November 2011
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October 2011
14 posts
Corporations and Governments
canned:
I’ve read about the paper going around that maps the structure of stock ownership between all the major transnational corporations in the world. One thing they found was that a tight group of around 147 corporations owned a large proportion of all other corporations.
I doubt I’m the only one who considers this in the context of 8 countries that control the world.
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September 2011
3 posts
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Many teachers have little or no experience →
infoneer-pulse:
As children around the country settle in for the new school year, millions of them are sharing more than desks, sandwiches and sniffles. Chances are good that they are being taught by teachers with little or no experience.
The odds that a child will be taught by a new teacher have increased dramatically over the past two decades. In 1987-‘88, the most common level of experience...
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“All men fear death. It’s a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear death...”
– Ernest Hemingway in Midnight in Paris (via human-voices)
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August 2011
13 posts
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“Every time a man (myself) gives way to vanity, every time he thinks and lives in...”
– Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942 (via human-voices)
“the most binding labor
is
trying to make it
under a sanctified
banner....”
– charles bukowski, 86’d (via speakmnemosyne)
booze
8/5/11 9.05 AM
Allan: Hey
me: hung over
Allan: Nice
12.04 PM
me: still hung over
Allan: nice.
“Never combat any man’s opinion; for though you reached the age of Methuselah,...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims (via speakmnemosyne)
Oxygen finally spotted in space →
infoneer-pulse:
One of astronomy’s longest-running “missing persons” investigations has concluded: astronomers have found molecular oxygen in space.
While single atoms of oxygen have been found alone or incorporated into other molecules, the oxygen molecule - the one we breathe - had never been seen.
The Herschel space telescope spotted the molecules in a star-forming region in the...
Watchlipsyourloversleave:
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badbitchesandbombassweed:
recklessperfection501:
kayessarr:
chybro:
miniaturetigerz:
she is the stupidest fucking person ever. Oh my god. No you can’t break down your song you fucktard.
was this a joke or..
this has got to be a joke.
That shit… I can’t even… Omg…
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July 2011
17 posts
“He discovered the cruel paradox by which we always deceive ourselves twice about...”
– Albert Camus (via human-voices)
“There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please....”
– P.J. O’Rourke. (via libertarians)
“To me, absurdity is the only reality.”
– Frank Zappa
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert A. Heinlein (via atomos)
It Will Cost $1.9 Trillion Annually To Create A... →
infoneer-pulse:
Companies and governments the world over are investing billions of dollars in transitioning to clean energy, more efficient agricultural production methods, and climate-proof city infrastructures—but is it enough? One study claims that we will have to invest $1.9 trillion each year for the next 40 years in these new technologies, or face a major planetary catastrophe. About $1.1...
“As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of...”
– Daniel Radcliffe speaking to GQ (via gimmecameleon)
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
– Charles Dickens (via gimmecameleon)
June 2011
19 posts
MUTUAL APPRENTICESHIP
I’d like to have this with someone.
BLEEP BLOOP