October 2009
189 posts
[from thejus' greader] UK: Professor Nutt sacked →
thejus says: funniest title this week Professor David Nutt, the government’s chief drug adviser, has been sacked a day after claiming that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than…
Oct 31st
[from thejus' greader] Today in Feminist History →
On October 30, 2005, six days after Rosa Parks’ death, she was transported to the US Capitol and became the first woman to lie in honor (have their body be presented for public recognition)…
Oct 30th
[from thejus' greader] Gang steals phone wires out... →
I guess commodity prices just spiked again: a gang ripped a kilometer of copper phone wire out of an English street, presumably for the scrap value. 800 homes and businesses lost phone service and…
Oct 30th
[from thejus' greader] "Be kind, for everyone you... →
Oct 30th
[from thejus' greader] #115317 →
Oct 30th
[from thejus' greader] Morrissey In Bitter Lyrics... →
It’s tough to see the poets of your youth turn into the mordant cynics of middle-age. The Times of London’s man at Morrissey’s Albert Hall show is shocked and disappointed by an alteration of…
Oct 29th
[from thejus' greader] Dangerous Minds | The... →
Fans of Chris Smith (American Movie, The Yes Men) can look forward to the indie director’s upcoming release, Collapse. In it, Smith gives the Errol Morris treatment to Michael Ruppert, the one-time…
Oct 29th
[from thejus' greader] Russia Develops Spaceship... →
Oct 29th
[from thejus' greader] Bill Requiring Signs At... →
BALTIMORE — City Hall was the site of heated debate Tuesday over a new proposal requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs detailing what they don’t provide certain services. Tuesday,…
Oct 29th
[from thejus' greader] Roadrunner supercomputer... →
thejus says: ACME’s newest supercomputer For years scientists have struggled with the difficult physics of inertial confinement fusion. This is the attempt to compress a target capsule containing…
Oct 29th
[from thejus' greader] The planet will survive,... →
thejus says: no…but is that really that big of a deal? Earth’s climate has come through many severe changes over thousands of years. But humans have never influenced them as much as today, nor…
Oct 29th
[from thejus' greader] 'Feel-good' hormone... →
Oct 29th
[from thejus' greader] US Chamber of Commerce... →
Mother Jones senior editor Michael Mechanic writes in with this update on the “Yes Men pwn the US Chamber of Commerce” story I blogged about last week, which Cory further updated here….
Oct 29th
[from alex's greader] Complaint #522 →
alex says: So true. There’s never enough bicycle parking at the farmer’s market. -Whine by @stephendalton
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] Actor Clancy Brown Might Be... →
Looking at the more recent successful films, it’s becoming clear that star power is no longer a guaranteed box office draw for audiences. Unknown actors and actresses are garnering as…
Oct 28th
[from alex's greader] Autumn Salad Recipe: Kale... →
We love kale, passionately. It’s almost the only bright spot of green in the winter, and we’re gearing up to eat a lot of it this year! Well, we just found the absolutely best way to eat kale…
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] Bea Arthur leaves 300K to... →
Just when thought you couldn’t miss this woman more, we find that Bea Arthur has left $300,000 to the Ali Forney Center in New York, an organization that supports homeless LGBT youth. …
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] US Chamber of Commerce... →
Mother Jones senior editor Michael Mechanic writes in with this update on the “Yes Men pwn the US Chamber of Commerce” story I blogged about last week, which Cory further updated here….
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] randominternet: via... →
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] Bea Arthur leaves 300K to... →
Just when thought you couldn’t miss this woman more, we find that Bea Arthur has left $300,000 to the Ali Forney Center in New York, an organization that supports homeless LGBT youth. …
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] Dizzy →
My brother of 4 years old said, “I don’t really believe in God. I don’t think that God exists. I think he’s made up. Maybe we should ask Santa.” IMMD
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] Headpiece Jabbing for... →
thejus says: YOU WILL BE HAPPY [Lauren] has created a facial conditioning device dubbed the Happiness Hat. The hat measures a sensor at the wearer’s cheek to determine if the…
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] Now You See It, Now You... →
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] Engineers use... →
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] DxF2009, Utrecht: "All the... →
thejus says: Fascinating!! Given at Design By Fire 2009, Utrecht http://www.designbyfire.nl/2009/ Talk description: “People, places, time. The triu
Oct 28th
alex tweets... →
Sometimes white, sensitive singer-songwriter dudes strike me as the most scary and misogynistic people around.
Oct 28th
[from thejus' greader] "If I had not gone into... →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] "A person of good... →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Stuck in my head now, but I... →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Monster Shark Terrorizes... →
What’s going on off the coast of Prison Island? Oh, just a case of MONSTER SHARK SYNDROME! “The nine-foot white pointer shark emerged from the waters off the Queensland coast with…
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Muppet Labs Ghost Hunt... →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] "Our aim is not to do away... →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] dailyanimation:... →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] thedailywhat: →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] PETMAN Prototype →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] fuckyeah1980s: Tears For... →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Awesome gamer-geek lesbian... →
Offbeat Bride celebrates the wedding of Anli and Laura, two Australian gamer-geek women who had a genuinely awesome wedding! I would have blogged this yesterday, but I was off celebrating my own…
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Koala v Windows →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Bear facts →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Ultimate Air Guitar Hero →
thejus says: Clarke’s Third Law We’ve covered all sorts of Guitar Hero mods, but none as minimal as this. By using a standard electromyograph attached to the forearm, researchers…
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Hulu - Castle: Vampire... →
thejus says: first :30 secs make it worth watching this series Video description: Castle and Beckett go to a graveyard after the body of a young man sporting vampire fangs is discovered with a…
Oct 27th
[from alex's greader] Photo →
Oct 27th
[from thejus' greader] Father kidnaps daughter's... →
Emerson says:”In a French court, a German doctor is found guilty in absentia of manslaughter, for the death of a 14 year old girl. Germany refuses to extradite. Twenty seven years later the girl’s…
Oct 26th
[from thejus' greader] Another Hardcore Moment... →
This is a kea. Isn’t he cute? Happy, little green parrot…tra la la. This little parrot will mess your s**t up. If you are a sheep. Image courtesy Flickr user PhillipC, via CC. …
Oct 26th
[from thejus' greader] Electricity-free tables aw →
Oct 26th
[from thejus' greader] Al Franken: How Many... →
Oct 26th
[from thejus' greader] Swiss Experimenter Breeds... →
Oct 26th
[from thejus' greader] IT leaders trust Microsoft... →
thejus says: can’t wait til this shifts Microsoft has a long history with CIOs. Google is one of the most trusted brands on earth. TechRepublic’s CIO Jury ruled on which one IT trusts more.
Oct 26th
[from thejus' greader] Scientists discover... →
thejus says: when science improves on nature (PhysOrg.com) — A discovery by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation could help save lives threatened by traumatic injuries like…
Oct 26th
[from thejus' greader] First hyperlens for sound... →
Oct 26th