February 2012
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Watchnprmusic:
Max Weisel, the 20 year-old software engineer behind the live electronics of Bjork’s Biophilia show, explains how he makes a Tesla coil sing to All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
Okay. This is fucking sweet. And realizing that I understand parts of how it works is cool.
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WatchThis was definitely a stand out track from the Daytrotter set that Matt Jones did a few weeks back. The new album comes out sooner than I thought and I couldn’t be more excited!
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Watchwisconsinforward:
“You’ve confused a war on your religion with not always getting everything you want.”
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“People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad, but paying $900 for a drug they...”
– Rick Santorum, speaking to the mother of a young boy in Colorado about the free market and prescription drug prices. She told Santorum her son’s medication could cost up to $1 million per year.
One drug her son is taking is Abilify, which is used in children to treat schizophrenia; aggression...
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Space Oddity: Or Why Baseball is Better Than... →
oldtimefamilybaseball:
Does football not enthuse you? Would you rather watch a fifth straight pick off throw to first base than see another play action pass? Don’t worry, it’s completely acceptable and you’re in good company. So even if you’re hootin’ and hollerin’ and enjoying the pizza and beer, if you notice that something is missing in your soul, give in to it. That just means you have...
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January 2012
38 posts
“Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C.? I’m rolling seven digits deep! I got 99...”
– Stephen Colbert, in a Federal Elections Commission filing for his super PAC. (via officialssay)
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Supreme Court Ruling Confuses Religious Workers |... →
Apparently religious organizations don’t have to abide by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
That’s ridiculous.
Watch(via Jon Stewart Watches Prime Time TV, Discovers a Horror Show - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire)
Jon Stewart makes a pretty gruesome point.
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WatchSome things are worth telling people about a second time.
This Absofacto track is the best song I’ve heard in 2012, and it would be bad of me to not try to repeatedly force it on everyone.
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“It’s my passion. It’s my love. Queer expression is where I found all my...”
– Antony Hegarty, in response to the question “do you think being a queer person is what feeds your creativity and your artistic self?”
Antony Hegarty: ‘I’m an artist, I’m an animist, I’m transgendered, I’m very non-Christian, I’m mammal identified’ | Out Magazine
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WatchAbsofacto put out another single, and this might be the best one so far.
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Santorum: Pregnancy as a result of rape is "a... →
homotronic:
If this man becomes president, i’m moving to Mordor.
SANTORUM: Well, you can make the argument that if she doesn’t have this baby, if she kills her child, that that, too, could ruin her life. And this is not an easy choice. I understand that. As horrible as the way that that son or daughter and son was created, it still is her child. And whether she has that child or doesn’t, it...
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Watch(via msnbc video: Colbert: Why doesn’t Ted Koppel have a Super PAC?)
The saga of Stephen Colbert’s campaign for the President of the United States of South Carolina is best entertainment I’ve seen all year.
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“To put it simply, says Desmettre, the 35-hour week hasn’t made her any...”
– French Dilemma: How To Burn Off All That Overtime? : NPR
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1,000,000 Strong Against Walker →
wisconsinforward:
One.million.signatures.
That’s almost as many votes as Scott Walker received in the 2010 election. Well done, Wisconsin.
Awesome!
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
by Martin Luther King... →
Thought of the night:
If it wasn’t for TV/Internet, I think I’d be a far more creative person. I’d at least be creating more.
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