May 2011
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
– Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut
brycedotvc:
I know I’ve been talking about the potential of Kinect for a while, but this video blew me away. It also reminded me of a tweet I saw this morning quoting Kevin Kelley who said:
Every new technology nibbles at what we believe it means to be human.
Watch when the demonstrator pauses himself in the video chat and steps out of frame to check text messages. Mind blown?
Now remember,...
frangry:
True Blood Season 4 Trailer
Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice →
fuckyeahdevelopmentalbiology:
Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested.
Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV. It is a simple technique using very basic drug. The method employs dichloroacetate, which is currently used to...
Why are we listening to the Bush administration people anyway? They didn’t GET...
– JON STEWART, on former Bush administration figures taking credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the...
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via david)
Eating Fresh Food Drastically Reduces BPA Levels,... →
morningstar:
The five families in the study, which was published in Environmental Health Perspectives avoided canned foods and drinks and meals prepared outside the home in lieu of freshly prepared organic meals in glass storage containers. During the three days that the families ate the fresh food, their BPA levels dropped on average by 60 percent. When families returned to their regular...
-saturdaynightlive:
Full video of Seth Meyers skewering D.C. at last night’s White House Correspondents Dinner. Favourite joke?
“Donald Trump has said he’s running for president as a Republican — which is surprising because I thought he was running as a joke.”