theatlantic:
We’re Screwed: 11,000 Years’ Worth of Climate Data Prove It
A study published in Science reconstructs global temperatures further back than ever before — a full 11,300 years. The new analysis finds that the only problem with Mann’s hockey stick was that its handle was about 9,000 years too short.
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Mar 11, 2013
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theatlantic: 2,800 Dead Pigs in a Shanghai River: How Did This Happen? In fact, waste related to animals made up about 90 percent of organic pollutants in China’s water, according to Wang Dong of the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning. In a2012 study from Huazhong University, waste from pigs, cattle, sheep, and other animals left 228,900... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Mar 11, 2013
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WIREDInsider: HOW TO WORK OUT OF A COFFEE SHOP WHILE WEARING PAJAMAS - http://wiredinsider.tumblr.com/post...
Mar 11, 2013
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BuzzFeed FWD: Shashank Tripathi, Last Night's Twitter Villain @ComfortablySmug - http://gofwd.tumblr.com/post...
Oct 30, 2012
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escapekit: Radisson Blu Hotel, Berlin At first glance this may look like just another luxury hotel but once you enter it, you’ll discover the worlds largest cylindrical aquarium. 82-feet high in the heart of the hotel’s lobby atrium the AquaDom holds one million liters of saltwater and is home to many species of tropical fish. The AquaDom is... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Oct 3, 2012
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wired:
dorkly:
Batstache
You either get shaved a beard, or you live long enough to see yourself become a soul patch/mustache combo.
Quite possibly the only time a soul patch is acceptable facial hair.
Amazing. - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Oct 3, 2012
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Idiosyncratic Routine: Ragequitting SummerCon - http://idiosyncratic-routine.com/post...
Jun 11, 2012
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wired: Italian installation artist Esther Stocker creates stunning geometric environments that can often be explored by the viewer. The construction of each piece appears to follow some type of strange equation, resulting in unusual linear patterns and planes that completely transform the physical pace. If the net was a physical place to stroll... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Jun 7, 2012
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livelymorgue: Jan. 20, 1994: “Time Out From a Higher Calling,” read a title on this photograph alongside a story about a group of East Harlem nuns originally from France. Sister Marie Chantal, leaping, and Sister Marie Francesca worked out at the Tae Kwon Do Academy at 828 Ninth Avenue. “The fact that we know tae kwon do doesn’t change anything,”... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Jun 6, 2012
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Feb 8, 2012
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Feb 2, 2012
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newyorker: Postcard from Madagascar: In Pursuit of the Plowshare Tortoise This week’s issue features William Finnegan’s piece about a Manhattan night-life baron’s race to save the world’s rarest species of tortoise: the angonoka, or plowshare tortoise, which is coveted by collectors on the illegal market. We sent the South Africa-based... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Jan 28, 2012
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theatlantic: Elite Wall Street Donations Jumped 700% in the Last 20 Years Banks “frankly own the place,” Sen. Dick Durbin famously said of Washington during the debate over financial regulation in 2010. And when it comes to total contributions for big donors, you can see what he’s talking about in this chart. (FIRE = the Finance, Insurance and... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Jan 28, 2012
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theatlantic: Where Did All the Workers Go? 60 Years of Economic Change in 1 Graph President Obama’s State of the Union speech was surprisingly bullish on reviving manufacturing, prompting one very clever person on Twitter to say something along the lines of: “Democrats want the economy of the 1950s, while Republicans just want to live there.” It... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Jan 27, 2012
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What is “kung fu?” Kung Fu is time. The longer you practice, the deeper will be your kung fu. - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Jan 17, 2012
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Just came back from a financial seminar - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Jan 17, 2012
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animalswithstuffedanimals:
Mine!
via icanhascheezburger - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Dec 17, 2011
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The first victims of Luftwaffe bombing in England during WWII: a pair of rabbits.
via RealTimeWWII on Twitter — the war as it happened, in 1939. - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Nov 14, 2011
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They were trying to levitate the plaza. Don’t interrupt my meditation practice, bro! #OccupyNothingness - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Nov 14, 2011
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demons: Twice within five minutes chaplains came running. One of those occasions haunted me for hours. The wounded man was still semiconscious. The chaplain said, “I’m going to say a prayer for you.” Somehow this stark announcement hit me like a hammer. He didn’t say, “I’m going to pray for you to get well,” he just said he was going to say a... - http://theideafactory.tumblr.com/post...
Nov 8, 2011
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Definition: Background Pollution - http://geekswillsavetheworld.b...
Nov 1, 2011
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William Gibson does not think our present was anyone’s future - http://rs.resalliance.org/2011...
Nov 1, 2011
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Fritz Demopoulos On How The East Can Be Won - http://techcrunch.com/2011...
Nov 1, 2011
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