May 2013
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“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows...”
– William Cowper, ”Winter Walk at Noon” The Task, Book VI, 1785
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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“The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is...”
– Paul Johnson, The Recovery of Freedom, 1980
May 22nd
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“Her monotonous family life and the absence of adequate intellectual occupation...”
– Josef Breuer, “Fräulein Anna O”, Studies on Hysteria, 1895 Anna O. and I have much in common.
May 22nd
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“Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the...”
– Kurt Vonnegut  (via lesilencieux)
May 22nd
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“On its own, it is a wonder, but viewed in isolation its complexity and very...”
– Brian Cox channels Richard Feynman in this reminder that viewing science through any single lens is an incomplete view of its magnificence. In other words, physics is beautiful, but it’s a periscope view of life’s majesty. From his new book to accompany the BBC series, Wonders of Life. via Brain...
May 21st
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May 21st
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The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science... →
E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages I enjoy my Kindle, but I still prefer reading books on paper primarily for the following reason: Beyond treating individual letters as physical objects, the human brain may also perceive a text in its entirety as a kind of physical landscape....
May 21st
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May 21st
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“Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from the claims...”
– Karl Popper, Utopia and Violence, 1947
May 21st
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“There’s nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And...”
– Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle (via intensifyit) This is what I always imagine I’m missing most from another, but I’m attempting to learn to accept understanding myself better to achieve personal intimacy.  I am so frequently lost in my head that it can be difficult to find the voice of...
May 21st
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Dear American Consumers: Please Don’t Start Eating... →
Dear Consumers: A disturbing trend has come to our attention. You, the people, are thinking more about health, and you a€™re starting to do something about it. This cannot continue…. We were dismayed when the IWG released its report in 2011. The guidelines said that foods advertised to children must provide “a meaningful contribution to a healthful diet.” For example, any food marketed to...
May 21st
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“There is no single jurisdiction in the U.S. where a minimum wage worker can...”
– National Low Income Housing Coalition (via presidentjonesco)
May 20th
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“Businesses don’t hire more people when they have an abundance of profit,...”
– Nick Hanauer being interviewed on the Majority Report about his banned TED Talk.
May 20th
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May 19th
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“There is no history of mankind, there is only an indefinite number of histories...”
– Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies, 1945
May 19th
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May 19th
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Songs I'd Perform as a Drag Queen
Robyn - The Girl and the Robot Gossip - Yr Mangled Heart PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan Kelis - Like You Róisín Murphy - Let Me Know Joan Osborne - Right Hand Man The Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism Peaches - Two Guys (For Every Girl) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound Garbage - Queer Hole - Violet Goldfrapp - Strict Machine I’ve thought about dances,...
May 19th
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May 18th
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“Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure...”
– Murray Edelman, Politics as Symbolic Action, 1964
May 18th
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My life suffers from a severe lack of blow jobs.  
May 18th
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“Labor groups urged massive clothing retailers including Gap and Wal-Mart to sign...”
– Your Favorite Stores Aren’t Signing the Bangladesh Safety Act (via robot-heart-politics) Human lives are an inconvenient liability in the acquisition of delusionally expanding profit margins.
May 17th
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“Money has to serve, not to rule.”
– Pope Francis on the “Cult of Money” In an impassioned appeal, the Argentinian pontiff said politicians needed to be bold in tackling the root causes of the economic crisis, which he said lay in an acceptance of money’s “power over ourselves and our society”. ...
May 17th
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