March 26, 2013

Ryan Gosling on the MPAA’s decision to give Blue Valentine an NC-17 rating over its inclusion of an oral sex scene. (x)

(Source: howtocatchamonster, via emergentfutures)

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March 16, 2013
emergentfutures: How Washington Could Make College Tuition Free (Without Spending a Penny More on Education) The price of a degree has been going up faster than family incomes for decades now, and nobody has a clear fix yet. So rather than bemoan college costs like most days, I thought we could have some fun mulling over a radical solution: What if Washington just went ahead and made tuition at state schools free (or close to it)?  Full Story: Atlantic

emergentfutures:

How Washington Could Make College Tuition Free (Without Spending a Penny More on Education)

The price of a degree has been going up faster than family incomes for decades now, and nobody has a clear fix yet. So rather than bemoan college costs like most days, I thought we could have some fun mulling over a radical solution: What if Washington just went ahead and made tuition at state schools free (or close to it)? 

Full Story: Atlantic

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January 30, 2013

npr:

theatlanticvideo:

Moonrise in Real Time

This isn’t a time-lapse. This is celestial movement happening at real, human speed.

It’s big, bright and beautiful. -L

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January 23, 2013
emergentfutures: World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over “The richest 1 percent has increased its income by 60 percent in the last 20 years with the financial crisis accelerating rather than slowing the process,” while the income of the top 0.01 percent has seen even greater growth, a new Oxfam report said. Full Story: RT Ick.

emergentfutures:

World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over

“The richest 1 percent has increased its income by 60 percent in the last 20 years with the financial crisis accelerating rather than slowing the process,” while the income of the top 0.01 percent has seen even greater growth, a new Oxfam report said.


Full Story: RT

Ick.

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nevver: Reclassified Library BURN!

nevver:

Reclassified

Library BURN!

(via emergentfutures)

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October 16, 2012
My one true love, Lloyd Dobler.

My one true love, Lloyd Dobler.

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September 11, 2012
“ We have the highest child poverty rate of any advanced nation in the world. Nearly 25% of our children live in poverty. This is a scandal. Family poverty is the most reliable predictor of low test scores. How can we compare ourselves to nations like Finland where less than 5% of the children live in poverty?
AZspot: Rhee is wrong and misinformed   (via bijan)

(via emergentfutures)

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August 23, 2012
npr: cheatsheet: thedailyfeed: Time to put together a summer shindig — Bill Murray’s been tooling around the U.S. crashing every party he can find. Known to pop up in the unlikeliest karaoke bars and house parties in New York City, he “is looking to take a vacation around the United States,” his rep announced last month. “He’s hoping that if he shows up to your party with a bottle of wine or vegetable tray, you will be able to make the proper accommodations for him. This includes allowing him to sleep on your couch or in a spare bedroom.” Bill Murray can sleep on our couch anytime.  Wait, this is real?  Come on over Bill! — tanya b. I’d let him crash…

npr:

cheatsheet:

thedailyfeed:

Time to put together a summer shindig — Bill Murray’s been tooling around the U.S. crashing every party he can find.

Known to pop up in the unlikeliest karaoke bars and house parties in New York City, he “is looking to take a vacation around the United States,” his rep announced last month. “He’s hoping that if he shows up to your party with a bottle of wine or vegetable tray, you will be able to make the proper accommodations for him. This includes allowing him to sleep on your couch or in a spare bedroom.”

Bill Murray can sleep on our couch anytime. 

Wait, this is real? 

Come on over Bill! — tanya b.

I’d let him crash…

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August 12, 2012
wired: “In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed.” Read more about how Apple and Amazon security flaws led to the EPIC HACKING of our very own Mat Honan [@mat].

wired:

“In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed.”

Read more about how Apple and Amazon security flaws led to the EPIC HACKING of our very own Mat Honan [@mat].

(Source: Wired, via emergentfutures)

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June 16, 2012
thearchtivist: Map Carpets by Area Pavimenti I want it.

thearchtivist:

Map Carpets by Area Pavimenti

I want it.

(via fromageetalpinisme)

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