February 2009
Beliefs - Scandanavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not... →
soupsoup:dalasverdugo
Time Slider →
dailymeh:
Etherpad is an online text editor that saves every keystroke — so far, so good. But it also allows you to play them back, giving you a birds-eye view of how a document came to be. This is how Paul Graham wrote Startups in 13 Sentences. Watching someone else write is interesting enough, but I can imagine playing back the evolution of one of your own pieces of writing is absolutely...
Watchbijan:
Evan Williams: How Twitter’s spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses
Twitter’s co-founder speaks at the TED Conference. Excellent.
(via mashable)
Watchbijan:
Evan Williams: How Twitter’s spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses
Twitter’s co-founder speaks at the TED Conference. Excellent.
(via mashable)
“One reason that the ignorant also tend to be the blissfully self-assured, the...”
– Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss - New York Times (via pilnick: atheistramblings: brigno)
tracks:
The National - All The Wine
Watchradarchive:alexblagg:
SNL “Bad Guys Talk Show” sketch with Johnny Lawrence, Hans Gruber and Buffalo Bill
“I would think that she would understand what i meant when i used the term...”
– Michael Steele
I wonder when I’ll get tired of picking on him.
Ben Smith’s Blog: Steele offers Jindal ‘slum love’ - POLITICO.com
(via sexartandpolitics)
Watchpauliophonic:
“Kenneth The Page” responds to Bobby Jindal comparison.
There is a mathematician that made a mirror that... →
corcarpemei:madthoughts:kittykittybangbang:themattsmith
The Internet Cluelessness Hall of Fame
squashed:jeffmiller:
Congratulations to Joe Biden, the newest inductee into the Internet Cluelessness Hall of Fame, for his line: ”Do you know the website number?”
Biden joins George “The Google” W. Bush and Ted “Series of Tubes” Stevens in the Hall.
“In other words, we have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains...”
– Barack Obama (via azspot)
tylercoates: The Weakerthans - “Elegy for...
WatchDemetri Martin Is One Sharp-Brained Dude of the Day: The ultimate solution to your rat problem: Religion! [via.]itscastro:thedailywhat
Born believers: How your brain creates God →
atheistramblings:
A new hypothesis is being put forward for human’s beleif in religion, the claim is that religion emerges as a natural by-product of the way the human mind works; especially the fact that our brains have seperate cognitive systems for dealing with living things, and anothr for inanimate objects.
“I wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that’s 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it...”
– Demetri Martin (via punchlines & katoleary)
U.K. bars entry to anti-gay American preacher
lfarm:
LONDON - An anti-gay U.S. Christian preacher and his daughter have been barred from entering Britain as they could spread “extremism and hatred,” the British government said Thursday.
The Rev. Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, had been due in Britain to protest at a play about the murder of a gay man.
But British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she had decided...
“I’m grateful for Sarah Palin. Were it not for Sarah Palin, I would have...”
– pretty dumb things: thanks a lot (via peterwknox: robot-heart-politics)
thaoandmrvierboom: M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like...
Watchsamreich:
Kittens, inspired by Barack Obama. Digg it.
"25 Random Things" About the Stimulus Package →
southpol: The American Prospect
“Since Richard Nixon’s election in 1968, Republican presidents have named 12 of...”
– Obama and the Supreme Court (via southpol)
“If Republican politicians are so deeply opposed to President Obama’s economic...”
– Paul Begala: If you oppose stimulus, don’t take the money (CNN) (via datn)
Monkeys have a sense of morality, say scientists →
atheistramblings:via brigno:
The Moral Argument as a “proof” of god’s existence is officially dead extra dead. Morality is an evolutionary adaptation. Sweet!!
Atheist Revival, of sorts, in Arkansas →
atheistramblings:
The following resolution was recently read into the record and referred to committee: “AMENDING THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION AGAINST AN ATHEIST HOLDING ANY OFFICE IN THE CIVIL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS OR TESTIFYING AS A WITNESS IN ANY COURT.”
Arkansas is one of half a dozen US states that still exclude non-believers from public office. While...
Jack’s Mannequin - The Mixed Tape
“Homosexuality is one of the essential elements of living in contemporary...”
– IKEA spokesperson telling Catholics to piss off after asking queer couples be removed from their catalogue. (via mikehudack)
whatson:
bryonmcdonald:
Ben Harper - Forever
copycats:
Stand By Me by John Lennon originally...
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is...”
– Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (via sisterpearl)
“I wonder if it’s possible to have a love affair that lasts forever.”
– Andy Warhol (via simko)
“In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever...”
– Chuck Klosterman. (via jessicap)
“The news coverage and analysis by armchair security experts thus far has failed...”
– Obama’s BlackBerry brings personal safety risks | Surveillance State - CNET News (via mikehudack) 