May 2010
New Kanye West - “Power”
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The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment →
Among American Jews today, there are a great many Zionists, especially in the Orthodox world, people deeply devoted to the State of Israel. And there are a great many liberals, especially in the secular Jewish world, people deeply devoted to human rights for all people, Palestinians included. But the two groups are increasingly distinct. Particularly in the younger generations, fewer and fewer...
46% of Web Users Are Ready for HTML5 →
(via Jordan)
Composition with JavaScript →
Make your own version of Piet Mondrian’s famous painting. (via kottke)
Physicists Achieve Quantum Teleportation Across a... →
(via ebert)
“The “skinny jeans defense” has become more common in rape trials all...”
– “She must have helped remove them” (HT: Kevsies)
What motivates? For a start, money only matters to... →
(via cbourdage)
“I feel sorry for our ancestors who used to have to wait days or weeks to hear...”
– @luckyshirt
“The last sentence of the review [of Manic Meat] is “… taking that next...”
– Pitchfork Reviews Reviews: Morning roundup
No one has ever written an original song. →
“There’s a group of evolutionary biologists who think that our ideas, beliefs and behaviors are evolving according to the same rules of natural selection as our genomes. Susan Blackmore’s theory of memes draws an analogy between the way songs replicate themselves using musicians as hosts and the way that genes for purple feathers use finches as hosts.”
(via 1000hz, yvynyl)
“That is Andrew Wakefield’s legacy,” said Paul Offit, chief of...”
– But … Jim Carrey said I should! (NYT: Britain Bans Doctor for Autism Work)
“Why do [the posters for Sex In The City 2] look like a Master P album cover?”
– Jordan, Jesse GO!: Bowling Tips with Gene O’Neill
Mark Twain Autobiography Due Out In November →
Samuel Clemens left explicit instructions not to publish his autobiography until 100 years after his death. Which is now. (via tumblndice)
16 Things You Can Only Buy at Chinese Wal-Marts →
Mostly weird meat, but worth reading for the last product. (via tumblndice, missprinted)
“It certainly is an odd thing to see a ‘Kevin Costner’ and a ‘centrifugal oil...”
– says actor Stephen Baldwin (via CATTLEPROD’S SHITTY RANCH)
“Bowing to political reality, Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul has...”
– Rand Paul Backs Down - The Awl (via peterwknox)
“Anyone have an extra set of bike pegs? Me and a coworker are trying to carpool...”
– andyromey
When You Get Older You Learn To Appreciate The... →
New Tokyo Police Club Video + Stream 5 Songs →
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R. Kelly Classes Up the World Cup →
(via interweber)
“All the government does is take my money and give it to other people,” Hess told...”
– Cognitive Dissonance: Tea and Sympathy (The New Yorker)
(via peterwknox, lorim)
NBA Coaches Taking Players In Foul Trouble Out Too... →
Conventional wisdom seems to regard foul management as a risk vs. safety decision. You will constantly hear something like, “a big decision here, whether to risk putting Duncan back in with 4 fouls.” This is completely the wrong lens for the problem, since the “risky”* strategy is, with the caveats mentioned, all upside! Coaches dramatically underrate the...
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