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Dinosaurs developed bird brains before they could fly – Telegraph
Analysis of the skulls of feathered but flightless dinosaurs shows they developed bigger brains that may have paved the way for them to take to the air. Scientists have found that the reptiles’ brains were much more like that of Archaeopteryx, which is thought to be the first bird and…
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12 Absolutely Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories
More than a few of these 12 Absolutely Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories.made me cringe… one even made me look over my shoulder and check the dark room behind me. You can read them all at the above link. To whet your appetite for terror…
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Clarity vs Popularity – A word called “Sustainability”
Originally posted on Linking Sustainability: GUEST POST by Ideas Roadshow A friend of mine has long argued that there is an inverse relationship between the popularity of a word and its meaning. The trendier a word has become, he says, the fuzzier it is, until eventually it’s used everywhere and…
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How Saturn’s tiger moon got its stripes | New Scientist
Here is the story of how Saturn’s geyser moon got its stripes. Once upon a time, in the blackness of space, there lived a giant gas ball known for his vanity. Unlike most of the other denizens of the solar system, mighty Saturn wore great big rings of ice that…
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“I’m not a businessman: I’m a business, man.”
…“A big part of entrepreneurship is the ability to learn from mistakes,” said Anthony Frasier, founder of The Phat Startup. “When you hear rappers rap about their upbringing, you can learn a lot because they always sprinkle lessons of things they don’t do anymore, things that they do now, things…
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Summer To Do List: Tank The Economy | Esquire
As I have noted again and again, op/eds and reporting at Esquire are so far beyond the majority of what is found at major networks and a good portion of newspapers. What are you doing for the rest of the summer? If only your plans were as solid as House Majority…
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Spectacular landscapes in HQ | memolition
Earth is a spectacularly beautiful, diverse place: filled to the brim with millions of species of plants and animals, mindblowing features that seem to defy the laws of nature and a numerous number of unique locations. Unfortunately, only a small number of individuals have the means and opportunity to visit…
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The Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish – Rebecca J. Rosen – The Atlantic
…Last year I wrote about some very interesting research being done by Paul J. Heald at the University of Illinois, based on software that crawled Amazon for a random selection of books. At the time, his results were only preliminary, but they were nevertheless startling: There were as many books…
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Libertarian Populism Isn’t Populist | Business Insider
…a slash-the-federal-entitlement-state view also just isn’t populist. Federal entitlements protect the masses against problems like unemployment, retirement insecurity, and poverty. Seeking to dismantle them is the opposite of defending mass interests against elites. You can frame your desire to shrink these programs in terms of a desire to cut relatively…
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The trouble with Zuckism | PandoDaily
Good engagement on the disconnect between how many people complain about Facebook despite its growing profitability. How do we square Facebook’s data with the complaints we hear about the company — complaints that go far beyond the usual ones about the Internet and ascend to a new level of discontent…
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Wordless Wednesday : Summer Living at Deep Creek Lake
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine View original post
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Are Movie Theaters Fading? Ctd
Originally posted on The Dish: Hollywood screenwriter and director Paul Schrader revives a Dish thread: Films were never communal just because people wanted a communal experience‒it just happened to be the economic model that made the most sense. You could sell a lot of tickets and show the film at the same…
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Daodejing 8
#8* The highest good is like water: Water is good at benefitting the 10,000 things yet never contends. Dwell in the place that the majority dislikes; thus, be close To Dào . Be good at dwelling in place; Be good at deepening heart. Be good at benevolent conduct. Be good at…
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St. James Infirmary | James Booker
Don’t worry about watching the video. Just listen to the brilliance of James Booker. Shut your eyes, open your ears, and enjoy! Related articles Musical Genius Getting His Due (hispanicbusiness.com) Outfest 2013: Documentary Overview (whatnottodoc.com) Song of the Day: St. James Infirmary Blues (bloggingtonybennett.com) Sarah Gillespie: Lady sings the blues (karldallasday.wordpress.com)…
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PLATFORM Magazine Issue 04: ‘Portrait of a Boy’ by Platform Mag
ISSUU is a wonderful resource to which you can gain access by connecting to it through your Facebook account or by signing up. Besides The Arts United journal which my friends in Texas are doing, I also found at ISSUU this wonderful magazine… PLATFORM Magazine is a free online photography…
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Cosmic Musings II
Originally posted on Freedom Through Practice: Breathing Universe Think of the entirety of existence as far as we understand it as a lung. The “big bang” is the beginning of the breath, the drawing in. The universe expands for what seems like an eternity to us, and is filled with…
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