[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.] 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets found in Turkey Archaeologists have unearthed 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets which detail a trade agreement at Kultepe-Karum in Turkey. archaeology Found: Oldest Roman baths in Asia Minor A team of archaeologists have discovered the oldest Roman baths in Asia Minor in Sagalassos, Turkey. archaeology 2,500-year-old chess pieces found [...]
[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.] Collins, Voinovich Follow Their Leader, Hide Behind Senate Procedure on DADT Repeal lgbt The New Source of California Power: Meg Whitman’s Bank Account [Calitics - Brian Leubitz] You know the days of Hiram Johnson, when he hoped to create a system that wasn't controlled by the railroads, or whatever interest [...]
[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.] Geena Davis Talks Gender in TV and Film [Women & Hollywood - Melissa Silverstein] Geena’s in NYC this week making appearances at the UN, Social Good Summit and Clinton Global Initiative events talking about the gender disparity in film and TV. Here’s yesterday’s chat with Soldedad O’Brien. women_in_media feminism Insurance [...]
[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.] GMAC Suspends All Foreclosures Nationwide GMAC, the struggling financing arm of General Motors, whose mortgage arm holds $26 billion of mortgages, just suspended foreclosures in 23 states in a harried, chaotic policy shift. …The only thing I can think of to elicit that kind of reaction is the noose tightening [...]
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Posted 20 September 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.] Daily Tip: WordPress 3.0 Template File Hierarchy Cheat Sheet wordpress resource 3 Ways to Integrate Evernote With WordPress [Pressography - Sarah Gooding] Evernote …is gaining popularity as a visual bookmarking service for saving things you like [...]
[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.] I expect to be writing this same post when people are discussing the 16th wave [Pandagon - Amanda Marcotte] I don’t think the battles that erupt between older and younger feminists have anything to do with deep differences in outlook. Most of the ones that are cited are overblown. The [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Controversy over Actual Innocence and Habeas [CrimProf Blog] The L.A. Times has this story: An attorney for a man wrongly convicted of murder accused California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown's office Thursday of waiting until after the [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Explore Political Influence in One Click [Open Congress : Blog - Donny Shaw] Sunlight Foundation has just launched their latest tool for getting at the web of influence surrounding our elected officials, and it’s definitely worth [...]
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Posted 17 September 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.] Karl Rove Walks Back His Diss And Gives In To O’Donnell Fever (VIDEO) | TPMDC After being pounded for a full day by some of the conservative movement’s biggest names, a bruised and battered Karl Rove [...]
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Posted 17 September 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.] Texas Board Of Ed Wants To Scrub Textbooks Of ‘Pro-Islamic, Anti-Christian Distortions’ [...the fuck, Texas. -L] education islamophobia O’Donnell In 2007: Scientists Have Created Mice With Human Brains! | TPMDC tea_party The Takeover — the far [...]
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Posted 17 September 2010
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[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.] Hans Thoma (1839 – 1924) [Art Inconnu - Little-known and under-appreciated art.] "Taunuslandschaft" 1890 [Oh, you have got to appreciate this use of light and dark. -L] arts 20 Tips for Buying Second Hand Furniture [Freshome.com - RoniqueGibson] shopping anarchicq – unfunnybusiness – LJ: We’re watching you O.O …it turns [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Austerity Chic: It’s This Year’s "Weapons of Mass Destruction" [Campaign for America's Future - Richard Eskow] When a new trend gets popular [among pundits] it overwhelms everything in its path: logic, poltical divisions, even expert opinion. [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Austerity Chic: It’s This Year’s "Weapons of Mass Destruction" [Campaign for America's Future - Richard Eskow] When a new trend gets popular [among pundits] it overwhelms everything in its path: logic, poltical divisions, even expert opinion. [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] The Hole Thing: Lunar Topographic Map Provides Rich Record of Impacts on the Moon [Scientific American] astronomy Paladino: No Mosque or Islamic Center Where Dust Cloud Was and Use Eminent Domain to Seize Site [Crooks and [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Meg Whitman: Biggest. Self-Financer. Ever. | TPMDC Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, the Republican nominee for governor of California, has …crossed a historic threshold: As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, she has just put in another [...]
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Posted 16 September 2010
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[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.] Cyoot Kitteh of teh Day: Iz a KISS Fan [I Can Has Cheezburger] cute_animals lolcat Barrier, heal thyself [Futurismic - Paul Raven] Add some bacteria to your concrete mixture, and you get walls that heal themselves… technology biology 8 WordPress Plugins that Enable Posting and Editing From the Front-End [Pressography [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] 100-year-old Belgian tree can talk to you on Facebook [io9 - Annalee Newitz] This beautiful, century-old tree lives in the heart of Brussels. And now it has become an Entborg*, capable of transmitting data via the [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] 5 Trends Shaping the Future of Social Good [Mashable! - Sarah Kessler ] In preparation for our Social Good Summit next week, we asked social good experts about trends that will shape the way we use [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Prop 19: Cops, Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Support Marijuana Legalization [Firedoglake - Michael Whitney] In just the last several days, dozens of police officers, prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials have joined forces to endorse California’s Prop [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Ubuntu-Certified Hardware List Ubuntu-certified hardware: "We work with all the top hardware providers to make sure Ubuntu runs on your favourite devices. The hardware below has all been awarded the status of Certified, Enabled, or Ready [...]
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Posted 15 September 2010
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