December 2010
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WatchPANICS outakes from @redvsblue
8-Year-Olds Publish Scientific Bee Study →
“We discovered that bumblebees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. We also discovered that science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before.”
“Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.”
– Mary Catherine Bateson
“If you don’t have the freedom to believe, then it’s not a real life.”
– Bu Dongwei
YES > @ninhotline: It’s that time of year again - get your Nine Inch Noels fix at http://apocrypha.badgods.com/posts/nineinchnoels
“Happiness is not so much in having or sharing. We make a living by what we get,...”
– Sir Norman Duckworth Kerr MacEwen
Reblog if you're a lip biter.
buddhabrot:
lol i read this as i was biting my lip
“I’m stunned to learn of an epidemic of this severity and magnitude at a...”
– Joseph Graziano, professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve...”
– James Allen
“Armed men have been coming to the personal houses of United Nations employees,...”
– Choi Young-jin, UN Special Representative in Cote d’Ivoire
> @tpmmedia: Anti-gay Republicans in Iowa are trying to impeach the four remaining Supreme Court justices http://tpm.ly/haTigP ^@rachelslaj
“Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
– Nadine Gordimer
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Matthew Harwood & Kaos Studios (98)
Boards of Canada (33)
Орига (30)
Zero 7 (18)
Air (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
70 Bizarre and Creative Business Cards →
70 AMAZINGLY AWESOME and Creative Business Cards via noupe.com (fixed that for you).
Infographic: Internet Censorship Report (by @TopsyRT) http://bit.ly/e7Wrf5
Indeed. > @zoecello: this is what social media is all about….so fans of brassicas can find each other
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“The aspirations it affirms — including the respect for the institutions...”
– U.S. President Barack Obama
Medieval England Richer Than Many Countries Today
Per capita income in medieval England would have been about $1,000 if measured in 1990 U.S. dollars — substantially higher than in many poor countries today, according to research led by University of Warwick economist Stephen Broadberry. By the same measure, per capita income in Zaire, Burundi, and Niger is currently $249, $479, and $514, respectively.
(via @HarvardBiz)
Proof that Ban Ki-moon is most excellent: http://is.gd/iRl7i
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WatchAtlas and P-body are adorable.
Master of Play: Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's man... →
Shigeru Miyamoto has always tried to re-create his childhood wonderment. He’s the closest thing there is to an autobiographical game creator, and shuns focus groups: “As long as I can enjoy something, other people can enjoy it, too.”
(via @newyorker)
“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary...”
– Benjamin Franklin
Michael Moore Doubles Down on Rape Apologia →
In case you missed it, Michael Moore is failing all over the place with the rape allegations against Julian Assange. #mooreandme
“For those of you who think it’s wrong to support Julian Assange because of the...”
– Michael Moore, showing quite a bit of FAIL #mooreandme
The Art of Keira Rathbone →
Keira Rathbone, artist
The Art of Keira Rathbone →
Keira Rathbone, artist
Ohai tumblweed, why won’t you pass videos I post on tumblr as a video post and not “Twitter message”, whatever that means?
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WatchWonderfest 2010: How Did Evolution Shape Human Behavior - What is the Evolutionary Purpose of Art? (via @foratv)
“You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”
– Senior U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke’s reported last words
The Noun Project →
Their mission? “Sharing, celebrating and enhancing the world’s visual language.”
“There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in...”
– Lady Marguerite Gardiner,Countess of Blessington