January 2012
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"Loading Time Machines"
so, back in 2008, warren ellis did something kinda cool, back on his old livejournal account.
“It is now 2008. Happy New Year.
Everyone must now post a new photo of themselves to this entry, and make a note of it. What are you saying to your future self? Return a year from now, and stare at yourself from the future. Reply to your past self. Let yourself know how it all went. They’ll...
December 2011
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/12/my-new-year-wish.html (via neil-gaiman)
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“On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional...”
– snopes.com: Jamie Raskin (via jiffysquid)
handmadecrows asked: Yeah, I got that earlier today too.
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“We solemnly declare to the world’s foolish politicians, including the puppets in...”
– North Korea’s National Defense Commission (the country’s most powerful body), as quoted by the KCNA News Agency, this morning. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
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“Plan B is safer than Tylenol, yet we’re putting barriers to keep young teens...”
– — Susan Wood who, in 2005, resigned her job as the top women’s-health official at the FDA, claiming that the agency’s refusal to allow over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception was the result of political pressure by the Bush administration. (via iamdrtiller
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Tests Cast Doubt on F.A.A. Restrictions on Kindle... →
Gadgets are tested by monitoring the number of volts per meter coming off a device. The F.A.A. requires that before a plane can be approved as safe, it must be able to withstand up to 100 volts per meter of electrical interference.
When EMT Labs put an Amazon Kindle through a number of tests, the company consistently found that this e-reader emitted less than 30 microvolts per meter when in use....
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