February 2012
“Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients have been...”
– Alzheimer’s brain plaques ‘rapidly cleared’ in mice
WatchJungle tribes untouched by modern civilisation (BBC)
“I believe in copyright. I benefit from it. I don’t want it to go away. I love...”
– Jonathan Coulton
“Aber ich gebe Ihnen noch ein anderes Beispiel: Benennen Sie einfach mal Facebook...”
– Jacob Appelbaum: “Benutzt am besten gar keine Mobiltelefone”
Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Digital... →
That’s the book of endangered species on the territory of Bulgaria.
“Унищожаването на малките общности е почнало веднага след 9.9.1944. Целенасочено....”
– Жертвите от наводненията в Хасковско станаха осем (обобщение) - Dnevnik.bg
Горното е извадка от коментар под статията.
“Unless you’re living somewhere very unusual, the sight of white people being...”
– Culture Desk: M.I.A. Shouldn’t Have Apologized : The New Yorker
Thanks to bendyourcircuit for that linkage.
Why French Parents Are Superior by Pamela... →
mappeal:
Hogwash.
One of the keys to this education is the simple act of learning how to wait. It is why the French babies I meet mostly sleep through the night from two or three months old. Their parents don’t pick them up the second they start crying, allowing the babies to learn how to fall back asleep. It is also why French toddlers will sit happily at a restaurant. Rather than snacking...
“Der Laden wurde in der Silvesternacht 1951 vom skandinavischen Sadomasochisten...”
– IKEA – Stupidedia
Hab gerade eine halbe Tasse Tee auf meiner Tastatur gesprüht.
“Last year, versions of the TPP’s US-written IP chapter leaked; its...”
– Beyond ACTA: next secret copyright agreement negotiated this week—in Hollywood
“Hier gibt es keine Privatpatienten, das mindert den Verdienst. Wem es nur um das...”
– Ärzte-Paradies Schweden: Feierabend um halb sechs
“But there is a second, very important reason why I am writing this. There has...”
– Why I signed ACTA
“Chcę przeprosić moich znajomych i zupełnie obcych ludzi, którzy byli zdumieni i...”
– Ambasador Słowenii: Podpisałam ACTA. Nie byłam dość ostrożna. Przepraszam
“I want to apologize to my friends and to the complete strangers who were amazed and terrified. I did my official duty, but did not perform my civil duty.”
The Slovenian ambassador to Japan apologises for...
‘They Searched Everywhere for an Anonymous Mask’ »... →
This story is interesting in that it points to a big problem we have today — those who write and those who are in charge of protecting the laws do not understand the net. On top sit corporate interests that push them to do something and in the lack of knowledge and understanding, this something turns into chaotic shooting in the dark towards anything that moves.
January 2012
“Trade association Abta told the BBC that the case highlighted that holidaymakers...”
– Caution on Twitter urged as Britons barred from US
In any way! Got it? Wait. Where are my facepalms?
Roadrunner
Just got to my head. The Sex Pistols one. Brain picked it up from somewhere.
If we lived in a sane world, here I would have not ranted but linked to a video of them doing Roadrunner. But, we don’t. And you would not get any special satisfaction from me posting an image of an apology for not having the vid in your country, you stupid person. So, instead, start singing.. is...
“My friend’s claim seeks to apply a worn out law to a new reality. Books are...”
– Colmcille and the Battle of the Book [..] (pdf)
“Liebe, Nähe und das Gefühl, zu einem Menschen zu gehören, sind die wichtigsten...”
– Tabu Sex und Körperbehinderung - sueddeutsche.de
“The fondant in the centre of After Eights is made as a stiff paste of...”
– After Eight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Мое шибано дневниче
..дето те пиша от сто години. В една или друга форма.
Да можеше чошек да станеш та да ми помогнеш, ама не ставаш. Все си говорим монологово. Пък може и да е добре така.
Щото днес повечето от нещата които чух ми прозвучаха като обвинение. Не успях да стана идеалнят роднина, пък какво остава за идеалната дъщеря… Освен да бъда идеално зле, не виждам какво.
Трудно нещо е това живота. Колкото...
“[…] die politischen Parteien in der Bundesrepublik immer weniger mit...”
– “Die Parteien sind Konzerne geworden” | Telepolis
Do you..
.. know that feeling when you don’t want to wake up because you don’t want to start thinking about everything again?
“A quarter of the samples of Escherichia coli bacteria carried genes that made an...”
– Superbugs spied off the Antarctic coast - New Scientist
Watch(via Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea | Video on TED.com)
Everything is fine | Golem XIV - Thoughts →
It’s hard to pick one piece from his post to quote; it’s all worth reading. Including the comments.
“Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, said: “Business is now...”
– BBC News - Trust in government has ‘suffered a severe breakdown’
The irony.. After government sold themselves to business.
“Fuck you guys. The global economy is not a difficult thing to figure out. Make...”
– Davos World Economic Forum – Khan Manka, Jr. Keynote Address » Chairman’s Blog
Fake Steve in the media world. Quite amusing.
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“Over the next two weeks we visited dozens of Excel customers, and did not see...”
– How Trello is different - Joel on Software
A plough
When I was little and living at one of the poshest Sofia streets, we had a tiny garden before the building where my grandmother had planted several Delphiniums. I was told that this plant is what my name means.
Much later, I got a book on Astronomy and there I learned that my name has a second meaning — that of Orion. It turned out, farmers who would go out very early in autumn to plough...