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Earth going around the sun was hard to swallow too
Asked why conservatives and Republicans have demonized the issue of climate change and clean energy, Inglis replies, “I wish I knew; then maybe I wouldn’t have lost my election.” He points out that some conservatives believe that any issue affecting the Earth is “the province of God and will not be affected by human activity. If you talk about the challenge of sustainability of the Earth’s systems, it’s an affront to that theological view.”
David Corn, The Economist
For some reason I hadn’t taken it into account that religion may be a massive factor in climate change skepticism. I’m not sure why because now it seems completely obvious.
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These guys could teach us a thing or two about marketing.
Teenage Engineering - OP-1 - Live demo
via Matrixsynth
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Glass? Much better for cigarette ash and spilled drinks…
Token multitouch screen shows us the future of DJing, today (video) — Engadget
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Bending over backwards, not forwards.
There are many ways to enjoy your drink, but there is one big No-No when ordering it. Put simply, DO feel entitled to tell a bartender how you’d like your Sidecar. DON’T feel entitled to tell a bartender how to make a Sidecar. The distinction might be subtle, but later, when you’re wondering why your Manhattan tastes like somebody rubbed a dog penis on it, it’ll hit you that it wasn’t so subtle to the person who does this for a living. A good bartender should bend over backward to make you happy. But there are very few for whom “bending over backward” means “letting you question my basic job skills.”
I’m quite happy to apply this to design. You’re entitled to tell me what you want and what you like, but you don’t get to tell me how to do it.
In return I shouldn’t be a purist dick about it.
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I would go straight to this pool room.
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Coyote Tracks: The Emperor's New Antenna
Every recent consumer electronics product from Apple—definitely the iPad, but all iterations of the iPhone including the initial one—has been greeted with rounds of articles crowing about what an arrogant, foolhardy mistake it is and how this will finally, finally, be the moment the emperor is revealed to have no clothes. And ultimately this is what’s so infuriating about Apple: that’s not what happens. Ever.
Yep.
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Seems like a great idea. Now if someone could just turn my email client into a 1st-person-shooter I’d be set.
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It’s 37 degrees in Berlin and I miss the ocean. Not that I actually went to the beach that much in Sydney but it was handy to have it right there, whenever you needed it.
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a montage of every Mad Men pick-up line. surely the best thing you’ll watch all day.
(via NY Mag)
Gold
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American Drink
Great new(ish) Tumblr. Not just for alcoholics either.
