December 2011
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“The machinery required for numerical competence is present in the pigeon brain –...”
– Pigeons match monkeys in abstract counting skills
Dec 30th
“One thing should be obvious after all that’s happened over the last three...”
– Recession ‘to return’ to Europe, say economists
Dec 30th
“Based on the study, we can now say laughter is at least 30 million to 60 million...”
– BBC News - Scientists tickle animals to find laughter clues
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Geese fly with man who reared them (video) →
This is so beautiful.
Dec 29th
“The licenses were granted in quite an unusual way. The special commission in...”
– Tracking Belgian Weapons in Libya - NYTimes.com
Dec 28th
София, декмври 2011
Към летището ме кара жител на Факултето и от както съм седнала не спира да говори. Първо срещу “селяните” в София, после как едно време по тошово господ ходел по земята и “онея се грижеха за народА”, и най-накрая как той с дипломата от техникума по обущарство, знаиш ли, сега при други управници можел в кметството да седи! Тъй де! Щот дядо му активен борец бил! От къде го...
Dec 28th
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WatchWatch
“Palestinian police are called to the Church of Nativity after rival groups of clergymen clash in a dispute over jurisdiction inside the basilica. Up to 100 Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic priests and monks, armed with brooms, came to blows while cleaning the West Bank church in preparation for Orthodox Christmas celebrations.” You gotta love the church.
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Albrecht Dürer: Portrait of the artist as an... →
marklow: from The Economist’s fantastic double-issue out this week. Fantastic article.
Dec 27th
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Dec 24th
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Happy and warm season..
.. to all of you, dear readers! May you feel safe despite those unsafe times, fed and healthy and loved. (That drawing is Julbocken by John Bauer)
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 13th
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John Bauer - a set on Flickr →
For my fellow John Bauer fans — a fantastic collection of high-res images.
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
Christmas traditions and performance rituals: a... →
Dec 12th
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“Двете деца пак опряха очи на прозореца. Пада ситен сняг. Сипе, сипе. Затрупва...”
– Ангел Каралийчев — Житената питка
Dec 12th
“The patent holder, Prometheus Labs, offers a thiopurine testing product. It sued...”
– Oblivious Supreme Court poised to legalize medical patents One reads it and reads again, and after a re-read it’s still crazy.
Dec 11th
“Now, new research in Science suggests that rats are capable of empathy. The...”
– Rats show empathy, will come to the aid of other rats
Dec 11th
Dec 11th
“These smartest guys in the room actually decided that spending money is the...”
– Steven Van Zandt: There Is Only One Issue in America
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 7th
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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“Q: What do you think needs to change in our political system? Alan Moore:...”
– The Honest Alan Moore Interview – Part 2: The Occupy Movement, Frank Miller, and Politics
Dec 7th
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“Confidential paper from council president Herman Van Rompuy proposes empowering...”
– Radical eurozone shakeup could see Brussels get austerity powers | Business | The Guardian Brilliant! I suggest they begin immediately with Van Rompuy’s salary. P.S. No, actually irony would not work. This is way past funny. We have ended somehow being told what to do by people who have not...
Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 2nd
Dec 1st
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“Chief Rabbi Benjamin Jacobs: ‘I believe our method of slaughter is...”
– BBC News - Should animals be stunned before slaughter? Friendlier slaughter? Interesting.
Dec 1st