August 2009
31 posts
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“How science reporting works” →
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“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are...”
– Carl Sagan
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“He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from...”
– Thomas Paine
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Carbon Dioxide irrelevant in climate debate says... →
“Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT’s peer reviewed work states ‘we now know that the effect of CO2 on temperature is small, we know why it is small, and we know that it is having very little effect on the climate’.”
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Charles Mingus — Boogie Stop Shuffle
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“Guess there won't be a Grand Theft Auto: Caracas” →
“A year after violent crime became a top issue in Venezuela’s regional elections, the country’s legislature has a new plan to improve security: ban violent video games and equally aggressive toys.” Leia também: How Venezuela came to claim the region’s highest murder rate.
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A Brief History of Photo Fakery →
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O acordo Brasil-Vaticano →
“Apesar da oposição de igrejas cristãs tradicionais, igrejas evangélicas e grupos ateus, a Comissão de Relações Exteriores da Câmara aprovou parecer recomendando a ratificação da Concordata firmada no final do ano passado entre o Brasil e o Vaticano. Além da questão do ensino religioso, três pontos do acordo merecem destaque. O primeiro é a concessão de isenção fiscal para rendas e patrimônio de...
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Very, Very Lost in Translation →
“How the Egyptian literary czar who wants to lead the world’s top cultural body got caught up in his own country’s rabid anti-Semitism.”
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China fighting “Chinglish” →
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Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers... →
“It’s not that the old meds are getting weaker, drug developers say. It’s as if the placebo effect is somehow getting stronger. The fact that an increasing number of medications are unable to beat sugar pills has thrown the industry into crisis.”
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“Africa is, indeed, coming into fashion.”
– Horace Walpole, 1774.
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Watch“Alan Sokal speaking in Stockholm”
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“If humans are seeking machines, we've now created... →
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“Quentin Tarantino, as he never ceases to remind us, once worked in a video...”
– David Ehrenstein
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"On The Shortness Of Life" →
(via elpasajero)
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Evolution's third replicator →
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“Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.”
– Orson Welles
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“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like...”
– Werner Herzog (via liquidnight, devilduck)
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“Lifehacker: Turn Gmail Into Your Ultimate GTD... →