July 2010
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Jul 30th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 22nd
Jul 21st
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Holy Shit Statistic of the Day
Via The Atlantic: 180,000,000 gallons: High government estimate of the amount of oil estimated to have escaped [into the Gulf of Mexico]. 8 Hours: Amount of time it takes the U.S. to consume 180 million gallons of crude. Both numbers here are just mind-boggling.
Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOOD NEWS.
bombthemusicindustry: Turns out that since the RIAA has been suing people (y’know, college students, grandmothers, etc.) exorbitant amounts of money for downloading music illegally, they have spent FAR more on lawyers fees than they have actually recovered! Check it out!
Jul 15th
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Jul 14th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 10th
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Common Sense on a Roll: This Book is About the... →
… – From Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, which I started up last week. It’s a mindfuckingly good book. After reading 1984, I definitely got the feeling that Orwell was on to something (being 16 and in high school didn’t help). Then, after reading Brave New World back in May, it… Anthony’s post, in image form.
Jul 9th
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Jul 6th
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“There in the cocktail lounge, peering out through my leaks at a world of my own...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
Jul 6th
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Jul 5th
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Jul 4th
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Jul 2nd
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Fun Fact
Ghana is the only nation remaining in the World Cup whose official language is English.
Jul 2nd
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Jul 1st