October 2010
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Fuck No Tumblr Queue!
Don’t you hate it when the Tumblr queue fails and it doesn’t post things that should have posted days ago, and then all of a sudden posts everything at once?
No? You like that? GTFO.
This is a news website article about a scientific... →
“THIS COMMENT IN CAPITALS WILL DEMAND SOMETHING IS BANNED!”
September 2010
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Montana woman fends off bear attack with zucchini →
In related news, a Nebraska man fended off a mountain lion with some arugula. No one wants to eat that shit.
“I think Nick Denton is going to win the Internet.”
– John Cook (via soupsoup)
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“Is there a site that streams the World Cup final online? (I don’t own a TV.)”
– -Mark Zuckerberg
via The New Yorker
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Stephen Colbert to Testify Before House... →
His testimony will relate to his experience participating in the Take Our Jobs initiative put on by the United Farm Workers union. The initiative invited people to come and try the jobs that illegal immigrants do now, like farm work, to see if they’re really taking jobs that Americans want. Since Colbert was one of only 4 people who took them up on the offer, he’ll be testifying about it.
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WHDH-TV - Yoga moves on parking tickets in... →
Watchthedailywhat:
Meanwhile, In Maryland of the Day: Not deterred by the whole “fictional science” business, Glen Echo’s Adventure Theatre has launched the “Lightsaber Adventures” class to train Jedi Younglings in the ways of the Force.
[wapo / thanks robb!]
Why didn’t this class exist when I was a kid?!
Teen sends Facebook invite to 15; 21,000 reply →
infoneer-pulse:
The Telegraph has been friendly enough to reveal the Facebook faux-pas performed by the teen. She decided to hold a birthday party at her mom’s house and mom kindly said she could invite 15 of her closest companions.
Being almost 15, what other forum could she possibly have considered than Facebook? So she created a nice little event page and waited, no doubt expectantly, for...
Further allegations against 'sexting' DA claim... →
Nothing makes a woman want to date you more than asking her to wear high heels to the autopsy.
Man claiming to have a bomb in Watsonville bank... →
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“More than 400 students from Norwin High School in western Pennsylvania got an...”
– Teens Get Gay Porn Shock During Blood Bank Presentation
“If the worlds of heavy metal and commercial aviation were two sets in an...”
– The front man of Iron Maiden, who has regularly flown commercially for an aircraft-leasing company called Astraeus Airlines, has now been appointed the operation’s head of marketing. The Telegraph has the details. (via theeconomist)
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Berlin police: Man used Craigslist to sell car... →
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Associated Press monitors CNN since dropping... →
copyeditor:
“The AP has been closely monitoring CNN’s coverage and claims that the network routinely uses the wire service’s reporting, according to internal memos obtained by The Upshot. CNN, the memo states, ‘continues to rely heavily, and apparently systematically, on AP breaking news, exclusive enterprise and in-depth reporting.’” [Yahoo! News]
“Brian clearly misspoke … Nothing in Brian’s record or anything else he’s said or...”
– Kate Duffy, spokeswoman for Brian Dubie, a Republican candidate for governor of Vermont. When asked in an radio interview about how he would achieve the budget savings in order to support his intended tax cuts, Dubie had previously answered,”We are going to have to look at our programs and target...
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“Britney Spears apparently pronounces the letter /l/ in linguolabial fashion:...”
– Our language bloggers investigate Ms Spears’ linguistic peculiarities (with video). As one commenter suggests: “Maybe we should worry less about where the President was born and more about Britney. Is she a crypto-Vanatuan?” (via theeconomist)
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Watchyahoonews:
Attention, gentlemen: Dance like this and you’ll get ALL the ladies. Trust me, if you can only watch one video today, THIS is it. (video courtesy of: ABC)
“Men hoping to impress women on the dance floor now have science to help them. A European study has found that men who move their necks and trunks more to the beat are most likely to attract women.” More details from the study...
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“The teenager, from Silsoe in Bedfordshire, called the US leader a...”
– AFP: US bans teenager over abusive Obama email
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“I like Americans, but they are somewhat monocellular,” the former...”
– Japan senior lawmaker: Americans are simple-minded - Yahoo! News 