Suniye-ing, etc.

thedailywhat: Morning Fluff: Researchers in China donned panda...

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:04:26 +0900

Morning Fluff: Researchers in China donned panda suits last month to help a 21-month-old panda and its mother transfer to a new home; the costumes were meant to ease the process by limiting the animals’ interaction with humans.

And the real pandas were like: “Really? How dumb do you think we are?”

See the rest of the ridic pics here.

[mercnews]

Longform Blog: Introducing Readlists: Mixtapes for Reading

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:03:43 +0900

Longform Blog: Introducing Readlists: Mixtapes for Reading: wnyc: Super cool. Remember, reading is...

laughingsquid: gTar, An Easy to Use iPhone-Powered Guitar

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:02:26 +0900

laughingsquid:

gTar, An Easy to Use iPhone-Powered Guitar

nevver: [not an asshole]

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:01:26 +0900

nevver:

[not an asshole]

hitrecordjoe: leftcoastjane: Mother’s Day began in America in...

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:10:45 +0900

hitrecordjoe:

leftcoastjane:

Mother’s Day began in America in 1870 when Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation. Written in response to the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, her proclamation called on women to use theirposition as mothers to influence society in fighting for an end to all wars. She called for women to stand up against the unjust violence of war through their roles as wife and mother, to protest the futility of their sons killing other mothers’ sons.

Howe wrote:

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!

Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.”

From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: “Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.” Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality may be appointed …to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace.

Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy! :oD

ShortFormBlog: Texting while driving? Try while walking. New Jersey town cracks down

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:09:17 +0900

ShortFormBlog: Texting while driving? Try while walking. New Jersey town cracks down:...

I am super excited for the supermoon.

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:16:00 +0900

I am super excited for the supermoon.

newshour: Japan Flips the ‘Off’ Switch on Its Last Nuclear...

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:15:23 +0900

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Sutton-Hibbert/Getty Images

Global Sherpa

newshour:

Japan Flips the ‘Off’ Switch on Its Last Nuclear Reactor

What types of energy will they use instead? They do want to continue using nuclear energy someday? How will it impact people’s daily lives?

motherjones: onthemedia: Pulitzer prize winning reporter...

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:14:32 +0900

motherjones:

onthemedia:

Pulitzer prize winning reporter Charlie LeDuff left the New York Times to cover his hometown, Detroit (our interview about that is here). Now, he’s reporting for the local Fox affiliate, where he produced maybe our favorite local newscast story ever.

Sexting, shameless judge + a reporter doing stand-ups in Ray-Bans + a distorted voice modulator interview = our favorite non-MCA related thing on the internet today.

Charlie’s done some badass reporting on Detroit for Mother Jones, too. (What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones?)

Well this is genius. kqedscience: Tampon-shaped flash drive...

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:13:34 +0900

Well this is genius.

kqedscience:

Tampon-shaped flash drive disguises data

“The drive comes in three sizes: 2, 4 or 8 gigabytes, or, as the Meninos website calls them, “Light,” “Moderate” and “Heavy.”

ShortFormBlog: Should Chen Guangcheng be described as a "blind activist"?

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:12:20 +0900

ShortFormBlog: Should Chen Guangcheng be described as a "blind activist"?: shortformblog: for Many...

motherjones: Alan Light, author of Skills to Pay the Bills, a...

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:12:07 +0900

motherjones:

Alan Light, author of Skills to Pay the Bills, a book on the Beastie Boys, remembers MCA: “If you look at the way the band evolved and transformed and think about the unbelievably surprising ways they were able to transform from what they started as, nobody really embodied that more than Yauch. In the beginning, he was the most obnoxious, and then he became the conscience of the band and was one of the leading political activists of his musical generation. He changed more than any of them.”

Sick. thedailywhat: Dubsteppers of the Day: Brothers...

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:10:26 +0900

Sick.

thedailywhat:

Dubsteppers of the Day: Brothers Johnnathan and Joshua Gerard — aka Gerardam — have invented “Indian Dubstep,” including the first “hair tutting” and “shoulder blade tutting” ever seen on video.

Johnnathan writes:

I liked DUBSTEP the moment I listened to it because, it suited very well with the style of dance that I am most comfortable with! Therefore I decided to compose an Indian version of DUBSTEP.

Or, in Skrillex, “Wub wub wub, wub wub.”

Sick drops, man.

[hyst.]

nevver: Meanwhile, back in the Bat Cave

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:06:26 +0900

nevver:

Meanwhile, back in the Bat Cave

world-shaker: willrichardson: Charles Blow in the NY Times...

Sun, 06 May 2012 03:05:34 +0900

world-shaker:

willrichardson:

Charles Blow in the NY Times today:

“A big part of the problem is that teachers have been so maligned in the national debate that it’s hard to attract our best and brightest to see it as a viable and rewarding career choice, even if they have a high aptitude and natural gift for it. A 2010 McKinsey & Company report entitled “Closing the Talent Gap: Attracting and Retaining Top-Third Graduates to Careers in Teaching” found that top-performing nations like Singapore, Finland and South Korea recruit all of their teachers from the top third of graduates and then even screen from that group for “other important qualities.” By contrast, in the United States, ‘23 percent of new teachers come from the top third, and just 14 percent in high poverty schools, which find it especially difficult to attract and retain talented teachers. It is a remarkably large difference in approach, and in results.’”

Link to Graphic

This says it all.

kqedscience: Keystone Ladies A few of the women...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:52:08 +0900

kqedscience:

Keystone Ladies

A few of the women fiercely defending ecosystems the world over.

photojojo: Introducing the Macintosh, Newsweek 1984. The...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:46:03 +0900

photojojo:

Introducing the Macintosh, Newsweek 1984. The beginnings of digital image editing.

via beccap

nevver: Not just for breakfast anymore

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:52:07 +0900

nevver:

Not just for breakfast anymore

"Let me underscore the obvious here: Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a..."

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:48:00 +0900

“Let me underscore the obvious here: Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of...

brooklynmutt: Eight bolts struck the Bay Bridge in San...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:34:16 +0900

brooklynmutt:

Eight bolts struck the Bay Bridge in San Francisco last night

(Mail Online)