →
Photo: Will Burrard-Lucas In nature, some of the most incredible species come in the tinniest packages. While traveling in Madagascar recently, wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas happened upon this teensy-weensy
Map: Ethnicities Afghanistan →
Ethnicities in Afghanistan
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Oil Workers Scramble to Clean a Giant Popcorn... →
Photo: Bruno Rico, via UltimoSegunda Last week, a boat in the Amazon spilled around 210,000 gallons of popcorn into a major river, making the surface of the water look a bit like the floor…
There's No Longer A Happy Ending Where We Prevent... →
Down in Mexico at the COP16 climate conference, Andy Revkin of the New York Times just posted a video interview he did with environmental campaigner and thinker extraordinare Read the…
The Future Of Online Ads? →
David Zax reports on a new type of YouTube ad that allows you to skip or fast forward:
Viewers were presented with a pop-up video featuring a large “fast-forward” button. Click it once, and…
Nowhere Near Here, Wonderful Street Art Stop... →
“Nowhere Near Here”, a wonderful stop motion animation video by Pahnl that uses a combination of light with stencils and long exposure photography that took over 300 hours to make, using…
1000Memories Focuses on Dealing with Death in the... →
When Rudy Adler’s friend died last year, he was suddenly and painfully reminded of the shortcomings of social networks—Facebook and Twitter focus on connections between living…
Calling out 'dickishness' [Thoughts from Kansas] →
Steve Benen and Andrew Sullivan are discussing the dickishness of Republicans, and the value in calling out ‘dickishness’. Sullivan notes: What we’ve observed these past two years is a…
Fish Feel Pain Too →
Everybody hurts, including fish.
Don Draper: Scourge of business, hero of... →
At the beginning of Ken Auletta’s “Googled,” Auletta talks with Mel Karmazin, then the CEO of Viacom. Karmazin is aghast at Google’s campaign to measure the effectiveness of advertising by…
Wildlife Crossing Competition Finalists Propose... →
Olin Studio ARC Competition; PDF here Designboom reminds us of the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition, , to promote “innovation in feasible, buildable…
The Way We Rationalize Obsessive Fandom Now →
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Jayhawks!
by JL Weill
It was a Sunday morning not long ago and I was about two-thirds of the way through the full college basketball scoreboard, over 100 games of…
High-speed camera shooting FROM a train →
Graeme Taylor shot out the window of a train at 210 frames per second, reversing the usual trick of shooting and slowing down a high-speed object from a stationary spot; rather, he shot a…
Tennessee Will Get Electric Car Chargers at... →
The “old country store” embraces the new. Cracker Barrel is going to install electric vehicle charging stations at 24 of its restaurants along three Tennessee freeways. Twelve of them will…
200k Votes 'Found' a Month After Election in NYC →
WTF?! 200,000 votes?!
Of course, this is just one of the reasons why we always encourage candidates to not concede on Election Night…
The city’s Board of Elections routinely reminds New…
A Tax Cut For Everyone →
Joshua Tucker gives a basic lesson in tax rates:
I just want to point out again that the current Democratic proposal for extending tax cuts is a tax cut for everyone who pays taxes. The cut…
Boehner Calls Middle Class Tax Cuts "Chicken Crap" →
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Rep. John Boehner, September 12, 2010:
“If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, I’ll vote for them,” Boehner said, later adding: “But I’m…