December 2011
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“The fact that there was any debate over whether to call in experts on such a...”
– Joshua Kopstein, Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works (via drinkyourjuice) This friends, is the most important article you’ll read today. (via shortformblog)
“The Bill of rights was ratified 220 years ago, on December 15, 1791. It is...”
– OccupyWallSt.org (via wilwheaton)
Things that weren't around when the U.S.-led war...
evangotlib:
inothernews:
Facebook
Twitter
Tumblr
The iPhone
The Colbert Report
Things that existed in 2003 that do not exist today:
Bear Sterns
Pontiac
Polaroid
Circuit CIty
Steve Jobs
“That’s one of the things that I like about him — because he’s been consistent...”
– Christine O’Donnell, quoted by Politico, on her endorsement of Mitt Romney.
(via liberalsarecool)
It’s funny ‘cause she’s an idiot!
(via evangotlib)
At least she’s consistently hypocritical.
I Work For The Internet →
ericmortensen:
staff:
We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.
One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could...
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana : megburns : haygirlhay : luciwithani)
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“I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world...”
– Christopher Guest (via xenoughalreadyx)
Evan's Blog. Meh.: msg: “Taking this a couple of... →
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“Taking this a couple of steps further, the article points out that, to many people, Facebook’s “frictionless” sharing doesn’t enhance sharing; it makes sharing meaningless. Let’s go back to music: It is meaningful if I tell you that I really like the avant-garde music by Olivier…
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“Basically we’re still stuck in the situation we were three years ago and we...”
– Reagan Economic adviser Bruce Bartlett explains why Republicans have doomed the economy (via wilwheaton)
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“Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-Qaeda leaders who’ve been taken...”
– President BARACK OBAMA, in response to a reporter’s question during a briefing yesterday; Republicans had charged that the President’s foreign policy had amounted to nothing but “appeasement.”
This is the best variation on “frak you” EVER. And the full quote is better than what was floating around...
