July 2012
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Journalist Guy Adams' Twitter Restored After Being... →
Hello,
Per our previous correspondence, your account was suspended because a complaint was filed stating that you had violated our Terms of Service regarding the posting of private information (such as a non-public email address), as stated in our Guidelines & Best Practices (https://twitter.com/rules). We have just received an updated notice from the complainant retracting the original...
Three more Washington County wells tainted with... →
A growing number of residential wells found to be polluted with gasoline from a July 17 pipeline break and dramatic increases in levels of benzene in the wells prompted state environmental officials Sunday to broaden the search for contaminated groundwater in the town.
As of Sunday afternoon, three more private wells in the Town of Jackson were found to be contaminated with gasoline, bringing the...
Why Jordyn Wieber Didn't Make It: A GIF Guide -... →
Should I feel outraged?
No. Sure, there is plenty of outrage out there. “The sting of this injustice is painful,” Wieber’s coach John Geddert wrote on Facebook in reference to the two-per-country rule. He continued:
“To penalize an athlete or country for being OUTSTANDING is not in the spirit of sport and certainly not the spirit of the Olympic Games. It is wrong and...
“The man said he was sitting naked on his living room floor practicing loading...”
– Man arrested after accidentally shooting through apartment wall while naked - BaysideNOW
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Updates from IR13
internetresearch13:
We’re mainly using this Tumblr for reblogs in the immediate run-up to the event and during it. Our website and Facebook page are updated regularly with any news, but here’s a summary of recent events:
Our first Thursday pre-conference event
Looking to find likeminded souls? Find Birds of a Feather
Our keynote speaker is Liesbet van Zoonen
Oh, and registration is open!
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“For every bad thing that happens in Brooklyn, there’s a hipster with too...”
– Williamsburg Covered With Posters For “McCarren Park Pool Fight Club”: Gothamist
FCC announces $115 million in funding for Internet... →
infoneer-pulse:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Wednesday that it will spend $115 million over the next three years to expand high-speed Internet service to 400,000 people and businesses that currently lack it.
That funding will be coupled with “tens of millions” of dollars of private investment, the commission said.
» via The Hill’s Hillicon Valley
Doesn’t seem...
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The Day You Get Your MFA in Poetry | The Hairpin →
Today your ex-girlfriend will call you. Yes, the ex-girlfriend who moved to Alaska to get back together with her ex-boyfriend (well, her ex-ex, now-current boyfriend) because “the whole gay thing was just a phase.”
“I heard you got your MFA,” she’ll say, in her sultriest tone. “In poetry.”
“I did,” you’ll agree.
“That’s so hot,” she’ll murmur. “I’ve always wanted...
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Watchoccupyiowa:
The YouTube corporation and CBS have now censored the original video of Anaheim cops shooting at children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MST4RhWdlMQ “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS.” Spread links to the mirrors. Keep firing.
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How to Watch “Battlestar Galactica” | The Awl →
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“The space that we’re looking through is 9-dimensional. If you build a...”
– Jill Tarter: A Scientist Searching For Alien Life : NPR (via nprfreshair)
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Killing Joke "Sun Goes Down" Munich 1985 - YouTube →
Mary Poppins Will Fight Voldemort at the Olympics,... →
I really, really, really hope this is just misdirection to protect the secrecy of some amazingly-awesome opening ceremony greatness.
Before 40-foot-Voldemort appears, “about 100” children will be wheeled out on hospital beds to perform “a choreographed ‘bed dance,’” which sounds quite sexy but probably is not.
To these one hundredish beds will be added a...
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NYC locations of Annie Hall, then and now
jkottke:
Scouting NY takes a look at some filming locations used by Woody Allen for Annie Hall to see how they’ve changed in the past 36 years.
The most unexpected thing about looking at old photos of NYC is how many fewer trees there were than there are now. (via ★spavis)
Love this.
I’m running on fumes today, and this is...
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“Do you know what Christopher Nolan films really are, in disguise? They are the...”
– ‘The Dark Knight Rises’: And Michael Caine Wept | The Awl
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Bitter Reactions To NCAA's Punitive Penn State...
(Via Gothamist)
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I can't stop wondering
wilwheaton:
How many more innocent people have to be murdered by a person with an assault rifle before Congress stands up to the gun lobby and says “enough is enough”?
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“Beyond any doubt, this will happen again, and that it will happen in America...”
– James Fallows, on the certainly of more shootings in America. (via theatlantic)
Strand Books: Book Briefs: Make It So: Leadership... →
libraryjournal:
strandbooks:
From the author of Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun comes another Star Trek-themed business book, this time from the perspective of Captain Picard. Yes.
When you are asked for approval of an action, you should find every reason to respond with, “Permission granted.” Make it so.
In space, it is rarely better to act quickly and err than to tarry until the...
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Library groups see double standard in Authors... →
infoneer-pulse:
In 2009, when the Authors Guild tried to settle its epic legal battle with Google over the company’s massive Google Book Search project, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of College and Research Libraries both fought the settlement. By forgiving Google for unlawfully scanning millions of copyrighted works, the associations argued, the settlement would...
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