May 2012
11 posts
Watchclimateadaptation:
Help out my buddy Ben Jervey’s new project. He’s been educating people on where energy comes from for years now, and this is the icing on the cake. Kick in a buck or three and reblog if you can! Thanks!
Yes…what he said!
Barton Hall 5/8/77 is in the Library Of Congress... →
Finally
Eephus League Magazine →
Quite possibly the best website I’ve ever seen. Paging Ryan Brown, who will really, really love the chapter devoted to Johnny “The Crab” Evers.
Watchbridgemen-sf:
poptech:
askjerves:
climateadaptation:
My energetic climate buddy Ben Jervey created a kickstarter! It’s an education themed project aimed to help folks understand where electricity comes from. Of course, it includes the impacts on the environment and tools to help fix the system. Donate a few bucks, reblog if you can. And follow askjerves:
So, here goes: yet another...
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Watchclimateadaptation:
My energetic climate buddy Ben Jervey created a kickstarter! It’s an education themed project aimed to help folks understand where electricity comes from. Of course, it includes the impacts on the environment and tools to help fix the system. Donate a few bucks, reblog if you can. And follow askjerves:
So, here goes: yet another Kickstarter plea. I’m working on this pretty...
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WatchSo, here goes: yet another Kickstarter plea. I’m working on this pretty big project with the incredible folks at Focus the Nation, and we need dough to turn a basic Energy 101 primer into a kickass interactive e-version.
Anyone who knows me knows how much I hate to ask for anything (even clicks, let alone money), but I really, sincerely think this is a really important project. It’s...
April 2012
9 posts
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The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and the wind is still, You’re one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, A wind comes off a frozen peak, And you’re two months back in the middle of March.
From “Two Tramps in Mud Time” by Robert...
Fully onboard with this Alabama Shakes debut →
‘Boys And Girls’ is livestreaming on NPR now. Even better live, etcetcetc.
March 2012
17 posts
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....”
– Issac Asimov
WatchKayhan Kalhor gives a Tiny Desk Concert that’s worth putting on a loop and playing whenever you’ve got some serious thinking or writing or sitting to do.
Happy Nowruz!
Kookoo sabzi for breakfast in our house.
“Mike Daisey: Yeah. We have different worldviews on some of these things. I agree...”
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(via areasofmyexpertise)
Glass’s comment could be applied pretty much directly to David Sedaris’s outright lies (described as “real” in Naked and in his This American Life segments). Why didn’t those generate such outrage? Funny lies, but lies still. Maybe because...
How to make it as a writer →
gracebello:
Chris Jones, writer for Esquire, creates handy tips on becoming a writer, based on his own career:
Write a lot, but for nobody but yourself
Meet an influential authority figure who inexplicably decides to champion you to other people of influence
Interview a…
A bunch of years back, not long after his incredible Ricky Williams magazine piece was published, a buddy of mine...
A Defiant Dude by James Lantz and Eat More Kale... →
nedhepburn:
This guy read my Chick-Fil-A blog and wanted me to promote his Kickstarter. He made handmade “Eat More Kale” shirts and the homophobic chicken people sued him. THOSE BASTARDS.
Dude’s a local hero here in Vermont. I’m pretty damn sure Bo’s been making those t-shirts and stickers since way before the Fil-A got in the “eat more” game. My fridge in college...
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American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity... →
Amazing that ACCCE is recruiting on craigslist:
Job Title: President, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity Job Description: Are you a motivated go-getter who hates to let facts stand in the way of profits? Are you good at making something out of nothing? Do you sleep soundly at night, no matter what you’ve done? Do you reject the global anti-capitalist “science”...
WatchWow, remember when Republican presidents pushed for gas tax hikes and transit funding as economic stimulus?
In 1983, Ronald Reagan, icon of the modern conservative movement, touted “a five cent gas tax increase, as an economic catalyst. It would raise $5.5 billion for transportation investment and result in 320,000 new jobs, the administration said.”
More at Streetsblog.
NPR is livestreaming the new Dirty Three album,... →
Not sure yet if it’ll replace “She Has No Strings Apollo” in my instrumental-only albums-to-work-to rotation, but it sounds pretty good so far.
February 2012
25 posts
2 tags
Concerned for Conservation: An open letter to... →
discoverynews:
realcleverscience:
mothernaturenetwork:
mad-as-a-marine-biologist:
Dear Tumblr,
We are writing to ask you to consider adding a ‘Conservation’ or ‘Environment’ featured tag.
We’re not outright asking. We know that featured tags are those that have a certain amount of traffic, but please consider the following:
1. The field of conservation is wide-ranging. As a result...
Watchchiddybang:
Did the Conan thing last night, watch Ray Charles. Also, it’s time to have Breakfast, the album is officially out in the U.S.! Go to Best Buy and pick up a copy!! Breakfast - the most important meal of the day!
Chiddy Bang and Conan. Two great tastes that taste great together.
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The Expath →
It was a romantic rush— he told me all about the brewery his parents owned in Australia, learning to surf with his brothers and sisters, his unwavering love for rugby, and his stubborn but insightful views on what was lacking in American character. We talked about marriage, and it was the first time I seriously considered it. One night, about six months in, we were talking about the...
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