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Greasemonkey Manual:Editing – GreaseSpot
[creating userscripts]
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Transform Your DSLR into a Supercharged, Professional Video Camera
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Miniaturize Your Desktop with These Tilt-Shift Wallpapers | io9
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The Laughing Heart (Charles Bukowski)
your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.tags: poetry
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Dear Human . . . | The Big Picture (comic) • by Barry Ritholtz
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Wall Street Mocks Protesters By Drinking Champagne | Crooks and Liars • by scarce
EDITOR’S NOTE:We’re taking donations to buy the protesters some pizzas this weekend.tags: video class_warfare 2011_protests
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Silicon Valley Gold Thieves Target Indian-Americans – The Bay Citizen
As the price of gold surges, criminals take note of cultural traditions -
Active Ingredient: Allo, Aloe – The Bay Citizen
Aloe’s migration from the first-aid aisle to the refrigerator case is partially built on scientific research, but you’d be forgiven for suspicions that it’s another fad ingredient, like acai or coconut water, making health claims while delivering large doses of sugar. Aloe has been credited as a miracle cure for ailments ranging from diabetes to depression to stroke… The medical establishment is still uncertain about the health benefits of aloe consumption but recent studies have suggested immunomodulatory activity from the oral administration of the mucilaginous polysaccharides—in other words, eating the goopy parts might make you healthier. -
Silicon Valley Gold Thieves Target Indian-Americans – The Bay CitizenAs the price of gold surges, criminals take note of cultural traditions
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Active Ingredient: Allo, Aloe – The Bay Citizen
Aloe’s migration from the first-aid aisle to the refrigerator case is partially built on scientific research, but you’d be forgiven for suspicions that it’s another fad ingredient, like acai or coconut water, making health claims while delivering large doses of sugar. Aloe has been credited as a miracle cure for ailments ranging from diabetes to depression to stroke… The medical establishment is still uncertain about the health benefits of aloe consumption but recent studies have suggested immunomodulatory activity from the oral administration of the mucilaginous polysaccharides—in other words, eating the goopy parts might make you healthier.
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Poll: Class-Warfare Claims Against Obama Don’t Convince Public
At a time when poverty is at its highest rate in recent history, a new Washington Post-Pew Center poll indicates that nearly half of all Americans say that the president treats society’s rich and poor just about the same. Despite Republican claims that he is engaged in “class warfare,” only 29 percent of respondents said that President Obama favors the [non-rich].
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President Obama Needs to ‘Stop Complaining’ and Get to Work | The Root
In a blog entry at ColorLines, editor Kai Wright responds to President Obama’s curious remarks to the Congressional Black Caucus, urging members to take off their “bedroom slippers” and “to put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do, CBC.” Wright hopes that the rising chorus of black criticism keeps building and demanding the same accountability from him.
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Mother of Hip-Hop Dies | The Root
Sylvia Vanterpool Robinson…died today from congestive heart failure, a family spokesperson told S2S Magazine. She was 75 years old.
The founder and CEO of Sugar Hill Records, Robinson is widely recognized as one of the creators of hip-hop music as we know it. She played a major role in the production of Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five’s The Message and, with the help of the Sugarhill Gang, turned Chic’s sample of “Good Times” into “Rapper’s Delight.” It was the first hip-hop record to go mainstream.
Robinson, who was half of the duo Mickey & Sylvia, had a successful music career of her own. …
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Taye Diggs’ Kids’ Book: ‘Chocolate Me’
We’re guessing that after 10 years of fame in Hollywood and on Broadway, Taye Diggs feels pretty good about the way he looks these days. But that wasn’t always the case. He says he was uncomfortable in his own skin as a child, and it had a lot to do with being one of the few black children in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y.
“I lived in a neighborhood where nobody else looked like me,” said Diggs. “My mother took me aside and basically told me to embrace my differences.” …
Leonore Gonzalez, 40, said that she drove her 4-year-old, Kennedi, to a New York City reading of Chocolate Me all the way from their home in Pennsylvania.
“Last week my daughter came home, and she was unhappy with her complexion,” Gonzalez told New York’s Daily News. “When I saw this, I figured what a great opportunity to expose my daughter to the book. Maybe she can learn something from it.”
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How America Works – Ta-Nehisi Coates – Politics – The Atlantic
I’ve been fairly clear in my opposition to a presidential “black agenda.” Articulating such a thing is precisely what Rush Limbaugh wants. Moreover, it’s not an accurate description of the kind of policies that would help the most vulnerable class of African-Americans.
At the same time, I think it’s worth noting, in point of fact, how America has worked throughout history, and how it works now. Interest groups trade their votes (or their cash) because they think you’re going to pursue policy that’s favorable to them. …
But America is also this: a long history of using policy–not just name-calling and thuggish law enforcement–but actual policy to disadvantage African-Americans. …
I have been extremely critical of the comments attacking the president emanating from certain quarters. But I have not been critical out of mere affection for our first black president, so much as out of the belief that essentialism and name-calling…is deeply wrong…
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Coe Booth’s Bronxwood Stays Real
The Root Recommends: Coe Booth’s newest novel stays true to the author’s style of realistically depicting inner-city life.
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Black Los Angeles: The Book Revisits the History | The Root
Who was Los Angeles’ first black mayor? No, it wasn’t Tom Bradley, who served from 1973 to 1993. Nearly 200 years earlier, Francisco Reyes, an Afro-Mexican, led the fledgling city …
Made up of 15 essays by 25 social science scholars, the 432-page work shines a bright light on African-American life in Los Angeles since the earliest-recorded black settlement. …
Described by USC geographer Michael Dear, author of The Postmodern Urban Condition, as “the culmination of a groundbreaking research project that presents an in-depth analysis of the historical and contemporary contours of black life in Los Angeles,” the book has been widely discussed and dissected, including on National Public Radio.
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A Snow White Who Kicks Ass | Women and Hollywood
Here is a cool shot of Kristen Stewart from Snow White and the Huntsman. She looks like she is ready to kick some serious butt. New ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ pics: Kristen Stewart’s on a horse
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Linkity linkity link | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz? • by noahbrand
I’ve been gearing up to write a post about the appalling images of men in new TV shows and the implicit assumptions that underlie those images, but Linda Holmes over at NPR has done it for me, so well that all I can really add is to flap my hand frantically in its direction and say “Yes, right, see, that! That thing!”Your female-gaze moment of the day: the Men of the Stacks calendar, raising money for charity by showing off the sweet nerd beefcake of America’s male librarians. I do believe they’ve shelved the myth of men not being hot under “bullshit”.
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Wednesday Geek Woman: Jill Bolte Taylor, brain scientist and stroke survivor | Geek Feminism Blog
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How To Tell If Your Son Is Gay | Gawker.com
[Funny but also sad. -L]
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Reminder: Ada Lovelace Day on 7th October | Geek Feminism Blog • by Mar
Ada Lovelace Day is a week from today. …a day devoted to blogging or otherwise writing profiles of women in science, technology, engineering and maths….Want some inspiration? Check the Geek Feminism wiki for women in science, women in computer science, women in Open Source and other women in geek culture collections.
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Most popular infographics generalized | FlowingData • by Nathan Yau
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Artificial Leaf Moves Two Steps Closer to Reality | Wired: Science • ScienceNow
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Free Technology for Teachers: Famigo – Find Family-Friendly Apps for Your Phone
Famigo offers categorized reviews of thousands of Android and iOS apps and games for kids. You can search Famigo by age group, app type, game type, and whether or not the app is free or paid.
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Quick Fixes That Ready Your Home For The Cold – The Consumerist
It’s better to consider maintenance and repairs now then when your roof has sprung a leak or your ragged windows start allowing drafts.
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Fox Business News Anchor Takes Scissors To Bank Of America Debit Card On Air – The Consumerist
The backlash against Bank of America’s decision to charge a $5 monthly fee to some customers who use debit cards to make purchases continues, with Fox Business News’ Gerri Willis taking a pair of scissors to her BofA debit card in the middle of an on-air report.
…it is fun to watch, if only for how she attempts to make it seem spontaneous by calling out for her purse, which just happens to be at the ready, along with a pair of scissors.
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Earlier this week, Mozilla released Firefox 7, which aims to use less memory than previous versions of the browser and hopefully make for a faster Web browsing experience.
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To Keep A Sponge Clean, Snip A Hole In It, Hang It On The Faucet | The Consumerist • by Ben Popken
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gridiron | English Spelling Rules • by ibeforee
1 : a grate for broiling food 2 : something consisting of or covered with a network 3 : a football field
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The Resilient Library by Cat Johnson
Raphael is giving me an insider’s perspective of the current state of libraries, which are actually thriving. They are evolving and innovating despite significant economic challenges and budget cuts, and people are utilizing libraries at steady or increasing rates. The State of America’s Libraries Report for 2011 notes that library visitation per capita and circulation per capita have both increased in the past 10 years.
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What’s the Wall Street Occupation Really About? by Nathan Schneider
At the center of occupied Liberty Plaza, a dozen or so huddle around computers in the media area, managing a makeshift Internet hotspot, a humming generator and the (theoretically) 24-hour livestream. They can edit and post videos of arrests in no time flat, then bombard Twitter until they’re viral. But for those looking to understand even the basic facts about what is actually going on—before September 17 and since—the Internet has been as much a source of confusion as it is anything else.
…the anti-consumerist group Adbusters made a call on July 13 for an occupation of Wall Street. That and a bit of poster art were the extent of its involvement.
…a group of several hundred mainly young activists, artists and students started gathering as a “General Assembly” (GA)—a leaderless, consensus-based decision-making process. … It grew out of New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts, which had recently held a three-week occupation near City Hall called “Bloombergville” to protest against austerity measures.
…The GA had no official organizational ties and, besides a food fund that has been stuck in an inaccessible WePay account, almost no money. Many wish that they had the support of unions, but so far they still don’t.
What’s actually underway at Liberty Plaza is both simpler and more complicated: music making, sign drawing, talking, organizing, eating, marching, standoffs with police and (not enough) sleeping. …As protesters sometimes like to chant, “This Is Just Practice.” …Adbusters sends the occasional package of posters in the mail and offers confusing advice to organizers on the ground. Nobody’s exactly sure yet who is doing what, but they’re learning. …
The Internet can help (as well as hurt) a movement, but it’s no replacement for actual relationships among actual people, building actual trust through actually working together over a period of time.
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Eco-Politics Back on the Ranch: Keystone XL Opposition in Nebraska
…it’s not just any groundwater, but the giant Ogallala Aquifer, which underlies eight states and supplies 65 percent of the nation’s irrigation water. After this summer’s highly publicized spill in Yellowstone River and several spills along TransCanada’s first Keystone pipeline, which runs from Canada to Illinois, locals are deeply concerned about what could happen to ranching communities when an oil leak hits the Sandhills’ shallow water table.
…the pipeline fight has been eye-opening. It’s made political opponents into allies, uniting progressives concerned about climate change with conservative ranchers wanting to protect the integrity of their farmland and their water supplies.
The opposition has succeeded in getting the public’s attention in Nebraska. Three years ago, ranchers and environmentalists working against the pipeline believed it was a “done deal.” Now 64 percent of Nebraska voters support a regulatory proposal that could shift the pipeline route…
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