January 2011
13 posts
“Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.”
– Voltaire (via tmblg)
Mother Jones: What's Happening in Egypt, Explained... →
theatlantic:
This is an incredibly useful guide. Give it a read.
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“If you can’t write like New York, you have no business living in New York and...”
– James M. Cain (via theparisreview)
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WSJ: Electronic Medical Records Don’t Improve... →
mikehudack:
jayparkinsonmd:
So let me get this straight…a doctor using a computer in a doctor’s office doesn’t significantly influence how their patients live their lives?? It’s absurd that someone would even think that somehow a doctor using a computer encourages people to change their lifestyle and take their health more seriously.
Hey Obama…did you just waste the $20B you’ve appropriated...
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For the second year in a row, the U.S. military... →
Overall, the services reported 434 suicides by personnel on active duty, significantly more than the 381 suicides by active-duty personnel reported in 2009. The 2010 total is below the 462 deaths in combat, excluding accidents and illness. In 2009, active-duty suicides exceeded deaths in battle.
Last week’s figures, though, understate the problem of military suicides because the services do...
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“How do people, like, not curse? How is it possible? There are these gaps in...”
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A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
Fuck yes.
College is one of America's worst investments →
youngmanhattanite:
utnereader:
theweekmagazine:
At least that’s what a new study suggests. The study found that nearly half of students make “no significant gains in learning” in their first two years on campus, and that they spend 50 percent less time studying than their 1970s and 1980s counterparts.
This is “depressing,” but hardly “shocking,” says Matt Kiebus in Death + Taxes. Anyone...
“Last week, in the days following the shootings in Tucson, more than 10.5...”
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Brian Williams, NBC News: No dinosaur data here, Baltimore Sun (via ericazucco)
This is incredible. I’d be interested to see how long we take to go back to normal viewership watching Jersey Shore.