July 2010
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“Privatisation does not mean you take a public institution and give it to some...”
– Noam Chomsky (via socialisimo)
June 2010
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documentedhere asked: Random Question: What is your favorite post on your tumblr (Progessology)?
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“Our society is characterized by vengeful violence and the hunger for domination....”
– John Howard Yoder via azspot & buffleheadcabin
Composting 101 →
We staked down an Earth Machine composting bin at our garden plot yesterday. Apparently there’s a lot more to composting than throwing in a bunch of food scraps in a pile.
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Healthy Vegans, it's not just a myth. →
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Principles of permaculture →
The 12 recognized principles of permaculture can be described as follows:
Observe and interact. Take time to engage with nature, so we can design solutions for our particular context.
Catch and store energy: Develop systems that collect resources when abundant, & use them in times of need.
Obtain a yield - Ensure that you are getting truly useful rewards as part of the work that you...
WatchAt a Churchill Club event held in Mountain View, Calif., five young inventors explain their creations, which include a flower-shaped solar device, an eco-friendly one-wheeled motorcycle, and a website that helps users to discover if their crush has a crush on them.
via emergentfutures
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Food stamp usage drastically rises in Gulf region... →
Applications for food stamps in Panhandle counties have soared since oil began gushing from the broken BP pipe leak. Since May 1st application are up 15 percent. The Department of Children and Families is keeping separate data to track people who qualify for food stamps because the oil has destroyed their careers. Don Winstead is the Welfare Advisor for DCF. He says along with the growing need for...
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Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 - (Library... →
This is sort of a long bill that would promote the electrification of our transportation. Here is a section of it. Please promote this.
Congress finds that—
the United States is the largest consumer of petroleum in the world, consuming 19,500,000 barrels per day of petroleum products during 2008;
high and volatile international oil prices represent a significant and ongoing threat to the...
“What is it about modern right-wing thinking that so perfectly complements...”
– Steve M., “Ayn Rand’s Miracle Elixir” via tart-tart vruz moorewr)
“Since practical ability differs from person to person, the majority of such...”
– Will Durant via azspot
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“In a Native American parable, the Creator gathers all the animals and says: “I...”
– Native American Legend
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“Many Japanese people waste electric power at night time, for example by watching...”
– Japanese told to go to bed an hour early to cut carbon emissions - Telegraph via dhk
“Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is in bad shape, but what most...”
– The Greatest Depression has just begun via azspot
Afghanistan: Drug use keeps on rising →
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“If we actually care about preventing another such disaster, we’ll begin an...”
– The Economist via marco:mikehudack
“I fired him [Douglas MacArthur] because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the...”
– Harry Truman
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Ugh!
So I got a new job over the summer and turned in my first report yesterday. I emailed my superior today with a question, and the answer included a list of things that my colleague and I have been doing wrong, along with hints that this whole endeavour may not be working out.
Before I can even get started on improving my report my colleague emailed me asking if “I’d seen the...
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Slashdot Search Story | Google Introduces... →
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“For libertarians “millennia of human experience” teach that “the public sector...”
– What libertarians learn from history via azspot