January 2011
“…we must condemn the madness of theism in all its forms, regardless of...”
– Magus Peter H. Gilmore, Church of Satan - New Years message December 31, 2010
December 2010
“Here’s the country I want to be a citizen of: the one that decides to buy...”
– ongoing by Tim Bray · No More Fear
Rafer sez: Reblogging the entire beautiful post that is my every wet dream.
Reuters: The evanescence of Twitter debates →
“Everyone was so worried about who was going to want to see this movie,”...”
nishadram asked: After 15 years as a writer, should I learn coding to be relevant in the future?
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity....”
– Amelia Earhart (via glenda)
nishadram asked: After 15 years as a writer, should I learn coding to be relevant in the future?
“Diplomats have become weak in the way that musicians are weak. Musicians...”
– OH SNAP!
“Bradley’s gonna become a “spy” whose “espionage” consisted of making the...”
– Bruce Sterling’s thoughts on Wikileaks (via zachklein)
very interesting essay by bruce sterling. i don’t understand his bitterness but it is worth a read.
(via pukomuko)
Rafer sez: As an American nerd over 40, I’d bet shame and learned helplessness are better descriptions than bitterness. Not...
80 Percent of USA Antibiotics Fed to Farmed... →
Monitoring America →
wilwheaton:
Nine years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the United States is assembling a vast domestic intelligence apparatus to collect information about Americans, using the FBI, local police, state homeland security offices and military criminal investigators.
The system, by far the largest and most technologically sophisticated in the nation’s history, collects, stores and analyzes...
Quick Quiz
Johnny and Tammy are in Mrs. Smiths 3rd grade glass.
Johnny and Tammy are passing notes saying bad things about all the other students in the class.
Susan finds one of these notes and gives it to Mrs. Smith who reads it allowed to the class.
Many of the students in the class are upset because they thought Johnny and Tammy where their friends.
Johnny and Tammy are embarrassed.
The next day...
“If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not...”
– Steve Jobs to Playboy in 1985. Dude. I totally relate. Don’t you? (via glenda)
You guys! I’d just like to take a moment to note that since some random time last week I have gained nine followers here on Tumblr. Nine! I couldn’t have done that without you. And by “you” I mean the nine of you who started following me in the last few days. The people who were already following didn’t help at all.
Exciting!
Right?
That’s good right?
Watchstevewoolf:
Beet.TV: Blip.tv Readies HTML5 as its Standard Player, Replacing Flash
Thank. Fucking. God.
So what does the question “Why don’t you believe in God?” really mean. I think when someone asks that; they are really questioning their own belief. In a way they are asking “what makes you so special? “How come you weren’t brainwashed with the rest of us?” “How dare you say I’m a fool and I’m not going to heaven, f— you!” Let’s be honest, if one person believed in God he would be...
