March 2012
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Listen to Joshuah Bearman talk about...
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February 2012
30 posts
Chris Cantoni's Polar Bear Plunge Page | Special... →
Hey gang,
On Saturday I’m going to jump into a frozen lake in Minneapolis in an effort to raise money for the Special Olympics. The forecast for Saturday is a high of 30 degrees in Minneapolis!
To celebrate my agony and support a good cause, would you be interested in pledging for me? Click on the link and give a little. I don’t touch a penny. I only touch the cold frigid water...
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“Apple is not a huge fan of The Big Apple’s main newspaper right now.
The...”
– Report: Apple Blacklists the New York Times After iEconomy Report
An addendum on Apple’s Foxconn working conditions: First, the guy who said that Foxconn wasn’t so bad was giving his first impression. Second, he was hired by Apple itself.
Also, here is Apple using its weight to send a...
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What If It's Just Inherently Terrible Making...
bmichael:
NYT:
According to Reuters, Mr. van Heerden [who is traveling with the Fair Labor Association’s team in China] said Foxconn’s “physical conditions are way, way above average of the norm” for factories in China. “I was very surprised when I walked onto the floor at Foxconn, how tranquil it is compared with a garment factory,” Mr. van Heerden said, according to the Reuters report. “So...
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Last night I got to that part in Storm of Swords
And nobody told me. Nobody freaking told me and I was really upset and wanted to keep reading to see if it was a trick but it wasn’t a trick. And it was the middle of the night of course so I had to hold it all in.
I’m glad nobody told me but I kind of wish when I had started the series someone would have said “Hey, listen, don’t do this to yourself. There are too many...
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i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will...
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What does it mean to be a man? →
blasko:
AS THE COACH AT A HIGH SCHOOL NEAR CHICAGO, MIKE POWELL HAS DONE MORE THAN CREATE STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONS. HE’S TAUGHT BOYS HOW TO BE MEN AND PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE OF COURAGE UNDER THE MOST TRYING PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
An amazing, inspiring story about being a better man.
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Here's a thought expirement.
thefeeling:
How different would the world be if the Real World producers had cast Dave Eggers instead of Judd, the cartoonist? Would McSweeney’s exist? 826?
Would Eggers have married Pam? Would he have voted to keep Puck in the house for variety’s sake? More importantly, would Judd have reached out to Eggers to see writing samples for his fledging cartoon magazine with the ulterior...
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“Nobody sits around and plays Farmville. Nobody gets embroiled in a flame war...”
– #shitsiskosays - Charlie’s Diary
An essay on the lack of time-wasting and social media in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
(via nickdouglas)
This article contains many fascinating nuggets. I shall try to come back and unpack at a future point.
(via lizlet)
Here’s a very fascinating look on not...
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Washington state legislature approves same-sex... →
43 states (or a supreme court ruling that same-sex marriage bans are unjust and therefore inherently unconstitutional) to go!
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“And when we got to the bridge with the locks you said let’s go up here a minute....”
– been thinking…
Erica is the most amazing person I know. My idea of telling tumblr that we were engaged was to post a picture from our trip that said “she said yes” followed by an extremely nerdy Star Trek reference, but of course she wrote something beautiful and heartfelt that...