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I am Neil deGrasse Tyson — Ask Me Anything →
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If you could impress one thing on young people today, what would it be?
That adults are not all they’re cracked up to be. And most of them are wrong most of the time. This can be quite revelatory for a kid - often launching them on a personal quest of exploration, rather than of Q&A sessions with their parents.
If you could change one thing about how the sciences are taught to...
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Feynman on the death of his wife, Arlene →
philphys:
I met Arlene’s father at the hospital. He had been there for a few days. “I can’t take it anymore,” he said. “I have to go home.” He was so unhappy, he just left.
When I finally saw Arlene, she was very weak, and a bit fogged out. She didn’t seem to know what was happening. She stared straight…
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clientsfromhell:
Client: “The layout is pretty spot on, but the hooky letters—”
Me: “The font, you mean?”
Client: “Yes, the font. It’s too snooty. It’s not any fun.”
Me: “I think it makes everything look quite professional.”
Client: “It’s too cold… What’s that sand one I like? With the sand letters.
Me: “I have no idea. I mean, I vaguely recall something called sand, but—”
Client: “Comic...
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I don’t know who Kim Kardashian is, other than a famous person. However, I am intrigued by the outcry over the waste of her ten million dollar wedding, which now, apparently, after a short period of time has led to a divorce). I wholeheartedly agree with the general sentiment—everyone should take note of Nicholas Kristof’s tweets: e.g. “Kim Kardashian cld have spent her wedding...
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The clicking on my Macbook’s trackpad stopped working about a month ago. I think something got jammed beneath it through the gaps at the edge. I’ve gotten used to using tap-to-click and an external mouse. Today, I tried clicking properly for some reason, and it worked! It’s hard for me to get back into the habit of actually using the mouse button; I instinctively tap-to-click...
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Susan cut the card
icecreamtamer:
long ways, across the numbers. She tried to cut them in half. She didn’t want someone to piece it back together and go on a spending spree. But there wasn’t anything left on this one anyway. She cut the other way now and reduced the card to little bits of plastic confetti. There was a little computer chip in this one too, and it fell apart at her scissors, crunchy tiny bits of...
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October 2011
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John Green's tumblr: On Capitalism →
fishingboatproceeds:
Could you talk a little bit about why you support Capitalism? frenchlama
(reposting as a text post by request so people can comment on it, etc.)
Sure, although just to be clear: Almost everyone in the entire world supports at least some measure of capitalism, including ostensibly…
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September 2011
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My Theme Has So Many Issues
I remember taking this perfectly good theme and thinking, “Hm. How about I make some strange tweaks to it?” If anyone should read my blog in the traditional way, they would notice so many messy little details.
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“Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important...”
– Alan Watts (via mmmmmmmagic:)
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Former Trainer Says Killer Whale Captivity Causes... →
I don’t know too much about this topic, so I’m not trying to be particularly activist. But, you know, interesting stuff that many of us probably haven’t thought about; SeaWorld doesn’t come to mind immediately as a center of animal cruelty.
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