July 2011
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“Let’s face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham...”
– (via -sorry)
Boomshakalaka
31 Interesting Questions →
allthatsmallthings:
urbnati:
31 Interesting Questions
The following are 31 interesting questions about some of the major events happening in our world right now….
#1 CNN is reporting that the clearest death picture of Osama Bin Laden “is so gruesome and mangled” that authorities believe it is not appropriate for the public. But the truth is that Hollywood movies show much worse every single...
Watchchels:
This time-lapse of an acorn turning into an oak tree is absolutely incredible.
Oak trees are renowned for growing slowly but that didn’t stop photographer Neil Bromhall from capturing a video of the process (see video above). He set up his camera to take a picture of the nut every hour to find out how long the process takes. Over the course of eight months, it grew into a fledgling...
For 40 years, the French government has been... →
mohandasgandhi:
This isn’t so secret to those who have been paying a bit of attention. Don’t ever let anyone tell you imperialism is dead.
NYC Sh*ts Itself →
climateadaptation:
“…millions of gallons of untreated sewage were being discharged from Manhattan into the Hudson and Harlem Rivers.”
nightline:
We kind of avoided posting this a couple times but finally we’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it any longer.
How is it that a fire should result in millions of gallons of raw sewage being discharged into the waters around Manhattan—on a...
.◈❁ animus vox ❁◈.: Physical health vs mental... →
cydne-the-trekupine:
dyke-recovery:
Last night is was made abundantly clear that if i had a physical health issues (Eg: My appendix was bursting, i had cancer) i would have gotten help from the nurses and doctors a lot faster than just presenting myself as highly suicidal. Suicidal…
Russia launches 'largest telescope ever made' →
zeitgeistmovement:
To look at the Russian RadioAstron spacecraft, which launched from Kazakhstan this Monday, it doesn’t seem particularly record-breaking. Its 10-meter (33-foot) antenna is certainly no match for those on earthbound radio telescopes, which can be up to 300 meters (984 feet) across.
Once in orbit, however, its signal will join forces with those from ground-based telescopes...
.◈❁ animus vox ❁◈.: greaterthanlapsed: The... →
greaterthanlapsed:
The reality, in the United States and most of the rest of the world, is that religion has a tremendously privileged status. Religion is deeply embedded into our culture and our laws. So much so that it’s often invisible until it’s pointed out. At which point — as is so…
Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility,... →
johngaltsnipples:
“This study was just routine,” said Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of this century. Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction. What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar industry.
After feeding...
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Lie still, sleep becalmed: One of my best friends... →
reinventionoftheprintingpress:
They broke hir motorized wheelchair and arrested hir and 42 others. Several have been accused of felonies, but I am unsure what these charges are at the present moment. I have only been able to talk to hir briefly so I am still sorting out all of the details….
the-green-chemist:
Carl Sagan — A Personal...
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150 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection →
world-shaker:
Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgeable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. Below, find a meta list of 150 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions.
This may be useful for some of you this fall, even if you have a predetermined text.
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Study: Marijuana Not Linked With Long Term... →
The idea that “marijuana makes you dumb” has long been embodied in the stereotype of the slow, stupid stoner, seen in numerous Hollywood movies and TV comedies and going unquestioned by much of American culture. But a new study says no: the researchers followed nearly 2,000 young Australian adults for eight years and found that marijuana has little long-term effect on learning and memory— and...
