Monday, February 28, 2011
Mark Zuckerberg, "because of the global perspective they bring - backed up by the impressive growth and ..." @Facebook http://dld.bz/KyK3
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities learn less." [Academically Adrift] College Books http://dld.bz/NBqm
Edgardo J. Angara supporters rallied via text and the Internet at a factor of roughly 75% during the last election. http://dld.bz/JpRu
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Naomi Klein: "What was happening in Iraq and New Orleans was not a new invention." [The Shock Doctrine] Books http://dld.bz/PsPb
"This stand-out group of young people has been cultivated from early on to achieve." [Not Quite Adults] Parenting Books http://dld.bz/HCAE
You can blame this country's obesity epidemic on big agribusiness!#HFCS [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 food
... patients continue to vividly feel the presence of the missing limb... [V. S. Ramachandran: The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Stephen Baker: "If Watson can top them, what is this kind of intelligence worth?" [Final Jeopardy] @IBM http://dld.bz/NrxD
Patti Smith gives advice to young people who decide to throw away their .. become artists. [#Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Robert B. Reich: Unemployment is not a moral failing. [Aftershock] @TheEconomist @Harvard @Stanford @WSJ Finance @WSJ http://dld.bz/JjaP
Jacoby: "The myth of young old age overestimates earning potential and underestimates needs.." [Never Say Die] Books http://dld.bz/PNvv
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Jonathan Weiner: And yet each generation is ready to believe the problem of mortality is solved.. [Long for This World] http://dld.bz/KfRt
Peter H. Gleick: "Many have started to reduce their bottled water purchases." [Bottled and Sold] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nt5S
David Hoffman: some Soviet chemical warfare experts ended up selling @Snickers bars to earn a living. [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
Edward Glaeser: "Greater density is the goal: more people means more possibility." [Triumph of the City] Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
@TysonFoods have gone to great lengths to design meals that could be microwaved by 8 year olds. [The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
San Mateo voters are eager to share their political views online. @NYT @NPR Blogs [Campaigns on the Internet] http://dld.bz/JpRu @BW @BBC
AutismOne has become more extreme as more n more evidence disproves their claims http://dld.bz/FjCQ panicvirus mnookin autism vaccines
Andrew Sorkin: A market “gripped by a fear and disorder that no invisible hand could tame” http://dld.bz/Fmga 2big2fail Wall Street Finance
The Dalai Lama concentrates inward on psychological benefits; the British writer’s focus is outward. [Karen Armstrong] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Ray Kurzweil: price-performance of all information-based technologies, e.g. biotechnology [#Singularity Is Near] Future http://dld.bz/JJWm
The problem is that we do not see dark energy because it doesn't emit light, so we cannot measure it. http://dld.bz/HDrF cosmos @NSF @NASA
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
"They include 'cross links' that gum up the machinery and glue cells to one another and mitochondria that fail with age." http://dld.bz/KfRt
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown talks about new book.. [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
S. Fallon: Spouses of deployed @USArmy soldiers take the strangeness of deployments, make it normal. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
People often prefer to be right. [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM @NPR @NYT @BBC @TED love pain
Mike Huckabee: ".. could not live in certain places in America because I was Christian, or because I was white.." Books http://dld.bz/PBaT
The Net Delusion: "... election protesters in Iran were able to tweet, blog and record the violence they saw..." Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter ".. if you agree that pageant moms are over the line in th.." Sex @Disney http://dld.bz/MYhU
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Dederer: Poser: My Life.. Yoga Poses: "Breast-feeding was simply the first item in a long, abstruse to-do list." Books http://dld.bz/Pssq
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "... you are not trying to make fun of your moms. You think they're freaking..." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
Anand Giridharadas: ".. used to ask me on these December visits if I felt Indian or American." [#India Calling] Books http://dld.bz/P3zA
Russell Simmons: "Jay-Z is less sexist than most preachers out there." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Michio Kaku: "By the end of the century, computers will be as smart as monkeys." [Physics of the Future] Science Books http://dld.bz/PQ9C
.. I knew I was wrong to waste food. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction Books Economics @WholeFoods http://dld.bz/K9QG
Peter Bergen: "Atta communicated by email from the United States with Binalshibh." [The Longest War] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/N2zp
Jonathan Weiner: SENS scribblings of 500 years, 1000 years... were like essays on Aladdin's lamp. [Long for This World] http://dld.bz/KfRt
Kurt Cobain: It's better to burn out than to fade away .. ["Godspeed"] Graphic Novels Nirvana http://dld.bz/Pmqz
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
... DA vows to help Scott Brown if he wants to pursue case against molester... [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] http://dld.bz/NAtT
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: ".. there was no opportunity to become a zillionaire and make an impact.." Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Eduardo Porter: .. the poor choose among their options the same way the rich do. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction @BW http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Rosie the chicken supposedly lived on a farm in Petaluma, but was more like an animal factory of 100,000s chickens. http://dld.bz/HfH5
The anonymously authored roman à clef numbers 368 pages #O: A Presidential Novel http://dld.bz/HsmE @WhiteHouse @BarackObama books
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Susan Jacoby: ".. the myth of young old age falsely suggests that '#age is just a number'.." [Never Say Die] Books http://dld.bz/PNvv
In "The Future of Power," Nye explains that in the global information age, superpowers need a "smart power" strategy. http://dld.bz/KkVU
"But the colored part of a town, we one big anthill." [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
Sherry Turkle: "Is technology offering us the lives we want to lead?" [Alone Together] @ericschmidt @garyvee @sacca @ev http://dld.bz/JJWm
Edward Glaeser: "#London has rigidly held to its Victorian building style." [Triumph of the City] Cities Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
Maryn McKenna: Because MRSA spreads by skin contact, infections spread faster in @USArmy barracks. [#Superbug] @NPR http://dld.bz/JgwB
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: ".. dovetailing with the precise moment that girls need to prove.." Books http://dld.bz/MYhU
Emily Lambert: Futures: the most traded products on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were futures and options on onions. http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Russell Simmons: "This place where you operate from abundance." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] Consciousness http://dld.bz/NjvW
Mark Zuckerberg, "We're the sixth most trafficked site and we can't seem to get our act together." @Facebook @CNBC @NPR http://dld.bz/Jxnk
In "The Future of Power," Nye explains that in the global information age, superpowers need a "smart power" strategy. http://dld.bz/KkVU
Philip Dray: "The labor giants were a part of our nation's heritage." [There is Power in a Union] AFL-CIO Teamsters http://dld.bz/PD7q
Big Agribusiness has Washington in its pocket. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 food HFCS energy policy
David Hoffman: Mr. Gorbachev declined to up the ante by building a Soviet Star Wars missile system. [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
.. there's something to associating unfinished food with hunger, morally.. [#American Wasteland] @RoOnDemand http://dld.bz/K9QG
Sherry Turkle: "I had concerns about the 'holding power' of new technologies." [Alone Together] Singularity http://dld.bz/JJWm
The person behind #O: A Presidential Novel has “vast personal experience” on the subject http://dld.bz/HsmE @SimonSchuster @NYT @NPR @BBC
.. who has kept a low profile since resigning in 2006, uses the book to renew his long-running feud.. [Donald Rumsfeld] http://dld.bz/K9cd
Peter H. Gleick: "Incanto in San Francisco switched to serving only tap water in reusable carafes.." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: "... Iran's seemed like a revolution that the whole world was not just ..." Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
"Many parents lack the money, time, or connections to help their kids navigate .." [Not Quite Adults] Books http://dld.bz/HCAE
I used the phrase in a Pentagon press conference one day, and that's when.. [#Rumsfeld] @MilitaryChannel @usairforce http://dld.bz/K9cd
This stuff about Einstein, dark energy, and the cosmological constant is absolutely fascinating! Read Brian Greene: http://dld.bz/H4Pb
If you push the math far enough, you can’t avoid the multiverse. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmos books
Stephen Baker: "At one point, they considered establishing Watson as a child." [Final Jeopardy] @IBM Books AI Science http://dld.bz/NrxD
..to keep our Earth and its inhabitants physically and morally healthy. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/K9QG
"Immortality could wind up being a terrible stasis." [Jonathan Weiner, Long for this World] http://dld.bz/KfRt
George Friedman: "With few countries working on breakthrough technologies, this innovation will not..." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsT
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all spiritual traditions. [Karen Armstrong: A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Friedman: "This country's indebtedness does not reduce its ability to affect the international system." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Kurt Cobain: It's better to burn out than to fade away .. ["Godspeed"] Graphic Novels Nirvana http://dld.bz/Pmqz
Read Interesting Books- ".. regression analysis correlates calorie surplus and book deficiency with drug use.." http://bit.ly/hVqU2s
You’re finding find more intricate manifestations of corn in processed foods every month. [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5 HFCS diet
Students that spend more time studying in peer groups see diminishing gains .. [Academically Adrift] College http://dld.bz/NBqm
Say what you want about China's economy; they don't have any debts. Well, just ours! [Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP @EconUS @NYT
Even Moore's Law has an end point. Quantum computing does not exist! [The Technological Singularity Debate] http://dld.bz/JJWm
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Oregonians are eager to share their political views online. @Pew_Internet @NYT @NPR Blogs [Campaigns on the Internet] http://dld.bz/JpRu
Barack Obama: "... the white man who had tried to purchase my father's forgiveness." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Peter Bergen: "Jarrah would soon crash Flight 93 into a Pennsylvania field, killing everyone on board." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
Saturday, February 26, 2011
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Ian Frazier describes being on a train for 52 hours and never leaving the Russian forest. [#Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Barack Obama: "She's wise that way, my grandmother, suspicious of overwrought sentiments..." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Sherry Turkle: "I wanted to explore the inner history of devices." [@STurkle: Alone Together] Technology Books @Google http://dld.bz/JJWm
A tinkerer helped pioneer d packing of greens in a specially formulated plastic bag pumped w/ inert gases. @MichaelPollan http://dld.bz/HfH5
MRSA is a type of staph infection that can't be treated with first-line antibiotics. @BBCHealth @Wired @CNET Books http://dld.bz/JgwB
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Books: Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP @TheEconomist @planetmoney @BW
Emily Lambert: Futures: the most traded products on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were futures and options on onions. http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Eduardo Porter: .. @WorldBank "believed poor countries were dumps." [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction @benjaminbland http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Jonathan Weiner: Benjamin Franklin wrote of his deep wish and desire to live forever. [Long ... World] Science Life http://dld.bz/KfRt
Anand Giridharadas: "My mother observed the Indian festival of karva chauth." [#India Calling] Culture Books http://dld.bz/P3zA
Eric Kandel: ".. merger of these disciplines with the biology of the brain.." [Charlie Rose Books] Medicine Mind http://dld.bz/PCZC
Dederer: Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses: "We heard the rumors about hormones in dairy .." Parenting Books http://dld.bz/Pssq
"I didn't know what to do, so I screamed." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Abuse Memoirs Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
David and Julie Eisenhower talk about what it was like to be with the man who invented the.. [#Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Liaquat Ahamed wrote a book that's critical to understanding the economics of today, "Lords of Finance." http://dld.bz/HXRm Pulitzer @NPR
President @BarackObama himself wrote #O: A Presidential Novel http://dld.bz/HsmE @WhiteHouse @NYT @POLITICO politics interesting fiction
..how ingrained avoiding waste used to be, how squandering food was just not done. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] http://dld.bz/K9QG
Dark energy now dominates the universe even though it was a tiny contributor 13.7 billion years ago. http://dld.bz/HDrF cosmology @SciFri
"Reforming the tax code" merely means that the @GOP will further their agenda of cutting taxes for the wealthiest 2%. http://dld.bz/JjaP
Jonathan Weiner: SENS scribblings of 500 years, 1000 years... were like essays on Aladdin's lamp. [Long for This World] http://dld.bz/KfRt
".. activists were working in government and business to press for more equality." [A Strange Stirring] Feminism Books http://dld.bz/PvtE
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Jonathan Weiner: Benjamin Franklin wrote of his deep wish and desire to live forever. [Long ... World] Science Life http://dld.bz/KfRt
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Rumsfeld replied: "You go to war with the army you have." [Known and Unknown] @OregonGuard http://dld.bz/K9cd
Nancy Marie Brown: This Pope entered a Benedictine monastery: the only elementary school of his day. [Abacus and.. Cross] http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Dark energy now dominates the universe even though it was a tiny contributor 13.7 billion years ago. http://dld.bz/HDrF cosmology @SciFri
Barack Obama, "This war diminishes our security, our standing in the world, our military, our economy, and the..." http://dld.bz/KfxP
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: That's on par with Bill gates getting unlimited access to a time-share... Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Eduardo Porter: .. relative costs and benefits open to them determine their behavior. [#Price.. Everything] Economics http://dld.bz/K7ZA
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
How General Mills transforms 4 cents worth of corn into $5 of processed food. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
The prewashed salad business became the great success story in American agriculture. [@MichaelPollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5 food history
Kevin Kelly: ".. long-term imperatives of this near-living system, we can capture its full gifts." Singularity Books http://dld.bz/JJWm
@STurkle: We seek robots as an easy substitute for the difficulty of dealing with others. @singularityu [Alone Together] http://dld.bz/JJWm
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Peter H. Gleick: "Many have started to reduce their bottled water purchases." [Bottled and Sold] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nt5S
The mathematics break down at time zero itself. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmology nonfiction books @NYT
Edward Glaeser: "#Cities allow for social and economic mobility..." [Triumph of the City] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
@TeamTeddyCasino voters and supporters coordinate online and via text at a factor of about 93%. Philippines Politics http://dld.bz/JpRu
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter ".. accommodations, and meals for thirty pageants she'd attended in.." http://dld.bz/MYhU
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religions. [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
"The adrenaline rush is continual," @STurkle says of our wired lives. "We get a little shot of dopamine every time..." http://dld.bz/JJWm
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Technological singularity is a hypothetical event; technological progress makes the future unpredictable. @singularitys http://dld.bz/JJWm
Friday, February 25, 2011
Students that spend more time studying in peer groups see diminishing gains .. [Academically Adrift] Higher Education http://dld.bz/NBqm
Barack Obama: "I agreed to take a year off after graduation to put my thoughts to paper." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: ".. an anthropology of all these fobby tales from our parents on a blog.." [My Mom is a Fob] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
George Friedman: "The jihadist war has driven developments in unmanned surveillance and attack crafts." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
David Hoffman: There is a powerful link between a weak state, corruption and authoritarianism. Russia [The Oligarchs] http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Food marketers exploit shifting eating patterns and nutritional fashions. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962. http://dld.bz/HXRf Pulitzer Nonfiction Books
@RBReich: This is a jobs emergency, and if I were president tonight, I'd talk about nothing but this jobs emergency! @BW http://dld.bz/JjaP
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: @YouTube will not save you... Iran Egypt Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
More than 55% of the voting population in San Juan vote based on what they read online. [#Campaigns on the Internet] http://dld.bz/JpRu
Gideon Rachman: .. the belief that in a world in which democracy and capitalism were on the rise.. [#Zero-Sum Future] http://dld.bz/KkVU
Juliet B. Schor: "... ecological limits to economic growth." [Plenitude] @TheEconomist @WSJ @BW @FT GDP Wealth http://dld.bz/KhPB
The big EVO sports an 8-MP camera with a dual LED flash as well as a 1.3-MP front-facing camera for video-calling http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
"Scientists said that it was impossible for radio frequency radiation from cell phones to have an.." [Disconnect] Books http://dld.bz/PtjN
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "... you are not trying to make fun of your moms. You think they're freaking..." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
Gideon Rachman: "a faith in democracy – expressed most famously by Francis Fukuyama’s essay." [Zero-Sum Future] @WSJ @NPR http://dld.bz/KkVU
Stephen Baker: "If Watson can top them, what is this kind of intelligence worth?" [Final Jeopardy] @IBM http://dld.bz/NrxD
Liaquat Ahamed: the mid 19th century saw technological advances not unlike the breath of today's. [#Pulitzer Prize] http://dld.bz/HXRm @NPR
Jonathan Weiner: This is where the science of mortality can take you. [Long for This World] Immortality @futureful @MIT http://dld.bz/KfRt
Political scientist Robert Spitzer is author of the book "The Politics of Gun Control."[@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB Politics
Corn has been turned into a dietary agent of evil. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 high fructose corn syrup
popped a few bottles in the fridge. should be good later ;) http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: "Cyber-utopians have spawned a dangerous illusion..." Books Clinton Iran http://dld.bz/NdXf
The bacterial infection was spilling over into his bloodstream, he had gone from sick to a kid in crisis. [Superbug] MRSA http://dld.bz/JgwB
Armstrong is a one-time nun has published biographies on Buddha. [12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM compassion peace
Robert B. Reich: 1933 was not completely unlike today's economic predicament in the U.S. [#Aftershock] Economics http://dld.bz/JjaP
"Senator Brown did not identify the camp in (his) book and he does not intend (to) do.." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] http://dld.bz/NAtT
Poor people are the most ignorant about economic policies. But it's these people that are affected the most, by these. http://dld.bz/JjaP
Whether dark energy is truly a new component of energy density or an extension of gravitational physics is not yet known. http://dld.bz/HDrF
Barack Obama: "Well, I suspect that I sound incurably naive, wedded to lost hopes." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
@McDonalds, there’s high fructose corn syrup in the ketchup! [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 HFCS obesity fat
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
The bacterial infection was spilling over into his bloodstream, he had gone from sick to a kid in crisis. [Superbug] MRSA http://dld.bz/JgwB
Kurt Cobain: I never knew about my ancestors until this year.. They came from Co Cork, which is a really.. [#Godspeed] http://dld.bz/Pmqz
In Camden, 1% of patients are responsible for 30% of Healthcare costs. @TheDemocrats @SenSherrodBrown @macon44 http://dld.bz/JgwB
Robert B. Reich: The Great Depression and the Great Recession are closely related. [Aftershock] @TheEconomist @WSJ @BW http://dld.bz/JjaP
Liaquat Ahamed got the idea for his book when he read "The Committee to Save the World," abt Greenspan. http://dld.bz/HXRm Banking @NPR
The “government’s only proper role,” Wu writes, “is as a check on private power, never as an aid to it.” [Master Switch] http://dld.bz/JJWm
Emily Lambert: Futures: the most traded products on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were futures and options on onions. http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Robert Spitzer is a member of the NRA and recently talked with Terry Gross. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Nancy Marie Brown: This pope's biography has been known to historians for hundreds of years. [#Abacus and the Cross] http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Nicholas Negroponte wants to give laptop computers to children in third-world countries so .. [#Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
The “government’s only proper role,” Wu writes, “is as a check on private power, never as an aid to it.” [Master Switch] http://dld.bz/JJWm
Gideon Rachman, "Between the collapse of the USSR and Lehman Brothers, globalization created common.." [Zero-Sum Future] http://dld.bz/KkVU
".. activists were working in government and business to press for more equality." [A Strange Stirring] Feminism Books http://dld.bz/PvtE
Friedman: "From nuclear power to the internet, the State is much better at investing in innovation." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
Kurt Cobain: The worst crime I can think of would be to rip people off by faking it and pretending as if .. ["Godspeed"] http://dld.bz/Pmqz
Edward Glaeser: "#Cities attract talent and sharpen it through competition..." [Triumph of the City] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
Gideon Rachman, "Between the collapse of the USSR and Lehman Brothers, globalization created common.." [Zero-Sum Future] http://dld.bz/KkVU
".. impossible for radio frequency radiation from phones to any impact on human biology." [Disconnect] Books http://dld.bz/PtjN
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Russell Simmons: "We want to be able to step back..." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: "... there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success." Nonfiction http://dld.bz/MVcG
Mark Zuckerberg, "Earlier this year, we said we expected to be cash flow positive sometime in 2010, and I'm pleased to.." http://dld.bz/KyK3
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
"#Parents are playing an even larger and longer role in young adults' lives." [Not Quite Adults] Books http://dld.bz/HCAE
David Hoffman: The '98 crash helped the ascent of Vladimir Putin who eventually moved to crush Russian oligarchs. @NPR http://dld.bz/Jxnk
You can blame the nation’s obesity epidemic on @sonicdrive_in !! HFCS [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 eating
Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks writes about being diagnosed with a rare eye tumor. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
To understand all of food waste's moral implications.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K9QG
The job loss is much worse during this recession. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP Unemployment @nytimesbusiness @planetmoney
If the cosmos is so large that you will only ever have access to a small portion, should you even care? [Brian Greene] http://dld.bz/H4Pb
Andrew Sorkin: A market “gripped by a fear and disorder that no invisible hand could tame” http://dld.bz/Fmga 2big2fail Wall Street Finance
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
"Everywhere in town they got a colored bathroom..." [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
David Hoffman: Dick Cheney opposed aiding the Soviets, as their country fell apart. @WhiteHouse @NPR [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
Eric Foner says Abraham Lincoln didn't see slavery as a fundamental problem confronting... [Stephen Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Jonathan Weiner: ... the science of eternal youth was looking and feeling its age. [Long for This World] Books http://dld.bz/KfRt
"#Emoticon" is a word that deserves to die horribly in a head-on collision with "#infotainment." [The Way We Talk Now] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Emily Lambert: The Futures: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was brought to the brink of bankruptcy. @Forbes @BW @FT http://dld.bz/Jxnk
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Kurt Cobain: Please read my diary. Look through my things and figure me out.. ["Godspeed"] Graphic Novels http://dld.bz/Pmqz
The job loss is much worse during this recession. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP Unemployment @nytimesbusiness @planetmoney
Naomi Klein: "#Friedman first learned how to exploit a large-scale shock in the mid 70s." [The Shock Doctrine] Books http://dld.bz/PsPb
Dine @Bjsrestaurants, get diabetes and obese. Dine on full helpings of corn, corn, and CORN! @MichaelPollan nonfiction http://dld.bz/HfH5
.. the trajectory of America's food from gathering to garbage bin.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] @culinate http://dld.bz/K9QG
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
The discovery in 1998 that the Universe is actually speeding up its expansion was a total shock. [dark energy] http://dld.bz/HDrF @NASA @NPR
Edward Glaeser: ".. the United States should rethink its fascination with owner-occupied housing." [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Glaeser: "From New York to Paris to Mumbai, there’s a powerful case for building up, not out." [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
Students who study by themselves for more hours each week gain more knowledge .. [Academically Adrift] http://dld.bz/NBqm
Gideon Rachman: .. one country’s gain looks like another’s loss.. [#Zero-Sum Future] Economics Politics @TheEconomist http://dld.bz/KkVU
Tim Wu, The Master Switch: a constitutional approach would enforce distance b/n the major functions on the Internet http://dld.bz/JJWm
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: "... Iran's seemed like a revolution that the whole world was not just ..." Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Stephen Baker: "A Jeopardy computer would fail, embarrassing the company and the team." [Final Jeopardy] Books http://dld.bz/NrxD
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
"I didn't know what to do, so I screamed." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Abuse Memoirs Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Most in the @GOP have actually fallen out of favor with globalization. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP @NPR @BW @Bloomberg
"The adrenaline rush is continual," @STurkle says of wired lives. @dannysullivan @Chad_Hurley @karaswisher @Caterina http://dld.bz/JJWm
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Siobhan Fallon is a military wife and her book is based on experiences of @USArmy families. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Eduardo Porter: To most people in the developed world, household waste is worthless. [#Price of Everything] Economics http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Jonathan Weiner: One of the most distinguished biologists who tried to solve the problem of mortality.. [Long... World] http://dld.bz/KfRt
Teens need to write up wills about what they want to happen if they die, with all of their online crap. http://dld.bz/Fshp digitalafter
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
General Mills coined the phrase “food system.” [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 fake organic fiber
Michael Lewis explains how Wall Street got so good at disguising bad loans that they bo... [Stephen Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
He asked that I take a look at the shape of our military plans on Iraq.. [Donald Rumsfeld: Known, Unknown] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/K9cd
Glaeser explains how Def Jam Records illustrates the way cities spur artistic innovation. [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "My father's fight against fobbishness made my mother's fob tendencies bloom .." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
Barack Obama, "For the past eight years, whatever the military asked for, they got." @BarackObama @WhiteHouse http://dld.bz/KfxP
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
Homo sapiens, encumbered by agriculture and industry, face a bewildering array of choices. [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5 diet food
Sherry Turkle: we seem determined to give human qualities to objects. [#Alone Together] @Facebook @Twitter @MySpace http://dld.bz/JJWm
Neurologist Oliver Sacks has spent his career examining patients struggling to survive with phantom-limb syndrome. http://dld.bz/JgwB
"The Singularity will allow us to transcend these limitations of our biological bodies and brains..." @neurotechfuture http://dld.bz/JJWm
Some have even increased the sum of human misery in the name of religion. [Karen Armstrong: A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Oliver Sacks: Deaf people who use sign language may acquire aphasia. [The Mind's Eye] @Harvard @Stanford @BBC @NYT http://dld.bz/JgwB
Tim Wu, The Master Switch: [chronicles the rise and fall of companies that develop new technologies] http://dld.bz/JJWm
The most successful young adults delay starting a family. [Richard Settersten, Barbara E. Ray: Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE life
Life is confusing atop the food chain. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 HFCS obesity fat
"#Child advocacy centers just didn't exist then." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Abuse Memoirs Boston http://dld.bz/NAtT
She seeks to alter those who have hardened into partiality or righteousness. [Karen Armstrong: Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
William A. Galston: It's going to take until 2014 to regain the job total of late 2007. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. Nonfiction Books @NPR @NYT http://dld.bz/MVcG
"He said he'd kill me." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Abuse Memoirs Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
George Friedman: "With few countries working on breakthrough technologies, this innovation will not..." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsT
Armstrong counters religious anxieties and righteousness. [12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM global peace respect
"The opportunity came as a result of my election as the first African-American president of the @Harvard Law Review." http://dld.bz/N3KY
Americans are eager to share their political views online. @Pew_Internet @NYT @NPR Blogs [#Campaigns on the Internet] http://dld.bz/JpRu
Greene thinks the key to understanding these multiverses comes from string theory. [The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb science books
Peter H. Gleick: "Water sommeliers at fancy restaurants push premium bottled water to boost profits." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [#Technology is playing an important role in facilitating these protests...] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
... touching the face would activate the sensations in the hand area of the brain... [VS Ramachandran: Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
I used the phrase in a Pentagon press conference one day, and that's when.. [Donald Rumsfeld] @Pentagon_Unit http://dld.bz/K9cd
S. Fallon: Spouses of deployed @USArmy soldiers take the strangeness of deployments, make it normal. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Stephen Baker: "If Watson can top them, what is this kind of intelligence worth?" [Final Jeopardy] @IBM http://dld.bz/NrxD
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities don't learn as much." [Academically Adrift] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/NBqm
In "The Future of Power," Nye explains that in the global information age, superpowers need a "smart power" strategy. http://dld.bz/KkVU
George Friedman: "Any realignment of international influence based on economics will take generations." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
George Friedman: "As funding for these wars dries, #R&D will take the first hits. This is normal." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
If you're buying a cooler, remember that shaking is detrimental to wine over time http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
Geoff Nunberg is the author of the book, “The Way We Talk Now.” [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB Tucson Shootings @SarahPalinUSA
Mark Zuckerberg, ".. real honour and recognition of how our little team is building something that hundreds of .." http://dld.bz/KyK3
S. Solomon: "Through the centuries, societies have struggled militarily to control the world's water wealth." [Water] http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Andrew Sorkin: A market “gripped by a fear and disorder that no invisible hand could tame” http://dld.bz/Fmga 2big2fail Wall Street Finance
B4 the vaccine was introduced, rubella wrought 20k infants blind, deaf, or developmentally disabled yearly http://dld.bz/FjCQ panicvirus
David Kirkpatrick: The social network has become another place for the antisocial to wreak havoc. [@Facebook Effect] http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Siobhan Fallon is a military wife and her book is based on experiences of @USArmy families. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Popeil's invention, Gladwell said, is "arguably the greatest rotisserie oven for the home ever made," and it has been... http://dld.bz/MVcG
Eduardo Porter: She has little choice but to risk her own health for shelter.. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K7ZA
There are only so many ways matter can arrange itself within that infinite universe. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb
Russell Simmons: "... take inventory and you get to see your thoughts for..." [Super Rich] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: "What is the question we always ask about the successful?" Nonfiction Books @NPR http://dld.bz/MVcG
The Hubble telescope have reached a consensus on the amount of dark energy that is permeating space. [Brian Greene] http://dld.bz/H4Pb
@TysonFoods wants consumers to believe some of its products are as effective as medicines. [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5 food obese
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: .. the child pageant market, a reported multi-billion-dollar industry. http://dld.bz/MYhU
Robert Reich: "This is a jobs emergency and if I were @BarackObama tonight, I'd talk abt nothing bt this jobs emergency." http://dld.bz/JjaP
Food marketers exploit shifting eating patterns and nutritional fashions. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
"Students whose classes reflect high expectations learned more." [Academically Adrift] @NPR http://dld.bz/NBqm
Ray Kurzweil: Machines that can more precisely carry out their missions have increased value.. [The Singularity Is Near] http://dld.bz/JJWm
"As de Grey sees it, there are seven types of cellular junk, the gerontological equivalent of the seven deadly sins." http://dld.bz/KfRt
It’s accurate to picture the entirety of space continually shrinking. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmology
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities don't learn as much." [Academically Adrift] @NPR @NYT http://dld.bz/NBqm
"I use my colored bathroom from now on." [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
FACT: Colds send patients to the doctor's office more than 100 million times a year. [@NPRFreshAir Books] @WebMD http://dld.bz/JgwB
Peter Bergen: "The goal of this book is to tell a history of the war on terror in one volume." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
P. Bergen: "In his email messages, Atta posed as a university student writing to his girlfriend, Jenny. [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
Bergen: "Even American Taliban John Walker Lindh heard of trainees that bin Laden had dispatched..." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: "... Wikipedians have to find a way formally to enshrine the concept of ..." Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: ... next to pictures of Flom with George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton... Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
And he describes Senator John McCain as "a man with a hair-trigger temper.. appeal to the media." [Donald Rumsfeld] http://dld.bz/K9cd
"Fortunately, nothing was ever fully consummated, so to speak..." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Abuse Memoirs Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
“Free range” chickens are so sickly that they’re never let outside. [@MichaelPollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 organic
.. food's fetish and convenience qualities are valued above sustainability or nut.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] http://dld.bz/K9QG
"As de Grey sees it, there are seven types of cellular junk, the gerontological equivalent of the seven deadly sins." http://dld.bz/KfRt
David Hoffman: Dick Cheney predicted in a televised appearance that Gorbachev would "ultimately fail." [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
Liaquat Ahamed: By 1930, industrial production had fallen 30% in the U.S. [#Pulitzer Prize History Books] http://dld.bz/HXRm @WSJ @CNN
"Why, you're a fat nigger," he calls in a strange, high voice... [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. Nonfiction Books @NPR @NYT http://dld.bz/MVcG
"I think there were five key elements to the ideology of the period before the financial crisis." [Zero-Sum Future] @WSJ http://dld.bz/KkVU
Russell Simmons: "Rappers are far less racist than their parents." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
"#Hunger never saw bad bread." [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] @foodista Food http://dld.bz/K9QG
Sherry Turkle: When it comes to the perception of other minds, we are extremely gullible. [Alone Together] Technology http://dld.bz/JJWm
Morozov: Net Delusion: [Western policymakers who seek to support @Facebook-based activism are placing a wild bet.] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Peter H. Gleick: "#Water fountains have become an anachronism or even a liability." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Barack Obama: "When a seat in the legislature opened up, friends persuaded me to run." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Glaeser explains how Def Jam Records illustrates the way cities spur artistic innovation. [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [.. topical egalitarianism means Wikipedians have attention deficit disorder..] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Peter H. Gleick: "Some see ethical and moral reasons to fight bottled water." [Bottled and Sold] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nt5S
George Friedman: "#Wars are times of intense technological transformation." [The Next Decade] Books Military Power http://dld.bz/NsTe
William A. Galston: More Keynesian stimulus will prove unequal to the task of reversing unemployment trends. http://dld.bz/JjaP Economy
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: The girls' "Pink Yahtzee includes a fuzzy shaker and dice that..." Books http://dld.bz/MYhU
Monday, February 21, 2011
We believe d Galaxy Tab has been an unexpected success considering it runs a version of Android not optimized for tablets http://dld.bz/F8yq
Grimmway Farms owns Cal-Organic, the most ubiquitous organic brand out there. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
The new device allows up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices to tether to the phone http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
Emily Lambert: The Futures: In order to stay solvent, @CMEGroup began trading in pork bellies. @CNBC @NYTimesBusiness http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Compassion impels us to honor the inviolable sanctity of every single person. [Karen Armstrong: A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Russell Simmons: a state of needing nothing is how I define "Super Rich." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
The anonymously authored roman à clef numbers 368 pages #O: A Presidential Novel http://dld.bz/HsmE @WhiteHouse @BarackObama books
Tim Wu, The Master Switch: [The similarities between radio and the Internet are particularly striking.] http://dld.bz/JJWm
Sherry Turkle: ...the use of robotic baby seals in nursing homes for companionship. [Alone Together] @Honda @Microsoft http://dld.bz/JJWm
So what does this have to do with the possibility that a multiverse exists? [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmos
The Tucson Shooting’s the topic of a recent @NPRFreshAir episode. @NRANews [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB @NPR @NYT
General Mills, with its Fiber stickers and such, would rather you think of their processed foods as “#food systems.” http://dld.bz/HfH5
Dark energy effectively contributes 75% of the current energy density of the universe. http://dld.bz/HDrF cosmology @SciFri @WiredScience
After U.S. Sen. Scott Brown publicly revealed he was molested as a child at a religious.. [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] http://dld.bz/NAtT
Kevin Kelly: the singularity is a biological and physiological context, inherently. [What Technology Wants] @Science http://dld.bz/JJWm
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: ".. these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work." Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
Teens need to write up wills about what they want to happen if they die, with all of their online crap. http://dld.bz/Fshp digitalafter
B4 the vaccine was introduced, rubella wrought 20k infants blind, deaf, or developmentally disabled yearly http://dld.bz/FjCQ panicvirus
Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together:" Technology has pushed people closer to their machines and further away from each other. http://dld.bz/JJWm
"We talk about spending hours on email but we too, are being spent," Alone Together concludes. @STurkle @randizuckerberg http://dld.bz/JJWm
Stephen Baker: "If @IBM's Watson passed msuter, it would be a guest on the show." [Final Jeopardy] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NrxD
"America's dirty little secret: the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of young girls as prostitutes..." http://dld.bz/KfRt
"The adrenaline rush is continual," @STurkle says of wired lives. @dannysullivan @Chad_Hurley @karaswisher @Caterina http://dld.bz/JJWm
Eduardo Porter: .. @WorldBank "believed poor countries were dumps." [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction @benjaminbland http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Robert Spitzer is a member of the NRA and recently talked with Terry Gross. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "#FOB used to be a derogatory term that people used to make fun of immigrants." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and no.. [Donald Rumsfeld] http://dld.bz/K9cd
The bacterial infection was spilling over into his bloodstream, he had gone from sick to a kid in crisis. [Superbug] MRSA http://dld.bz/JgwB
E. Morozov: The Net Delusion: [The Stork Fountain was made famous thanks to a @Facebook experiment.] Copenhagen Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
According to Reza Aslan, Muslims have decided, in their secret .. democracy through art. [#Colbert Report Books] @BW http://dld.bz/NJXt
"But it was certainly, back then, very traumatic." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Abuse Memoirs Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
George Friedman: "As funding for these wars dries, #R&D will take the first hits. This is normal." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
Steven Solomon: "#Rome rose to power when it gained dominance over the Mediterranean Sea." [#Water] History Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Edward Glaeser: "... a high-rise world that’s more inclusive..." [Triumph of the City] Urban Density Books Cities http://dld.bz/NqHC
If you push the math far enough, you can’t avoid the multiverse. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmos books
... patients continue to vividly feel the presence of the missing limb... [V. S. Ramachandran: The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Before he left for Iraq Nick had wanted to install an alarm system but his wife said no. [You Know When the Men Are Gone] http://dld.bz/JgwB
.. the economic efficiency and the morality of wasting food.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K9QG
"Blood cells were clumping and clogging his capillaries and his oxygen-starved organs were beginning to fail." [Superbug] http://dld.bz/JgwB
.. there's something to associating unfinished food with hunger, morally.. [#American Wasteland] @raphael_brion http://dld.bz/K9QG
Geoffrey Nunberg: Liddy Dole stepped down from the podium with a hand-held mike, like Phil Donahue. [The Way We Talk Now] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Amy Sedaris shows how to save money by freezing cookie crumbs for the office holiday party. [#Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
It’s accurate to picture the entirety of space continually shrinking. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmology
You can blame the nation’s obesity epidemic on @BaskinRobbins and its fatty products that involve HFCSs! @MichaelPollan http://dld.bz/HfH5
Pre-1990s, "it was always thought that the only place where MRSA was successful in attacking people was in hospitals." http://dld.bz/JgwB
"We can engineer as long a life span as we like.." [Jonathan Weiner, Long for this World] Death Dying Immortal http://dld.bz/KfRt
Ramachandran proposed that phantom limb pain might be caused by changes in the brain. [Tell-Tale Brain] Science Books http://dld.bz/Nh9v
"... after each encounter, he'd tell me that if I told, nobody would believe me." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
Barack Obama: "My father became a prop in someone else's narrative." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Morozov: The Net Delusion: "a dangerous illusion by suggesting the world can @Facebook its way to Freedom" Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
@McDonalds, there’s high fructose corn syrup in the bun of the cheeseburger. [Michael Pollan Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 obesity
Wherever women are for sale, the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls is never far away. [Somebody's Daughter] http://dld.bz/KfRt
@STurkle: "We have invented inspiring and enhancing technologies, yet we have allowed them to diminish us." @Google @NYT http://dld.bz/JJWm
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Chronic phantom pain can become so severe that patients seriously contemplate suicide. [Ramachandran: Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
It’s necessary to refrain from inflicting pain! [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM @TED @NPR @BBC @NYT
The recent shootings in Tucson may have reopened debate on gun control. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB Jared Loughner @NRANews
.. approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs could not continue.. http://dld.bz/JJWm
Segueing from Grape Grower to Winemaking ~ Diamond Ridge http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
Nancy Marie Brown: Mathematics ranked among the highest forms of worship. [The Abacus and the Cross] Science Religion http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [... the imaginary @Facebook campaign against Copenhagen’s city went viral...] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Peter H. Gleick: "... about the taste of water and the profit opportunities in offering expensive..." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Russell Simmons: "I think that rappers are far less sexist than their parents." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] http://dld.bz/NjvW
It took 3.5 years to regain the jobs lost after the 2001 recession. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP Unemployment @EconUS @BW
"All of al-Qaeda's camps and residential compounds were put on high alert in the days before #9/11." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
Nancy Marie Brown: For more than 35 years, the Muslim and Christian kingdoms of Spain were at peace. [#Abacus.. Cross] http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Morozov: The Net Delusion: "a dangerous illusion by suggesting the world can @YouTube its way to Democracy" Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter "@Disney had never marketed its characters separately from a film's release." http://dld.bz/MYhU
Rosie the chicken supposedly lived on a farm in Petaluma, but was more like an animal factory of 100,000s chickens. http://dld.bz/HfH5
Oliver Sacks: "For 2 weeks, I could recognize everyone I knew by smell." [#Mind's Eye] http://dld.bz/JgwB @Science @SciFri @NYTimesScience
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: ... @Twitter to be "the critical tool for organizing the resistance in Iran"... Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
... sobering and paradoxical portrait of human disconnectedness... [Sherry Turkle: Alone Together] http://dld.bz/JJWm
Had the government of Saddam Hussein remained in power the Middle East would be.. [Donald Rumsfeld: Known and Unknown] http://dld.bz/K9cd
@STurkle: the @Facebook study allows these companies to define what makes for social behavior. @MySpace [Alone Together] http://dld.bz/JJWm
Voters in Naga and Lucena tend to share their political views on the web. @ANCAlerts @Manila_Bulletin @giboteodoro http://dld.bz/JpRu
The U.S. Constitution has been turned into "soft elastic." Economics Politics @WSJ @NPR [The New Empire of Debt] http://dld.bz/JjaP
Peter Bergen: "He warned Osama bin Laden about the exact timing and scope of the attacks." [The Longest War] Books http://dld.bz/N2zp
The Dow only matters to d wealthiest 10%. For d rest, they’re hurting with or without DOW 12,000. [Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP
... these selections imply that we shouldn't squander our food.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] @bonappetitmag http://dld.bz/K9QG
Hoffman: After d USSR's collapse its stockpiles of nuclear weapons were stored in unguarded warehouses. [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
The racist billionaire Koch Brothers need to pay Robert Reich's "Aftershock" some mind. They're ruining this country. http://dld.bz/JjaP
"When DNA does get damaged, it makes repairs: surgical medicine." [Jonathan Weiner, Long for this World] Dying Life http://dld.bz/KfRt
Russell Simmons: "We don't want the anxiety or the things that separate them from their best self to get..." [Super Rich] http://dld.bz/NjvW
Sherry Turkle: "I wanted to explore the inner history of devices." [@STurkle: Alone Together] Technology Books @Google http://dld.bz/JJWm
To understand all of food waste's moral implications.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction @AndrewOKnowlton http://dld.bz/K9QG
Jonathan Weiner: .. at its height, Roman Empire life expectancy was 25 years.. [Long for This World] Science Books http://dld.bz/KfRt
Abu Ghraib and its follow-on effects, including the continued drum-beat... [Donald Rumsfeld: Known and Unknown] Memoirs http://dld.bz/K9cd
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: "It's not enough to ask what successful people are like." Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
Americans are dysfunctional eaters. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 diet food health HFCS
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities don't learn as much." [Academically Adrift] University http://dld.bz/NBqm
Students whose classes reflect high expectations gained more than other students. [Academically Adrift] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/NBqm
@BarackObama: "When a seat in the legislature opened up, friends persuaded me to run." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Edward Glaeser: "Greater density is the goal: more people means more possibility." [Triumph of the City] Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
Armstrong is a one-time nun has published biographies on St. Paul. [12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM global peace
Its much worse to forgo college. [Richard Settersten, Barbara E. Ray: Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE parenting education @NPR @BBC
"I spot a single copy of 'Frederick Douglas, an American Slave.' I grab it." [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
Peter Gleick: "Local communities are challenging the production of bottled water." [Bottled and Sold] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nt5S
The EVO 4G was among the first phones on the market to sport an 8-megapixel camera http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
Tim Wu, The Master Switch: [a commerce secretary who had been protecting radio from what he called “advertising chatter”] http://dld.bz/JJWm
"If you shake hands with someone who's obviously ill, you do want to wash your hands." [@NPRFreshAir Books] Illnesses http://dld.bz/JgwB
"I think there were five key elements to the ideology of the period before the financial crisis." [Zero-Sum Future] @WSJ http://dld.bz/KkVU
S. Solomon: "Through the centuries, societies have struggled politically to control the world's water wealth." [#Water] http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Continued acceleration would lead to an ever less dense and colder universe. [dark energy] http://dld.bz/HDrF @GuardianScience cosmos @BBC
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Eduardo Porter: .. @WorldBank "believed poor countries were dumps." [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction @benjaminbland http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Students whose classes reflect high expectations grew more than other students. [Academically Adrift] @NPR http://dld.bz/NBqm
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [there is no such concept as "#importance" in the Wikipedia value system] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
.. we could all stand to be reminded to respect food.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] http://dld.bz/K9QG
Sherry Turkle: "I wanted to explore the inner history of devices." [@STurkle: Alone Together] Technology Books @Google http://dld.bz/JJWm
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: ".. easy to clean and keeps us healthier. I just love my Morgan Freeman grill." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
Alan Peter S. Cayetano's office is deploying super sophisticate technology to score political points. Makati Ortigas http://dld.bz/JpRu
"#Child advocacy centers just didn't exist then." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Massachusetts http://dld.bz/NAtT
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft drink in the supermarket is to have some corn with your corn. http://dld.bz/HfH5
Eduardo Porter: Anybody who has visited a garbage dump in the developing world knows that value... [#Price of Everything] http://dld.bz/K7ZA
"This is the mecca for child prostitution," says Sergeant Detective Shannon. "They all come here." [Somebody's Daughter] http://dld.bz/KfRt
People who have the highest costs in the health care system were also getting the worst care. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
"... after each encounter, he'd tell me that if I told, nobody would believe me." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
Armstrong counters religious anxieties and righteousness. [12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM global peace respect
Steven Solomon: "The struggle over freshwater is set to shape a new turning point in the world order..." [Water] Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
@BarackObama: "Well, I suspect that I sound incurably naive, wedded to lost hopes." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
This fact would provide a way to decide if the solution to the dark energy problem is a new gravity theory or not. http://dld.bz/HDrF books
Aurora Farms ultra-pasteurizes its milk products so tht it can be hauled off, over super long distances. [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Chicken nugget meat is made of corn; the starch that glues the thing together is made of corn. The batter is corn. http://dld.bz/HfH5 HFCS
Barack Obama: "... the white man who had tried to purchase my father's forgiveness." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Students whose classes reflect high expectations grew more than other students. [Academically Adrift] @NPR http://dld.bz/NBqm
The characters on "Cougar Town" drink wine. A lot of wine. Often. http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
Think B4 U eat! Cascadian Farm is a General Mills "showcase" PR Farm. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 food
Peter H. Gleick: "... a menu featuring 30 different high-end water brands from around the world." [#Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Do you know anything about “artisanal economics?” [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Gideon Rachman, ".. linked belief was a faith in the triumph of markets over the state.. " [#Zero-Sum Future] Economics http://dld.bz/KkVU
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: ... "one of the judgest is a man, so be sure to wink at him!" Girls Sex http://dld.bz/MYhU
Just grabbed a bottle of malbec. Sittin' back with the Kindle http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
45% of students "did not demonstrate any significant improvement in learning" during college. [Academically Adrift] http://dld.bz/NBqm
In "The Tell-Tale Brain," Ramachandran describes several neurological cases that illustrate how people conceive.. http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Mark Zuckerberg, "We don't think that a modern messaging system is going to be email..." @Facebook http://dld.bz/KyK3
All incarnations of energy with negative pressure are called dark energy. http://dld.bz/HDrF cosmology @SciFri @NYTimesScience @NASA @NSF
The prewashed salad business became the great success story in American agriculture. [@MichaelPollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5 food history
Fresh Air is fed live weekdays at 12:00 PM ET. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB Interesting Books @NYT @Google @BBC
The microwave broke Mom’s hold over the American dinner menu. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 food books
.. the trajectory of America's food from gathering to garbage bin.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] @foodgps http://dld.bz/K9QG
Maryn McKenna: MRSA kills almost 19,000 Americans annually [Superbug] Nonfiction Books Medicine Health http://dld.bz/JgwB
Eduardo Porter: .. relative costs and benefits open to them determine their behavior. [#Price.. Everything] Economics http://dld.bz/K7ZA
The U.S. Constitution has been turned into "soft elastic." Economics Politics @WSJ @NPR [The New Empire of Debt] http://dld.bz/JjaP
Robert Reich: "This is a jobs emergency and if I were @BarackObama tonight, I'd talk abt nothing bt this jobs emergency." http://dld.bz/JjaP
You should care about the greater cosmos and its nature. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmology nonfiction books
"This intense Yemeni who had volunteered to be one of the hijackers was turned down for a U.S. visa." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
@STurkle: "We have invented inspiring and enhancing technologies yet we have allowed them to diminish us." @kaifulee @OM http://dld.bz/JJWm
David Hoffman: State capitalism simply could not substitute for a real market. [The Oligarchs] Russia @HistoryChannel http://dld.bz/Jxnk
David Hoffman: In true Soviet fashion, the factor cranked out products for which there were no market. [The Oligarchs] http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Friday, February 18, 2011
Having kids too early limits educational potential. [Richard Settersten, Barbara E. Ray: Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE parenting
I like them smoky, liquor-drinking sounds when it get dark. Makes me ... [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
In "The Mind's Eye," Oliver Sacks looks at how blind people use other senses. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Steven Solomon: "Water has strongly influenced the rise and decline of great powers, foreign relations..." [Water] Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
"In both cases the United States was sucked into war inch by inch." @BarackObama @WhiteHouse http://dld.bz/KfxP
Voters in Batangas and Basista tend to share their political views on the web. @ANCAlerts @NoyNoyAquino Philippines http://dld.bz/JpRu
We need to restore compassion to the center of morality and religion! [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. [Karen Armstrong] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Obama: "So that you need not guess at what troubles me, it's on the nightly news for all to see." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
William A. Galston: More Keynesian stimulus will prove unequal to the task of reversing unemployment trends. http://dld.bz/JjaP Economy
Julian Sher: Somebody's Daughter: ... she had graduated from being a "track ho," working the streets, to a "carpet ho"... http://dld.bz/KfRt
Tim Wu, The Master Switch: [having the government run the business presents its own problems] Singularity Technology http://dld.bz/JJWm
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