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Hungering for a Solution2 comments

constantquantum wrote 1 month ago: Have you got a solution to world hunger? Me neither. But that doesn’t mean I remain neutral o … more »

Tags: What I know, Politics, Politics, Green, Food, Industrial Agriculture, environmentalist, The Environment, Agri-business

GAO, ABC, MSNBC Release Nature of Sensitive Military Equipment Available Online2 comments

prestoncoleman wrote 2 months ago: The General Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today detailing the nature of sensitive mi … more »

Tags: iraq, MSNBC, ABC News, Charles Gibson, general accountability office, NBC News, cnet.com, fcw.com

Math with Monty1 comment

Trevor Butterworth wrote 2 months ago: Rebecca Goldin Ph.D There’s no way of better inspiring people to think about math than to give the … more »

Tags: mathematics, New York Times, Monty Hall

Up in Lights1 comment

virescent wrote 3 months ago: Al Gore is publicizing the environment again. This time, it comes with professional ad-people and $ … more »

Tags: crafts, Environment, recycling, handmade, Al Gore, LEDs, We Can Solve It, Fox News, Mood Rings

Nudging Ourselves Into Sanity

alison13 wrote 3 months ago: My idea of today’s best read is not anything by me, but rather, John Tierney’s excellent … more »

Tags: sustainability, carbon footprint, Environment, Global Warming, Life, climate change, happiness, Nudge

Baby's got a bad, bad name10 comments

mighty red pen wrote 3 months ago: Moondog and I occasionally play a game called “Name I’m Glad I Don’t Have,” … more »

Tags: pop culture, Wordsworthy, Baby Names

Denier Frederick Seitz dead at 96

kenlevenson wrote 4 months ago: Mr. Seitz’s obituary was notable to me not for his role as a denier per se, but his work for b … more »

Tags: AGW Deniers, Tobacco, Global Warming, Frederick Seitz, George Monbiot, Philip Morris, ExxonMobil, R.J. Reynolds

leap into less choices

miamiprovocateur wrote 4 months ago: It’s leap day and that alone seems like an odd decision which leads to the question how do we … more »

Tags: Positive, Choices, New York Times, MIT, Dan Ariely

Communication breakdown, it’s always the same

uradiate wrote 5 months ago:   (Disclaimer: I swear I did not make this up. One of the emails below has been edited for leng … more »

Tags: Dating, Online Dating, Relationships, Romance, social networking, algorithm, ButterfliesAgain.com, Chemistry.com, compatibility test

Worrying Accomplishes Nothing in the "War On Terror"

Jacqueline Zenn wrote 5 months ago: Who is more dangerous to your health, Al-Qaeda or the Department of Homeland Security? For the answe … more »

Tags: General, Semi-Dangerous Pastimes, Blogging, Politics, Terrorism, Fear, Department of Homeland Security, terror alerts, false alarms

The More Bad Data You See, The More Bad Data You'll See1 comment

Trevor Butterworth wrote 6 months ago: Trevor Butterworth The media have trapped us in a feedback loop of doom and gloom preventing us from … more »

Tags: What's my risk

One starving polar bear, please3 comments

Tuomo Järvelä wrote 6 months ago: “Today’s interpreters of the weather are what social scientists call availability entreprene … more »

Tags: Media & maailma, Global Warming, Media cascade

On the 2007 Awards for Scientific Research Used to Perpetuate Gay Stereotypes

The Gay Recluse wrote 6 months ago: We could not look back at 2007 without offering our appreciation to all of the scientists out there … more »

Tags: drivel, Gay, Government, language, Law, Science, Stereotypes, The Times, Best of 2007

John Tierney Still Wrong on Iraq

17oldelmroad wrote 9 months ago: We learned in the Salem News September 11th (“Tierney challenges general’s update on Iraq”) t … more »

Tags: Salem Evening News, iraq, iraq, John Tierney, General David Petraeus

Title IX13 comments

jweiler wrote 1 year ago: This weekend marked the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark act passed in 1972 that stipulate … more »


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