July 2012
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“If you can sustain your interest in what you’re doing, you’re an extremely...”
– texturism
Jul 2nd
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Dear America: Read this before heading north →
sabine: Foreign Policy Passport addresses this.  Mind blown that there are people who threaten to move to Canada because the US is too “socialist”. It is apparent in 0.5 seconds that they know absolutely nothing about Canada. 
Jul 2nd
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Jul 2nd
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June 2012
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Jun 28th
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September 2011
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“Listening to GOP Presidential candidates talk...
Sep 10th
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Sep 10th
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Sep 10th
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July 2011
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Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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April 2011
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“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...”
– Freya Stark
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 11th
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Apr 11th
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Scandinavian Suspense
Nordic noir with its scenery, atmosphere and quiet vibe. Scandinavian suspense authors to check out: Swedish crime novelist Henning Mankell Karin Fossum Arnaldur Indridason Johan Theorin Jo Nesbo  + the classics from Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
Apr 11th
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How AMC's Intriguing 'The Killing' Is Turning... →
“I’m tingling because so far, the storytelling is remarkably layered. Almost every scene forwards the plot — about a Seattle homicide detective named Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and her attempt to solve the murder of a local teenage girl — but it also tells us something about the psychological state of the characters or the creepiness of their city.”
Apr 11th
February 2011
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Feb 14th
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The Good in Mediocre Governance →
“In international strategizing, as in life, we tend to have a better sense of ideal outcomes than we do of possible, if second-rate, ones. Just as little girls dream of being prima ballerina at the Bolshoi and not members of the corps de ballet at the Kentucky Ballet Theatre, policy-makers tend to hold up the bright lights of Sweden and Denmark when articulating the hopes for crippled states...
Feb 14th
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December 2010
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“Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”
– Leo Buscaglia (via thresca)
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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ListenMumford & Sons - Little Lion Man So gorgeous.
Dec 13th
October 2010
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September 2010
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ListenThe Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out...
Sep 20th
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August 2010
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Aug 1st
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July 2010
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Jul 24th
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May 2010
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May 30th
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ListenYelle - Qui est cette fille? // Who’s that girl? -...
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April 2010
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Apr 14th
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March 2010
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Mar 25th
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WatchWatch
Longboarding at Goat Hill filmed by Mammoth Media using a Nikon D90. The vintage grading is perfect. (via) Gorgeous video.  I can’t wait for spring!
Mar 5th
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Talking Your Way to Happiness: Well-being Is... →
“Greater well-being was related to spending less time alone and more time talking to others: The happiest participants spent 25% less time alone and 70% more time talking than the unhappiest participants. In addition to the difference in the amount of social interactions happy and unhappy people had, there was also a difference in the types of conversations they took part in: The happiest...
Mar 5th
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Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad for Women →
(link via robot-heart-politics: champagnecandy) Re: Hollywood’s version of a “strong female character” Flawed characters are compelling vs Hollywood operating as a doughy teenage male creating 2D characatures.
Mar 4th
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Mar 4th
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February 2010
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Feb 26th
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sabine: lapetitefigue: why do all the female ice dancers look so angry? Because Johnny Weir keeps telling them to “be fierce out there!” and they are misunderstanding. Johnny Weir is amazing.
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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January 2010
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Jan 23rd
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ListenThe XX – Heart Skipped a Beat I could basically...
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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vicissitude
\vih-SIS-ih-tood; -tyood\; noun: 1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange. 2. Irregular change; revolution; mutation. 3. A change in condition or fortune; an instance of mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another). (via)
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December 2009
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Dec 31st
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“The point is that there’s often an indefatigable gap between the rigors of...”
– Jonah Lehrer (via ninakix)
Dec 27th
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“The markets would help to clarify exactly the extent to which there is in fact a...”
– Nate Silver on a futures market for global warming (via marbury, ninakix) The use of markets would be an interesting and effective test of belief as it requires breaking that all too difficult initial barrier of inertia — whether it be political will-power, or overcoming business risk to...
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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First osmosis power plant goes on stream in Norway →
The world’s first power plant based on osmotic power — a small prototype plant — recently opened in Norway. The plant generates electricity through osmotic pressure: when salt water and fresh water come together, like when a river meets the sea, there’s a difference in water potential. The fresh water and salt water are brought into distinct chambers, separated by a membrane that lets only water...
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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