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skeptv: New Carnivorous Sponge Looks Like A Harp 10,000 feet...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:06:48 +0000

New Carnivorous Sponge Looks Like A Harp

10,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, scientists recently discovered the harp sponge, a new carnivorous species. Clinging with root-like “rhizoids” to the soft, muddy sediment, the harp sponge captures tiny crustaceans and slowly digests them.

by Live Science Videos.

Sonia Livingstone on Children and the Internet

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:52:00 +0100

Sonia Livingstone on Children and the Internet:

untanglingtheweb:

an excellent and balanced assessment of the evidence. Well worth a listen.

Interesting post

Targeted Ads

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:59:37 +0100

If targeted ads worked exactly the way they’re sold, we’d all love ‘em to death. We’d only see ads we liked and all data tracking would be opt in. We’d be told exactly what we were giving away and we’d have unlimited access to our own data. We could specify what sort of ads we wanted to see and get to find out exactly how much they earned the collector and its affiliates

How many times can a crisis...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:45:15 +0100

How many times can a crisis recur?

doctorswithoutborders:

Interview: Niger’s Very Large But Sadly “Normal” Malnutrition Situation

A complex series of nutritional crises is unfolding across the nations of Africa’s Sahel region. MSF director of operations Dr. Jean-Clément Cabrol has just returned from southern Niger. In this interview, he describes what he found and why a new approach is needed to treat the children who bear the brunt of the region’s chronic food insecurity.

Is there a food crisis in Niger?
If you’re asking if the situation is exceptional, then the answer is no. In Niger, food access problems that trigger widespread malnutrition are unfortunately recurrent. In 2011, which was not even considered a crisis year, more than 300,000 severely malnourished children were treated throughout Niger, and not only by MSF. This year, that figure could reach 390,000.

Read the rest of the interview here. Photo: A child is weighed at the MSF integrated health center in Dakoro District, Maradi region.
Niger 2012 © Julie Remy

When I was child there was no copyright theft. We had apple scrumping though

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:46:13 +0100

Not far from where we lived, there was a public footpath, bordering an orchard and when we were about 11 a few of us would climb the fence and sit in the orchard eating the apples. We rarely took any with us, because we were in no hurry. The orchard was surrounded by open fields and obviously many miles from whoever owned it. We lay in the orchard eating and socialising. As time went by our little group dwindled, moving on to secondary school and beyond. None of us ever went back to the orchard. It was never about the Apples. It was about the sharing.

Chris Hall of FOSS Force: Occupy #Diaspora http://feedly.com/k/R42Q5k

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:46:30 +0100

Chris Hall of FOSS Force: Occupy #Diaspora http://feedly.com/k/R42Q5k

Tumblr Devoted to Advertising Erotica Takes All Comers | Adweek

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:03:40 +0100

Tumblr Devoted to Advertising Erotica Takes All Comers | Adweek:

Swinging off Edward Cullen’s nuts, has been turned into an advertising-themed Tumblr

Tumblr gems worth perusing | Stuff.co.nz

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:27:17 +0100

Tumblr gems worth perusing | Stuff.co.nz:

As a reminder that there are funny and talented people making amazing things every day, we interviewed a few internet personalities whose Tumblrs you should read

Yes, There's A Tumblr Site Dedicated To Bad Drivers (And Cyclists): Chicagoist

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:39:53 +0100

Yes, There's A Tumblr Site Dedicated To Bad Drivers (And Cyclists): Chicagoist:

This Tumblr site gathers instances of bad driving and bicycling for all to see (but mainly drivers). If anything Bad Chicago Drivers is a reminder to be on your guard when using Milwaukee Avenue.

laughingsquid: A Prequel to The Sandman Comic Series is...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:35:25 +0100

laughingsquid:

A Prequel to The Sandman Comic Series is Announced by Neil Gaiman

"A democratic citizen is not a citizen who can do anything he wants. It’s a citizen who has an..."

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:23:37 +0100

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A democratic citizen is not a citizen who can do anything he wants. It’s a citizen who has an obligation at the same time. And just to give you an example, if I may, the freedom of speech, what is the duty associated with it?

Well, if I have the right to speak, I have the duty to let you speak. Now, that’s not so simple. It doesn’t mean just to stop my talking and wait till you’re finished and then come in and get you. It means I have an obligation inwardly — and that’s what we’re speaking about, is the inner dimension. Inwardly, I have to work at listening to you. That means I don’t have to agree with you, but I have to let your thought into my mind in order to have a real democratic exchange between us. And that is a very interesting work of the human being, don’t you think?

”

- —Jacob Needleman, from “The Inward Word of Democracy” (via beingblog)

Why Filmmakers Should Be on Tumblr | Studio Daily

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:33:57 +0100

Why Filmmakers Should Be on Tumblr | Studio Daily:

Sometimes pastiche, like film, can engage us in multiple ways at once. And sometimes you just have to go where the eyeballs are

Genetic Screening gone mad?

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:22:00 +0100

Genetic Screening gone mad?:

Scientists could soon be able to routinely screen unborn babies for thousands of genetic conditions, raising concerns the breakthrough could lead to more abortions.

Instantly share wordpress posts on Tumblr

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:40:51 +0100

Instantly share wordpress posts on Tumblr

Clever cjwho: Street Art in Dublin by prefab77

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:13:14 +0100

Clever

cjwho:

Street Art in Dublin by prefab77

ryandonato: Mahabalipuram Mamallapuram Stone Carvings Tension...

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:25:58 +0100

ryandonato:

Mahabalipuram Mamallapuram Stone Carvings

Tension is almost obligatory for the best photos

Toussaint L’Ouverture, the Genius Who Embodied the Enlightenment | Haiti Chery

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:13:53 +0100

Toussaint L’Ouverture, the Genius Who Embodied the Enlightenment | Haiti Chery:

aboriginalpressnews:

In 1789, the year of the French Revolution, Saint Domingue (now Haiti) was the richest colony in the world. The source of this wealth was the exploitation of half a million black slaves who furnished the labor for the sugar, indigo, cotton, cocoa, coffee, and tobacco extracted from over 2,000 plantations. In principle, a series of royal edicts called the code noir (slave code) regulated the conduct of the white slave owners in France’s colonies. The code noir sanctioned corporal punishment, among other things, but in practice even this code’s few admonitions to feed, clothe, and refrain from raping one’s slaves went unenforced, and the plantation owners did as they wished. In fact many worked their slaves to death, since it was usually cheaper to buy than raise a slave. Hence the common proverb of colonialists of those days:

http://see.sc/763mj2

Sun, 20 May 2012 23:09:44 +0100

http://see.sc/763mj2:

Mom Who Sent Adopted Russian Boy Back on One-Way Flight Must Pay $150K Plus Monthly $1K Support - News - ABA Journal

I'm not sure why I've been such a failure on Tumblr

Sun, 13 May 2012 19:13:28 +0100

The only followers I have here are ones who’ve followed me from other sites. I can’t pinpoint a single person who’s actually found me here. I used to think that was just because it was the last site I joined and most of the people who were into the sort of thing I shared had already found me. In other words I was making the assumption, I’d reached the limit of all the people who were ever likely to find my stuff interesting. Then I joined Pinterest and quite a few new people found me there, so now I’m back to wondering why I’m so wrong for Tumblr.

Forbes - Bitcoin Funded Debit Cards

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:42:32 +0100

Forbes - Bitcoin Funded Debit Cards:

bitcoin:

bitcoinnews:

Jon Matonis (@JonMatonis) writes in Forbes about the ability to add funds to a credit card (just like what might happen when getting a refund from a merchant). Excerpts:

“[This feature] leverages a little-known type of transaction that is available on the VisaNet system called ‘Original Credit Transaction’. The other major card payment networks have a similar feature too.”
“Previously, it was cumbersome for bitcoin account holders to transact in national currencies because they had to go through one or more exchanges and then wait further for funds to arrive in a bank account or other intermediary.”
“Withdraw2Card’s] service fee is $9 plus 1.99% (for MtGox USD) with a $1,000 maximum transfer amount.”
“By removing friction from the process, bitcoin becomes easier to spend overall because not every merchant will accept bitcoin directly for payment yet and not all transactions demand irreversibility and privacy.”

- http://onforb.es/JM11Qv

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