[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Security vs. Convenience Although my intent is not to start the next GNOME/KDE-level war, it seems there must be a happy medium between total desktop insecurity and total desktop unusability. Linux offers so many ways to [...]
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Posted 23 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Longest Eclipse Ever: Airplane Chases the Moon’s Shadow [Wired: Science] Eclipse hunters set a new record on July 11 for the longest eclipse ever observed by civilians chasing the moon in an airplane. While hundreds of [...]
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Posted 23 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Thracian fortress-sanctuary found in Bulgaria [A Blog About History] A fortress-sanctuary, dubbed the “Bulgarian Machu Picchu”, has been discovered 1,200 metres above sea level just outside of the Sredna Gora mountain range in Bulgaria. 4,500-year-old home [...]
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Posted 23 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] John Boehner’s Plan For Jobs: Do Nothing [Crooks and Liars] The Social Contract [Hullabaloo - guest post by batochhio] Christianity: You’re Doing It Wrong [Firedoglake] Raw Story has an interesting article about Faith in Public Life’s [...]
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Posted 22 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Baby Hyraxes Pop into the Maryland Zoo [ZooBorns] Sherrod Asks President Obama the Right Question: Do You Believe in My Principles? [Firedoglake] I guessed this one wrong. I told colleagues early this week I thought Vilsack [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Sarah Winnemucca [About.com Women's History] Sarah Winnemucca became a lecturer and writer out of her work to improve the status of her people, the Northern Paiutes… Senate Invokes Cloture on Unemployment Insurance Extension [Firedoglake] …let’s actually [...]
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Posted 20 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Time for Republicans to Fight for Gay Rights, Says Sen. Ashburn Australia oldest painting showing contact with the outside world [A Blog About History] A rock painting dating back to the 1620s is the oldest picture [...]
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Posted 20 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] TelevIsm at Bitch Magazine: Police Women of Memphis depicts trans women with respect [Deeply Problematic] There’s not a whole lot I have to say about PWOM as a show in general. I think that glorifying a [...]
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Posted 20 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] BP's Contracts with Environmental Scientists [ContractsProf Blog] Is BP taking key scientists "out of circulation" by retaining as many experts as possible and having them agree to confidentiality? CNN filed this report… Nazis had a secret [...]
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Posted 20 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Killing zombie lies and exploding the Social Security myths [Hullabaloo - Digby] I have a reading assignment for you. It’s a short one, but an important one. If you don’t get to it right away, bookmark [...]
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Posted 19 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Arizona Immigration Legislation (SB 1070) Update [ADR Prof Blog] Now that the national furor has died down over Arizona’s immigration law locally known as SB 1070, some rational commentary is starting to come to the fore. [...]
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Posted 19 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] ACLU: What Happens in Arizona Stops in Arizona. [A form to help you write to your political representatives about your opposition to SB 1070. -L] What is Seepage and Why Can’t Anyone in the Media Explain [...]
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Posted 19 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Your Portfolio on LinkedIn [swissmiss] Finally: Linkedin now let’s you display your portfolio. [...] If you are a creative professional on LinkedIn, you should join the Behance Network and then sync your portfolio with LinkedIn. If [...]
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Posted 19 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Ensure People Remember Your Ideas with SUCCESs [Lifehacker] Whether you're giving a presentation or convince your boss you've got a great idea, making your ideas stick in people's minds isn't strictly a measure of its brilliance. [...]
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Posted 16 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Photo du Jour 673 [SFist] “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” by Troy Holden. Herb, Are You SURE This Is What Earthlings Drive? [There, I Fixed It - Epic Kludge Photos] Michael Kimmel on male entitlement, anger and invisible [...]
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Posted 16 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] How many fingahs? [I Can Has Cheezburger] Deep space X-ray flash is most powerful ever recorded [New Scientist] An unknown event in a distant galaxy has blasted our solar system with an intense burst of X-rays, [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Financial Stocks: Bank of America leads financials into red [MarketWatch] The U.S. financial sector opened with losses Friday, brushing off better-than-expected second-quarter earnings reports and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission [...]
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Posted 16 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Want to get off to sleep? Ask your astrocytes nicely [New Scientist] Cells previously dismissed as minor players in the brain may actually regulate when we fall asleep Secondary Faucet [There, I Fixed It - Epic [...]
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Posted 16 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] The Things Mel Gibson Is [DISGRASIAN] Whoopi Goldberg says her pal Mel Gibson isn’t racist! And if Whoopi says so, it must be true! But when you cross that one off the list of Things Mel [...]
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Posted 15 July 2010
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Happiness and Sadness Spread Just Like Disease [Wired: Science] Happiness proved less social than sadness. Each happy friend increased an individual’s chances of personal happiness by 11 percent, while just one sad friend was needed to [...]
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Posted 15 July 2010
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