January 2012
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“When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of...”
Jan 4th
September 2011
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“It’s like, Find the eight-hundred-dollar toilet seat, find the contractor who’s...”
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July 2011
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“…it is hardly possible to give credence to ideas uttered in the impersonal...”
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June 2011
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“This is Pariser’s point exactly, and his concern: that by having our own ideas...”
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May 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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“One of the big points is to show lawmakers that Facebook is important to their...”
Mar 29th
Some more great Guoisms: “work itself is a type of joy,” “a harsh environment is a good thing,” “hungry people have especially clear minds,” via
Mar 8th
“Gou conceded that he didn’t immediately grasp the significance of the...”
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February 2011
3 posts
Feb 17th
Feb 5th
“Any authoritarian ruler who wants to modernize his country has to educate the...”
– http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_52/b4064058743638_page_3.htm
Feb 3rd
January 2011
3 posts
Jan 14th
“In the wake of the recession, this guest [Greenspan] explained, high-income...”
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Jan 6th
“If you think something’s supposed to hurt, you’re less likely to...”
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Jan 3rd
December 2010
9 posts
“What would happen if a clutch of big banks decided that a particularly irksome...”
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Dec 29th
“According to Uber, one of Project Vigilant’s manifold methods for gathering...”
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Dec 29th
“A police officer told us that Jack, a troubled soul who neighbors say isn’t a...”
– My neighbor. via pictures
Dec 20th
“The guards have to check every five minutes that Private Manning is ok, and he...”
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“But around 1500, humanist scholars began to bemoan new problems: Printers in...”
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November 2010
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October 2010
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“Then it struck me: this is the problem with politics too. Politics, like...”
– Paul Graham via
Oct 7th
“I am an old man in his sixtieth year. I have entered that decade of life which...”
– great article the Atlantic 1977 via
Oct 7th
September 2010
2 posts
Sep 23rd
“I never intended to trick anybody,” said Mr. Affleck, an intense 35-year-old who spoke over a meat-free, cheese-free vegetable sandwich on Thursday. “The idea of a quote, hoax, unquote, never entered my mind.” Subtle yuppie bashing by the NYT. Why mention the sandwich? Politics!
Sep 17th
July 2010
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Jul 29th
“he made the paper with all its news from abroad serve as a shield against this...”
– José Saramago
Jul 27th
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“The large profit margins newspapers enjoyed in the past were built on an...”
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Jul 21st
WatchWatch
Sadie in action
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June 2010
4 posts
Jun 27th
U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in... →
derrinyet: This is just the plot of the last James Bond movie, right? “In 2004, American geologists, sent to Afghanistan as part of a broader reconstruction effort, stumbled across an intriguing series of old charts and data at the library of the Afghan Geological Survey in Kabul that hinted at major mineral deposits in the country. “ Kind of puts a new face on the Republican...
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May 2010
5 posts
“Until recently, I thought that there would never again be an opportunity to be...”
– Steve Eisman via
May 28th