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Tardigrades (commonly known as waterbears or moss piglets) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Maitani, mina_sydney, TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC and 10 other people liked this
Tardigrades are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of close to absolute zero (−273 °C (−459 °F)),[7] temperatures as high as 151 °C (304 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals,[8] and almost a decade without water.[9] Since 2007, tardigrades have also returned alive from studies in which they have been exposed to the vacuum of outer space for a few days in low earth orbit. ~ Tardigrades are one of the few groups of species that are capable of reversibly suspending their metabolism and going into a state of cryptobiosis. Several species regularly survive in a dehydrated state for nearly ten years.
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
fascinating read, well it was for me
- Halil
It is interesting... what a resilient phenomena of nature.... amazing...
- ☆彡Jazzy-B
moss...piglets...*squee*
- WoH: Minding her Steves
^jejeje^ ))
- ☆彡Jazzy-B
"Atheism in America" Godlessness is the last big taboo in the US, where non-believers face discrimination and isolation http://on.ft.com/xftE79 ~ “I’ve been told things like ‘I hope you have an accident, die and go to hell.’ So that’s what I’ve been up against.”
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"Psychotherapist Marlene Winell, who practises in Berkeley, California, specialises in “recovery from harmful religion” and advocates religious trauma syndrome as a psychological diagnosis. “There are so many places in the US that are just saturated with religion. Everything is interwoven – their families, their schools, their business – so that if you were not part of the club, part of the group, you get ostracised and people go through really horrible experiences of not belonging any more.” If that sounds like the experience of leaving a cult, perhaps that’s because, as Winell argues, “in its raw form, fundamentalist Christianity that believes that the Bible is the word of God is basically a giant cult.”
- The Real sofarsoShawn
From the outside, keeping your views to yourself may not seem such a problem. But this is only if you think that it’s easy to live hiding who you really are from almost everyone around you, even close family. Take Matt Elder, who lives in Festus, Missouri (pop. 11,602). When I met him in a downtown St Louis diner, he came across as a cheerful, friendly guy, not someone living under a...
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- The Real sofarsoShawn
Data backs up anecdote. A now famous University of Minnesota study concluded that Americans ranked atheists lower than Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society”. Nearly 48 per cent said they “would disapprove if my child wanted to marry a member of this group” (many more than the next most unpopular category,...
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- The Real sofarsoShawn
Boo hoo hoo.
- Akiva
That's an interesting reaction. I wonder how that would look under a post about about oppression of e.g. gay people.
- Eivind
Religion is a choice. Being gay isn't. It's kind of rude that you'd try to pair the two.
- Akiva
I know you think it's a choice, but it really isn't. The best I can do is to choose to pretend to believe in your gods.
- Eivind
That's absolutely ridiculous. You really believe that religion is genetic?
- Akiva
I don't know what role genetics play in people's religiosity. Why's that relevant? If I close my eyes and try really hard I still won't believe that you're one of the only real god's chosen people.
- Eivind
You don't know what role genetics play in religion yet you're sure it's not a choice?
- Akiva
I know I can't decide to suddenly believe in one or more of the proposed gods. You don't know what role genetics play in sexual orientation.
- Eivind
So you also think that homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
Eivind, perhaps you can't, but atheists and agnostics do every day through conversion. That is their choice.
- Kelli H.
What do you mean 'also', Akiva?
- Eivind
Answer the question. Erase the 'also' if it makes you feel more comfortable. Do you believe that homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
If religion isn't a choice, doesn't that suggests atheists shouldn't make fun of theists either?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
I don't think homosexuality is a choice, Akiva. Victor, ...
- Eivind
I don't think either side should make fun of the other.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Why do you think that religion is not a choice then?
- Akiva
I think religion is a choice. People pick and choose those all the time. An atheist, at least this atheist, can't just suddenly decide he now believes in one or more gods, though.
- Eivind
But you earlier typed that religion isn't a choice. You typed specifically 'I know you think it's a choice, but it really isn't.' Can you explain that?
- Akiva
The data seem to show that most people tend to stick to the religion they grew up with, or at least to something similar. Radical conversions aren't common.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
That's not essential to this conversation, Victor. I'm interested in Eivind particularly. I'm a Jewish Buddhist who was raised Catholic because his parents converted before I was born. I have a particularly unique view.
- Akiva
I didn't read your comment carefully enough, Akiva.
- Eivind
You're still not answering the question, Eivind.
- Akiva
I did. I explained why I answered the way I did.
- Eivind
I think it's relevant, Akiva
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
So you believe that religion is genetic?
- Akiva
Victor, you're wrong. You know what they say about statistics. I value Eivind more than that. I refuse to denigrate him. I want to know what HE thinks. I don't care what statistics say.
- Akiva
I am not sure. I can't rule out the possibility that genetics play a part.
- Eivind
And how do you feel about homosexuality?
- Akiva
Or are you admitting that Jews are a race?
- Akiva
It's clearly hereditary. Which is not the same as genetic. But there are structures in the brain that seem to be associated with strength of spiritual belief.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
So it's hereditary but not genetic? Jews are a race but they're not a race?
- Akiva
How can you explain that I'm not Catholic?
- Akiva
Akiva, I don't understand your questions.
- Eivind
Don't act dumb because it's convenient, Eivind. It's unbecoming of someone of your intelligence. Answer. The fucking. Question.
- Akiva
There aren't specific genetic loci that you could look at and say this person belongs to X race. I'm of the opinion that race is more of a cultural concept than a biological concept.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Victor, do you think that homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
Akiva, I don't think homosexuality is a choice. I think you were right the first time when you pointed out that the discussion regarding sexuality doesn't cleanly map to the discussion regarding theism/atheism
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Thank you. Religion IS a choice. The pressure of parents is a huge thing. It's unbelievably stressful. I refuse to impress my beliefs on my kids. I want them to do what I did, figure it out on their own. I'll support them in their choices regardless of how it might be opposite of I believe. I wonder if Eivind would do the same.
- Akiva
Atheism isn't a choice. I didn't think it would be cool to be the only person I knew that didn't believe in God. I didn't think it would be great to be different from my friends in a way they would never accept. It was a realization. I realized none of it made sense and the questions I had couldn't be answered. I realized I didn't believe. I can't choose to believe again. Choice and genetics aren't the only two options here.
- <3Heather<3
Heather, you really believe that your atheism wasn't choice? That's physically genetic?
- Akiva
It's either genetics or environment.
- Akiva
And, for the record, I absolutely respect atheism. It's far more reasonable than theism.
- Akiva
Reread my last sentence.
- <3Heather<3
Isn't atheism more like a neutral state? It's then a choice to pick (or being forced) some religion on top of that.
- Jemm
Heather, then what are the options?
- Akiva
I'd guess nuetral point would be "community model" your family friends and larger aquantances religious choice. Your reaction as you find your place on the"religion continuum" would be the question. Is it genetics, education, or...?
- WarLord
The word I believe best describes it, is the word used in my post. If you read it you would know it. Or is reading my post an attempting to understand it less desirable then asking me leading questions?
- <3Heather<3
Jemm, often yes. There are atheists, people who simply don't believe in a deity. Then there are atheists who are proselytizers, who believe it is their job to convert people. I'm not down with anyone who thinks they are in a position to dominate other people.
- Akiva
Heather, I'm honestly curious. Do you really want to challenge people rather than educate them? I may have missed your point. I'm simply interested. I value people who have opposing viewpoints. Either you want to help me or you don't.
- Akiva
@Akiva: I agree with that. I was only observing the way of thinking, not how the people act - religious or not. I don't approve of forcing anything, either.
- Jemm
"It was a realization."
- <3Heather<3
Do you believe that your realization is somehow more valuable than other people's realizations?
- Akiva
When did I say or hint at that?
- <3Heather<3
You haven't. I'm just asking.
- Akiva
I believe religion and atheism are choices, and that a good number of people don't realize they've made a choice because they've been indoctrinated since early childhood. Those folx have chosen to go along with their families', friends', community's beliefs. I think that the hate & conflict between religions, and between the religious & atheists, is a big part of what has turned me off when it comes to organized religion in general.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Why would you think to ask me that?
- <3Heather<3
Because I'm curious. Will you answer the question?
- Akiva
No. Do you think you're choice in religion is better or makes you a better person then others?
- <3Heather<3
Starmama, proselytization is violent. I don't support it in any form.
- Akiva
Heather, absolutely not. But I'm at least willing to discuss it. You are apparently not. What does that say?
- Akiva
Do you even know my religion?
- Akiva
I am discussing it.
- <3Heather<3
Yet you refuse to answer my question. Why?
- Akiva
I did answer it.
- <3Heather<3
No, you didn't. You know it. You're smarter than that. I'll repeat it: Do you believe that your realization is somehow more valuable than other people's realizations?
- Akiva
Ok, I'll repeat my answer. No.
- <3Heather<3
Crap. Totally misread your answer.
- Akiva
Imagine that.
- <3Heather<3
That's rude. I'm honestly curious about your opinion, I've expressed nothing but respect for it. And you've come back at me as a jerk. I just wanted to understand you.
- Akiva
Oh I'm sorry, I misread your respect for snark and condescension.
- <3Heather<3
Can you prove that? Can you show me one comment I've made toward you that was snarky or condescending?
- Akiva
I said I misread you, you know the same way you snapped at me before realizing you misread me.
- <3Heather<3
And I admitted that in a kind way, deleted my comment, and essentially apologized for it. Then after that, you capitalized on my mistake. I think even your apology was based in sarcasm. I know you don't like me and honestly I don't care. But I try to treat you well. You deserve better than what I do. And I'm sorry about that. Truly.
- Akiva
Listen Akiva, I'm really sorry if you're being a polite gentleman and I'm taking it all wrong. I'm sorry if you're honestly trying to gain understanding and insight into the mind of an atheist. I love knowledge and I have a need to understand people too. I'm also not refreshing the page, I'm intently following the conversation as it happens. If that's caused problems, I'm sorry for that...
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- <3Heather<3
Akiva, is the fucking question about whether Jews are a race or how I feel about homosexuals?
- Eivind
Oh good lord, girl. I don't need you to make me look like a jerk. I'm legendary at that. I'm a total jerk. I hate people. I just think we'd both benefit if we didn't think that we were both out for each other. We don't agree on a lot of things but I absolutely refuse to disrespect you over that. If I didn't surround myself with people who disagree with me, I'd never understand myself.
- Akiva
Hey, Eivind. Welcome back to the conversation! BOTH. I want answers to both.
- Akiva
Thanks for respectfully calling me "girl".
- <3Heather<3
I was being affable! Dammit. You are a girl aren't you? You're a hell of a girl. How is that an insult?
- Akiva
I guess it's not, boy.
- <3Heather<3
Absolutely not. And if you were offended by it, I'm honestly sorry. It's just ... I dunno. Two of my most used phases are 'old boy' and 'old girl'. WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO DIFFICULT.
- Akiva
I feel about homosexuals as I feel about heterosexuals. Most people are good people, and I don't think sexual preference makes a difference. I think 'race' is a somewhat outdated term, and what we describe as different races often maps better to culture than to actual genetics. There are certainly no well defined genetic borders that separate Jews from the rest of us.
- Eivind
Ha ha remember when Shawn posted a link? OMG.
- Akiva
That's actually quite incorrect, Eivind. Jews have diseases that are specifically linked to them.
- Akiva
You also didn't answer the question. Do you think homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
Also, do you think that black people are a culture and not a race? Asians? Indians?
- Akiva
It's quite correct, Akiva. It's all a continuum. There aren't any well defined genetic borders anywhere. This doesn't work the way you seem to think it does.
- Eivind
So you believe that a disease is culture-related?
- Akiva
And you believe that black people are a cultural choice rather than a racial one?
- Akiva
Sure, there are single-gene mutations that have higher incidences in Jewish (specifically, Ashkenazi) populations like Tay-Sachs disease or cystic fibrosis, but you can't look at someone's genome and say, well, they're clearly Jewish.
- Victor Ganata
Akiva, I don't think you understand genetics very well.
- Eivind
Then why is that disease uniquely bonded to Jewish people?
- Akiva
I'm simply asking a question. Why won't you answer it?
- Akiva
Which disease? Tay-Sachs? Or cystic fibrosis? Non-Jews can be born with those conditions as well.
- Victor Ganata
Akiva, for someone trying to gain understanding, you seem to ask very narrow questions instead of letting people tell you what they think. I would imagine if you give people the freedom to express themselves and read it with an open mind, you'll gain much more understanding then selecting specific questions to be answered before moving on.
- <3Heather<3
That's true but Jews are more likely by a huge margin to have Tay-Sachs, for example. By a wide margin.
- Akiva
Heather, I'm just wanting my questions answered. I'm absolutely ready to admit that my questions are wrong. But I always get curious why people refuse to answer questions.
- Akiva
Akiva couldn't that be based on religion or cultural mating selection?
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
There is no one-to-one correspondence between "race" and someone's DNA makeup. There is no "black gene" or "white gene". I don't think it's possible to answer the question you're posing if someone doesn't believe in a biologically-determined concept of race.
- Victor Ganata
Jimminy, possibly. But aren't diseases genetically based? I could be totally wrong on this.
- Akiva
Victor, that's incredibly interesting. Thank you.
- Akiva
While asking questions is legitimate, accusing others of refusing to answer because they didn't respond with THE answer that you chose you would accept before you even asked the question is nonsensical.
- Chris Topher
I just want ANY answer. The refusal of any answer is suspect.
- Akiva
The problem is that the question is loaded with an unwarranted assumption: a biologically determined concept of race. It's a lot like asking someone when they stopped beating their wife.
- Victor Ganata
Akiva, yes but Tay-Sachs is going to occur more often in a population if for some reason the population limits it's own breeding patterns to members of a population known to carry recessive genetics for Tay-Sachs. *Tay-Sachs could be replaced with other genetic disorders/diseases if you want.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Akiva, do you think European royalty is/was a race? They had hemophilia occurring at an incredibly high rate.
- <3Heather<3
Victor, that's an answer. The lack of an answer? It's suspect. And I'm actually not passive-aggressive. I loathe it. When I ask questions, it's usually because I want to be wrong. I want to be educated. I know I come off as whatever but in reality, I just want to learn.
- Akiva
Heather, I think that's different. And it's insulting. The royals weren't killed because of who they are. I can be killed for who I am. And regardless of Victor's stance in this particular thread, he at one time backed Jewishness as a race. I can be killed for who I am. I didn't choose to be Jewish. It's my heritage. My family was killed in Germany. What does that mean? Why do I get so upset over it?
- Akiva
And why should gays not be allowed to marry? Why should they have been killed as well? And Gypsies?
- Akiva
Anyone can be killed for who they are. And I didn't know death was part of the discussion.
- <3Heather<3
Of course death is part of the conversation. Are you unfamiliar with Jasper, Texas? Are you unfamiliar with women who aren't paid properly because of their gender?
- Akiva
I thought this was about atheism and the discrimination of atheists by theists. I guess I'm on the wrong thread.
- <3Heather<3
Clearly. I want atheists to be treated with the respect that they often don't treat theists. I want atheists to be not afraid, to have equal rights. Atheists can be killed for their convictions. I'm thoroughly shocked at your ignorance. I'm religious yet I am on your side. Good grief.
- Akiva
A lot of things, I think. You have me on your side even though you possibly think I'm an idiot for my beliefs. Yet I'd fight for your beliefs. How does that work?
- Akiva
I think Jimminy's comment here is a valid consideration for the genetic disease factor (and I think Heather's example of the royal family was exactly along those lines): a population that very actively discourages or forbids intermarriage is going to have a higher incidence of particular genetic markers. I think the discussion about culture and race and Judaism is very interesting and...
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- joey
I think it came up as part of the discussion as to what characteristics of a person are and aren't a choice.
- Victor Ganata
Against my will, I agree with joey's comment.
- Akiva
Akiva, I deleted my comment, stop bringing it up.
- <3Heather<3
Ah, okay. Thanks, Victor. Well in that case: I don't have a choice about being perceived as Jewish ethnically and discriminated as such at various points in my life (regardless of whether I had been raised with the religion or culture or not) but I also don't have a choice about not being considered 'part of the tribe' or religiously Jewish (without conversion) because my mother was an...
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- joey
I missed this ^ ... I'll brb I know what Heather's meaning to say about atheism is thati it's arrived at by a sense of skepticism, whic is not just an unwillingness accept staus quo-ism. Skepticism is a provisional aproach to claims. It is the application of reason, not revelation
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
No one cares about your opinion. This is about me and Heather working out our sexual tension.
- Akiva
Hahahaa this may help Akiva :D (i think you should get Eivind some Vday sweets to charm him, all girls love chocolate <3 ... moving along... Reason applied to any and all ideas - no sacred cows allowed. Skepticism is a method requiring doubt, not a position. When we say we are "skeptical," we mean, that we must see compelling evidence before we believe. Modern skepticism is embodied in the scientific method which is why you find a larger % of atheist scientists than the general populace.
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
Lastly...Jimminy,Victor, & Joey *nods head* yes is right race has no genetic or biological basis. This has been thoroughly debunked. All human beings have the same ancestors from Africa….Darwin :) The physical diversity of today is purely a function of geographical accidents, climates, isolation, & wndering bands. There is simply no such thing beyond the arbitrary & the artificial of...
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- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
Coming late to a thread makes for interesting reading. The whole "it's either a choice or it's genetic" is not quite a correct starting point though. It's not A or B like that. Anything genetic is not rigid programming, just tendencies/predispositions/higher risk. And many non genetic things are nonetheless defining. In all cases, one can go against ones programming (whether genetic or...
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- Iphigenie
Iphigenie speaks in eloquent prose what I have been pondering. Most especially the very last statement: "I see atheists that are as aggressively religious about their beliefs as some of the worst religious bigots"
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
Yeah, ultimately, I think the whole "it's a choice, or it's not" is a false binary. And I have been disgusted by atheists who feel the need to cram their beliefs down other people's throats, but, yeah, they're not necessarily representative, and it certainly doesn't justify persecution.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
It must be tricky in the US where a lot of the social "glue" that's left outside work is religious. People are uncomfortable with atheism, you don't need to say much to make them feel threatened - the more they have given up for their religion, the more threatening you are (same goes for any opinion that requires sacrifice, but religion is the most common). And I also think that some...
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- Iphigenie
Here in Europe atheism isn't such a big deal, but I can imagine what it is like, say, in Bible belt. I think more than anything atheists want to separate church from the state and stop things like Creationism/ID being taught at schools at the expense of real science etc. It's fine, if people want to hold on to their beliefs when it's more of personal thing instead of organized.
- Jemm
As an Atheist, my biggest issue is religion being used to create laws...i.e. gay marriage, abortion, birth control, etc.
- Chris Topher
And keeping laws/traditions in place. And as an untouchable topic.
- <3Heather<3
That ^ was one of my major hang ups, sitting through the preaching in my religious instiutions, temple & church. I always wanted to raise my hand and ask questions. Even when I got to ask whom was speaking afterwards it would go something like this: "Why? It is written!" ~ the ol' "parental because I said so" doesn't cut it when you're supposed to be an omniscent "G_d"
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
I think you'll actually find a lot of theists who agree with the goal of preventing this country from becoming a theocracy.
- Victor Ganata
Amen. A theocracy run by anyone besides a deity is not really a theocracy.
- Eric Logan
Yes, people who want to make everything they consider immoral be illegal, and everything they consider moral be compulsory... should be kept as far away from power as possible. Whether they base their sense of morality and values on a god or science.
- Iphigenie
Whoever has an Amazon account and is willing to give my book a "thumbs up" deserves a big load of karma points and my lifelong gratitude :) - http://www.amazon.de/MAGE-2-... (thx Ms. Easy for sharing it before)
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it's about love, hacktivism, biopunk, a biosynthetical computer and fighting M*nsanto, so I think some people would like it (even though it's far from any literary value)
- esther
please consider version in English we could buy it then ;)
- A. T.
A.T. I can't afford a translator :) And to be true (this goes out to Eivind as well), the book is 50% trivial stuff (the "love" part, loaded with pulp clichés), not really pleasant literature for FFers. (And of course I would give it away for free anyway - even if it was "better".)
- esther
I guess GT would invent a new book with its dodgy translation if we tried to use it! :-/
- Halil
This book looks interesting for me specially the M*nsanto part. I hope one day I can be able to read it in English. Anyway Thumbs up :-)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
what is M*nsanto?
- Halil
Halil, yep, I can't even imagine a text longer than one page in GT-style keeping the wish to read further alive. Mahdi, thanks a lot, I know we're on the same side and I appreciate it :) Edit: Halil, Mons*nto :)
- esther
still no clue :-/
- Halil
I'll dm ;)
- esther
I'm trying figure out how to give a "thumbs up" on Amazon via the Android mobile version of their page. I can see the reviews but not finding a rating option. Maybe it's my poor German reading ability. The book sounds interesting! Better living (and more toxic environments) through M*nsanto!
- Mark J
from Android
Mark, propably it's just not there... I'm already happy to know you _would_ do it :) Thanks a lot!
- esther
Just tweeted about it...
- The Neurocritic
All the best with this! Wishing I spoke German now!
- Son of Groucho
Congratulations!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
from iPhone
I'll try on my Mac later to see if I can work out how to rate it. Could you translate it, Esther, instead of paying someone to do it?
- WoH: Minding her Steves
from iPhone
Found it! Ein "Daumen hoch" für Sie!
- Mark J
@ Neurocritic, Gordon, Mark: many, many thanks! @ Higlet, thank you very much as well :) My English might be enough to tell the story (somehow), but it would be a pain to read it. I'll try do give those who are interested a short version, just so you know what it's about. Maybe someone wants to "remix" it. The technology of MAGE is real (the book features an Open Source Version) and...
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- esther
I can't seem to log into amazon.de using my .com or .ca account information, so I think it can only work if I create another account.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Oh, nevermind - sorry that it caused so much clicking-around! It wasn't meant that way! New accounts can't rate anyway, as far as I know. Everybody's moral support already made me very happy :). Thanks, all you wonderful people, and sorry for complications!
- esther
Sorry I couldn't be more help, but you definitely have my support and I hope your book does really well. Congratulations on the launch and good luck!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Pity you don't think it deserves translation - people read belletristics better than dry tech texts and love story often make it rolling from hands to hands due to personal factors. Ever read Scroogled By Cory Doctorow?
- A. T.
Congrats on publication, here's hoping it does well and gets translated for us
- SteVe C
@ Higlet & SteVe C Merci bien :) @ A.T. I love Cory Doctorows books! :) And in fact the story was born from the idea to combine "shallow" content with a "bigger" message to make it more attractive for Non-Nerds. But this concept didn't work out as well as I wanted. I need more practice. Maybe I'll rework - and even translate - it later Thank you for approval of the main idea!
- esther
get @baffled - http://thebaffled.tumblr.com/post...
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- just ZONED
Hey, Val. :)
- Steven Perez
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If you're not already subbed to her, you should be. :)
- Kelli H.
from Bookmarklet
Thank you, dear Kelli, it is very kind of you to say that. :-))) I'm happy that I can share my pleasure in these items with you and others here.
- Maitani
Oh yes, Maitani is hands down my favorite feed on FF. *bows down in awe*
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
You share the best stuff, Maitani! If there is any justice in the world, one day you and I will get to meet. I would love to pick your brain. :)
- Kelli H.
*blushes* I'd love to meet you, Kelli. Maybe someday... But my brain is full of futile things!
- Maitani
Brains. I love brains. :)
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
ZOMG, Adrian is a zombie!
- Kelli H.
My grand-mother had the Caillebotte hanging over the fireplace. It now hangs over my sister's fireplace, except at Christmastime. The real thing has its own wall at the Art Institute, and once in a while we'll go visit "our" painting. http://bit.ly/At3rEQ (that's not us in the photo).
- Betsy
All the awe are belong to Maitani :)
- esther
#OohEsther :-)
- Maitani
I love Maitani's feed. I adore Maitani.
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
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"Television drama in the 1950s was still, to quote Mike Leigh, "dead from the neck up." Theatrical warhorses were churned out in mannered and unadventurous styles: the revolution that was Armchair Theatre was still a few years away. But when the notorious 1984 was resurrected at the NFT 30 years after its first screening, it stunned the young audience into a shocked silence and then an ovation."
- Brent
from Bookmarklet
1984 was made for the then astronomical figure of £3,249. Nigel Kneale (Quatermass, The Year of the Sex Olympics) wrote the script and Peter Cushing headed the cast. Director Rudolph Cartier even stretched to commissioning an original score, which was conducted during the live transmission. The live performance on Sunday 12 December 1954 scored the highest ratings since The Coronation....
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- Brent
Watching 1984 today one cannot help but marvel at the ingenuity of the production. Actors move through 22 sets while the cameras perform a high-speed waltz around the studio to capture the full horror of Orwell's dystopia; filmed sequences are played while sets, cameras and actors are repositioned. It is interesting that while television makers today, standing on giants' shoulders, can...
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- Brent
With Peter Cushing! And the guy that played Paul McCartney's grandpa on "Hard Day's Night"
- Brent
Watched this online the other night. It's fantastic. And it was recorded live. Quite extraordinary.
- Brent
I need to watch this.
- Kelli H.
Very worth it. It's available at the youtube link above, and here: http://www.openculture.com/2012...
- Brent
As steve watched his cat tap dance - http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009...
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this one always makes me LOL
- Jason
the cat want to top girl band
- Igusti Anita Lakshana
BBC News - Ladybird decline driven by 'invading' harlequin - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
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Researchers found that seven out of the eight native British species they studied have declined, with issues also identified in Belgium and Switzerland. The harlequin is an Asian species brought in for pest control, but which has now become a pest itself. ~ Please note UK is currently thinking of introducing Japanese psyllids or jumping plant lice to manage Japanese Knotweed. Please read this http://ff.im/zylhx
- Halil
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- Halil
StateMaster - Encyclopedia: Sea peoples - http://www.statemaster.com/encyclo...
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"The Budgie People is the term used for a confederacy of seafaring raiders who sailed into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter or control Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty, and especially during Year 8 of Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty.[1] The Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah explicitly refers to them by the term "the foreign-countries (or 'peoples'[2]) of the sea" (Egyptian nȝ ḫȝt.w n pȝ ym[3][4]) in his Great Karnak Inscription.[5] Although some scholars believe that they "invaded" Cyprus, Hatti and the Levant, this hypothesis is disputed. The Late Bronze Age in the Aegean was characterized by raiding and resettling of threatening and migratory peoples, sometimes used as mercenaries by the Egyptians, and operating primarily on land. Many were not listed as Sea Peoples. Among them were the 'prw (Habiru) of Egyptian inscriptions, or 'apiru of cuneiform ("bandits"), and the Mariyannu, who had Indo-European names. Sandars...
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- Eivind
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And then there are the Vikings.
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
BBC News - Government wine cellar escapes cost-cutting axe - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
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The government has ruled out shutting down its wine cellar to cut costs. The cellar - containing about £2m worth of wine and spirits - is the most "cost effective" way to supply wine for state banquets and other events, it says. But the purchase of wines will become "self-financing" - paid for by selling off some of the most expensive bottles. The cost has been criticised by MPs from different parties - since the general election about £45,000 has been spent on new wine. ~ Westminster wine cellar details kept secret claims Tom Watson: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
Yes, lets close hospitals, day centres, cut back funding left, right and centre, sack people, make them redundant etc; but heaven forbid should we have to sell off our alcohol! Jokes aside, this is infuriating and the government is full of hypocrisy and BS.
- Halil
This is called having the priorities right. I dreaded the Tories before the election but even old cynical me did not think they could be this bad and they are not even ashamed of it.
- M F
Words fail me...
- Son of Groucho
:-(
- Winckel
The present-day distribution of the Germanic languages in Europe: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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It's interesting that the most spoken language in the world is English (apparently), which in turn is actually a Germanic language. ~ Quote: "I thought British policy was make the world England? Sir." Major Duncan Heyward, Last Of The Mohicans
- Halil
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Original affluent society - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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"The "original affluent society" is a theory postulating that hunter-gatherers were the original affluent society. This theory was first articulated by Marshall Sahlins at a symposium entitled "Man the Hunter" held in Chicago in 1966. The significance of the theory stems from its role in shifting anthropological thought away from seeing hunter-gatherer societies as primitive, to seeing them as practitioners of a refined mode of subsistence. At the time of the symposium new research by anthropologists, such as Richard B. Lee’s work on the !Kung of southern Africa, was challenging popular notions that hunter-gatherer societies were always near the brink of starvation and continuously engaged in a struggle for survival.[1] Sahlins gathered the data from these studies and used it to support a comprehensive argument that states that hunter-gatherers did not suffer from deprivation, but instead lived in a society in which "all the people’s wants are easily satisfied."[2]"
- Eivind
from Bookmarklet
"But then, it was not until culture neared the height of its material achievements that it erected a shrine to the Unattainable: Infinite Needs." ~Marshal Sahlins, "The Original Affluent Society."
- Eivind
Iran , Firouz kooh : فیروزکوه جاده ارجمند
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HOW A SAFETY NET DESIGNED TO HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED BECAME A KAFKAESQUE NIGHTMARE | Herald Scotland - http://www.heraldscotland.com/news...
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"She's a cancer survivor. One appointment was about helping her with the twisted and inflamed gut that is a side-effect of the powerful chemotherapy drugs she's taken. Another was to schedule a booking for the next of her regular two-monthly series of mammograms to check that her aggressive form of breast cancer is not coming back...."
- WoH: Minding her Steves
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I see a theme here - once again this was somehow outsourced to a company whose incentives are probably "refuse as much as you can". I really dont understand how you can outsource things like this and make it a profit driven service somehow. Just very weird.
- Iphigenie
The objective is to decrease the number of claimants regardless of whether they are really fit for work or not and a private company can do that really well. The government seems to be based on a psychological model of illness and disability that claims that it is you who think you are not able to work but if you really try you could work. What they define as a lifestyle choice. Taking...
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- M F
Confirmed: I'm a thread killer
moltogatto, chaz2b, Nispell and 42 other people liked this
No, i am.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Nope
- AJ Batac :)
But still Abby, whenever I comment on a thread, it dies. :(
- AJ Batac :)
Well, at least I'm not the only one.
- Michael McKean
Me too! Sometimes anyway...
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
Me<-most of the times
- AJ Batac :)
heh. That's what you think!
- Vicarbott
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- vijay
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- AJ Batac :)
this reminds me of "Serial Thrilla" http://song.ly/3dh7
- mjc
:)
- AJ Batac :)
LOL the more I try to engage the more nearly every thread in My Discussions ends with my comment.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
shit
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
ha!
- AJ Batac :)
last.
- Nicķ
Won't the real Thread Killer please stand up? Please stand up?
- Chris Charabaruk
here!
- AJ Batac :)
Me!
- Steve Lowe
I thought that was my job :-)
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
last.
- Nicķ
Double-last.
- Chris Charabaruk
last-infinity
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
infinity plus one!
- Morton Fox
first!
- Nicķ
yawn
- AJ Batac :)
nice try.
- Nicķ
/me whistles innocently
- Kevin Johnson
me, watch
- Eric
No, I am
- anna sauce
not
- AJ Batac :)
no, I am!
- imabonehead
please, someone else post... i don't want it to be me!
- Chris Heath
last.
- Nicķ
It takes a big man to kill a thread, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
- Micah
last of the last.
- imabonehead
nope
- Nicķ
Sorry.
- John E. Bredehoft
truly, I am.
- imabonehead
I am the thread killer. I'm the little death that brings a post to total obliteration.
- Brome
I'm good at thread killing too.
- Richard A.
nope.
- imabonehead
last.
- Nicķ
LAST
- mjc
dammit
- Nicķ
dammit man, HOW DARE YOU
- mjc
how dare YOU! :-P
- Nicķ
How dare your mom!
- mjc
mjc, nope.
- AJ Batac :)
cute - too bad each of you is wrong...
- Kevin Johnson
last. (i'm seeing this thing through!)
- Nicķ
I admire your fortitude Nick. Oops!
- Vicarbott
/thread
- Chris Charabaruk
i'll be back after work you bastards!
- Nicķ
ok
- AJ Batac :)
Gee, we could have a group for thread-killers...
- George Hall (Australia)
there, I just pooped on the floor. clear the room, nothing to see here
- grant fox
i cleaned the room already
- AJ Batac :)
last.
- Nicķ
nope
- AJ Batac :)
nope, I'm the real thread killer.
- imabonehead
gaaaah!
- Nicķ
:P
- AJ Batac :)
I think that they make a cream for that
- BEX
at some point i'll post a comment and it won't bump it.... i don't know the algorithm that well, but it seems like about now....
- Nicķ
i just killed this thread again.
- grant fox
zombie threads - FTW
- Kevin Johnson
the price is right
- AJ Batac :)
AJ is my thread-killing archnemesis.
- grant fox
prepare to be annihilated!
- AJ Batac :)
Would you like to hear about my undergraduate thesis on the efficiency and equity of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965?
- John E. Bredehoft
Who's John?
- AJ Batac :)
not the filibuster NOOOOOOOOO
- grant fox
John, bonus points if you post it as haiku.
- Kevin Johnson
Yes John, would like to hear it
- AJ Batac :)
last.
- Nicķ
elodeon?
- Tyson Key
lurking; then sniping; then threadkilling.
- grant fox
nope.
- Nicķ
ur doin it rong!! it's ME
- Edward Zwart
sorry for the delay, was busy killing other threads.
- grant fox
last, dammit!
- Nicķ
True
- AJ Batac :)
This is still being bumped?
- Pat Hawks
@Pat: no, this thread has been killed. time to move on.
- grant fox
yes, everyone please ignore this.
- Nicķ
nice try Nick.
- grant fox
comment 103!
- Nicķ
this is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends
- grant fox
last bump
- Kevin Johnson
so close...yet so far
- grant fox
last.
- Nicķ
not it
- grant fox
it
- Nicķ
not Nick
- grant fox
dang grant, and i thought i was in for the long haul here. and i almost forgot to check the thread...... luckily i remembered.
- Nicķ
remembered what
- grant fox
remembered this
- Nicķ
well, por ejemplo, this will be the last comment on this thread because i am a thread killer. nick knows, ask him.
- grant fox
Negatory.
- Kevin Johnson
shh.
- grant fox
good thing i keep checking this
- Nicķ
that's good
- AJ Batac :)
Wait...since you created this thread, does that make you the alpha and omega? :P
- caj needs a haircut
Totally dude. Totally.
- AJ Batac :)
not
- Kevin Johnson
Nope. The jury is hung. By a thread. Oh wait, it is true then.
- Micah
you can be the alpha and the omega but i'm still the thread killer.
- grant fox
<--- thread killer --->
- imabonehead
wh0?
- AJ Batac :)
me!
- imabonehead
the real me!
- Kevin Johnson
ZOMG A THREAD WATCH OUT! it's ok everyone, nothing to fear, i killed it.
- grant fox
http://bit.ly/bVQDZ and http://bit.ly/YmUKe are just from today... the worst one was definitely this one though: http://bit.ly/VxRS
- grant fox
yeah yeah
- AJ Batac :)
I'm last.
- imabonehead
@imabonehead - hahahahaha
- Monique
Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.
- grant fox
last.
- Nicķ
blah
- Kevin Johnson
I'm the real last thread killah.
- imabonehead
/me looks from side to side
- Kevin Johnson
still at it, 23 days and counting.
- Nicķ
ha!
- AJ Batac :)
Let take a tour through each of Ashton's followers. Ready?
- John E. Bredehoft
and the hex dump is as follows:
- Kevin Johnson
43:6f:6e:66:69:72:6d:65:64:3a:20:49:27:6d:20:61:20:74:68:72:65:61:64:20:6b:69:6c:6c:65:72
- Chris Heath
nope, i am the official thread killer
- AJ Batac :)
Thread "Make-people-HIDER", anyway.
- tehKenny
Is this still alive? I'll kill it.
- Chris Charabaruk
yes it is... sorry.
- AJ Batac :)
I've got you beat - my threads are dead the moment I post them. I don't know why I bother.
- JCunwired
Nice try, but that will not give you thread killer status here.
- Kevin Johnson
AJ - maybe you could just delete this thread? Please... put us all out of our misery
- Chris Heath
then how could i be last?
- Nicķ
Does this http://ffthreadkiller.com still works?
- AJ Batac :)
fuck. i thought i'd won this one. i'd been winning since may!
- Nicķ
this isn't even a long thread
- Chris Heath
no... no it isn't
- Nicķ
are you now, really?
- Chris Heath
yes
- AJ Batac :)
NOPE.
- Steven Perez
YES!
- AJ Batac :)
Tada!
- Kevin Johnson
Riiight
- AJ Batac :)
Cuz this is killer, thread killer night, and no one's gonna save you from AJ when he's about to strike, you know it's killer, thread killer night, you're fighting for your threads from a killer, thread killer tonight
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
BBC News - Banking 'can be an ethical career choice' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
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Will Crouch argues that if ethical people went into finance - and then gave back a slice of their higher salaries - the impact would be greater than a career as a charity worker. ~ "We are calling on people to be like Robin Hood, but by earning the money rather than stealing it," he says. "The direct benefit a single aid worker can produce is limited, whereas the philanthropic banker's donations might indirectly help 10 times as many people," says Mr Crouch.
- Halil
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Mr Crouch, who is setting up an organisation to maximise charitable donations called 80,000 Hours, says he gives 20% of his graduate income to charity and promises to raise it to 50% of future earnings.
- Halil
In light of recent events with RBS and bank bonuses, bumping this story!
- Halil
MP urges easing of smacking laws - Yahoo! - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mp-urge...
A totally politically opportunistic and money grabbing (he just wrote a book about the riots) response to the riots. And his claim that "working -class" are the only ones that need to discipline their kids is blatant classist discrimination.
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
MP criticised for view on smacking http://www.haringey-today.co.uk/news...
- Halil
stupid. and irresponsible. and irresponsibly stupid. also perhaps stupidly irresponsible. I disagree with him.
- Winckel
A symbiotic relationship between sunfish and… albatrosses? Say what? | Tetrapod Zoology, Scientific American Blog Network - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapo...
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"A school of 57 Ocean sunfish Mola mola, all aligned and heading in the same direction, were observed at the water surface, the tips of their fins breaking the water. It was noted that most sunfish in the school carried the parasitic copepod crustacean Pennella – it buries its head in the tissues of its host, and mature individuals trail a long egg string out the host’s side (Abe et al. 2012). Pennella is the biggest copepod. It was then observed that a Laysan albatross Phoebastria immutabilis was in close association with the school. The fish seemed to follow the bird, as if they were soliciting its attention. Remarkably, the albatross was then seen to pull one of those parasitic copepods from the body of one of the sunfish. Other albatrosses were seemingly attracted by the activity, and were seen to remove parasites from other sunfish in the school. Some were Black-footed albatrosses P. nigripes. The sunfish seem to be trying hard to attract the attention of the birds: some...
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- John (bird whisperer)
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"Not unreasonably, then, Abe et al. (2012) propose that a symbiotic relationship exists between sunfishes and albatrosses. Abe et al. (2012) are the first authors to photo-document this remarkable behaviour and bring it to wide attention. However, while they’ve definitely written more about this issue than anyone else ever has, they aren’t the first to document it: seabird biologists...
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- John (bird whisperer)
"There’s a lot we don’t know about seabird behaviour, and these observations raise some interesting questions. If this ‘sunfish cleaning’ behaviour is a regular thing for albatrosses, do albatrosses rely on sunfishes as a regular resource, or is it an opportunistic relationship that arises by chance? If albatrosses do rely on sunfish as a resource, do albatrosses suffer when good...
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- John (bird whisperer)
Very cool! I love learning about mutualisms. :)
- Kelli H.
I guess the sunfish are big enough not to worry about the albatrosses eating them.
- John (bird whisperer)
I imagine that is true, John. I'm also guessing this is a facultative mutualism and that other examples similar to this exist between other ocean birds and fish.
- Kelli H.
As always - nature is very cool.
- SteVe C
Accidental Kakapo Death Lowers Population of Rare, Flightless Parrots to 127 Birds | Extinction Countdown http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinct...
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"The late kakapo, known as Sandra, was killed when her transmitter harness got entangled in a tree. All kakapos are outfitted with transmitters to help rangers in the Kakapo Recovery program keep track of the birds. Sandra’s death marked the first time in 31 years of transmitter use that the devices have injured a bird. “It’s gutting for the team to lose one of the birds this way,” Kakapo Recovery Program Manager Deidre Vercoe Scott said in a prepared statement. “Without transmitters, our mission to support and grow the kakapo population would be virtually impossible.” She said the harnesses are designed and fitted so the birds can free themselves if they get caught, and the rangers are not sure why Sandra was unable to escape. Vercoe Scott told Radio New Zealand News that the recovery program will now review the use of the transmitter harnesses."
- John (bird whisperer)
I remember watching 'Life on Earth' as a kid and David Attenborough was entranced by the kakapo. I am amazed it has survived to my middle age and hope it will continue!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Hopefully this was just an aberration, though any loss hurts with a population that small.
- John (bird whisperer)
:(((( This species was featured in the book, Last Chance to See.
- Kelli H.
The video at the bottom is from the corresponding TV-series :)
- Eivind
BBC News - British men forced into 'modern slavery' abroad - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
The men worked 14-hour days for little or no pay and lived in appalling, cramped conditions. They were too frightened to escape, until the Swedish police offered them help. He says there was a culture of violence. "I've seen people threatened with pickaxes. I've seen people kicked, punched. I've nearly been pushed off a moving vehicle. It's very tense. You're waiting for the next thing to happen, " he says.
- Halil
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People who are being "original" by putting their emoticons backwards: Please stop, I keep thinking you're unhappy when you're really smiling. Everyone knows it's supposed to be the other way around.
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(: :) :( ):
- Stephen Mack
It depends on which side of the equator you're on. There's a correlation between which way the toilet bowl swirls when it flushes and how people perceive the direction of emoticons. I did my PhD thesis on this.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Yarg Siuol
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
It also depends on how old you are. Teenagers get under my skin with this.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
x_x
- Victor Ganata
My stepdaughter does that, and it (among many other things about her typing) drives me absolutely batty
- Curdy G
\(^_^)/ <--- backwards emoticon.
- John (bird whisperer)
LogEx - I guess you failed your PhD thesis then. Twice over.
- Slippy
Also, you ALL missed the joke. )-:
- Slippy
People aren't pissed because of economic inequality. Anyone who is down with capitalism is willing to tolerate economic inequality by definition. What people are pissed about is economic injustice, which is inimical to democracy and the free market.
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It's not that they think people shouldn't be allowed to be obscenely wealthy, it's that they think too many who are obscenely wealthly acquired that wealth in unethical if not straight-up illegal ways.
- Victor Ganata
Maybe some people are slightly pissed because of economic inequality?
- Eivind
People aren't pissed because of inequality. They're pissed because of the dramatic decline in social mobility.
- Paola Bonomo
Okay. At least people seem to know why people are angry :-P
- Eivind
The thing is, we've always had economic inequality. So, why now? But I think it's the perception that this inequality is unjust that's new. And social mobility is only possible if the economy is just, and not beholden to moneyed interests intent on holding on to their ill-gotten wealth....
- Victor Ganata
As has been noted, some ppl need there to be losers to feel like a winner
- Pete
That may be so, but, as Matt Taibbi pointed out, there's a difference between winning and cheating. There's a new perception that the people on top have deliberately sabotaged those on the losing end, and that they've rigged the game to make sure the people on the bottom can never make a come back.
- Victor Ganata
Some people are pissed because they canceled "Seinfeld."
- I like big Botts
I agree :) Also, that some people did not earn their wealth and status
- Pete
It all comes back to the American Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Well the whole idea that people might "earn" success or status is kind of a fallacy. Somehow evolved from that protestant meme that wealth was god's reward and ok to hoard. "earning" kind of implies some kind of valor and merit. If you succeed well, even if you worked hard for it, you havent "earned" it. After all, that implicitely says that people who work hard, take risks, and failed,...
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- Iphigenie
I dunno, where does that leave us then :) People work within that paradigm, is what I am saying. So someone who tried and failed, owing to external factors- people *should* see that as OK- often they don't, fair enough. What people def do not seem to like is inherited / extracted wealth :) And the protestant meme thing is... well, not as strong a theory as once thought :) It's as much a Catholic meme, for one D:
- Pete
Some/many/most people work within that paradigm, but not everybody accepts it as fair that some people accumulate so much more than others. Not everybody accepts that a truly free market would result in a 'fair' distribution of goods. I know it's deeply rooted in our culture, but there are other thoughts in circulation still. (Side note: I just finished the introduction to 'Why the West...
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- Eivind
What annoys me- it's sort of related- is when people fail utterly to recognise the contingent factors that enable their success, or others failure. In other words, recognise luck ;)
- Pete
Oh Eivind, I agree with the first bit. I am still sceptical as to the second bit- it's always seemed rather pat, perhaps mistaking the correlation of protestantism and capitalism for causation.
- Pete
I'm leaning towards the 'it's complicated...' hypothesis myself, Pete :)
- Eivind
My usual payoff to classes for social scientists is 'it's a little bit more complicated than that' :D
- Pete
I'm not saying it's fair, but I am saying that if you start from the premise that there's "earned it" and "not earned it" you're thinking in the same way "they" are. After all, they all think they earned it. Everyone does. We earned what we have. We worked, even opportunities we "found", well, we had done the groundwork to be there, hear of it, act on it. Even what we inherited, well,...
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- Iphigenie
So, solution? :) One is to recast attitudes to what wealth is of course; indeed, what life is. A true Protestant ethic indeed ;)
- Pete
true - but what happens then? the people who dont do it grab even more, and we feel more outraged. To me the outrage is not that some have an grab large amounts of the income of the world - that I fear will always happen in one way or another. It is that a subset of these, usually around large corporate interests, are abusing their financial power to skew the system, bias the playing...
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- Iphigenie
I agree with that analysis :) it's not an 'economics' issue; it's a people issue.
- Pete
Definitely a people problem, and a societal problem.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
from iPhone
It depends on what one thinks is just, ultimately, economically or otherwise.
- Victor Ganata
But that specific line of thinking--that I have what I have because I deserve it--makes me think of Calvinism, and specifically American Puritanism. If whether you're Elect or damned is out of your control, and if outward signs of success are manifestations of your status in the afterlife, then it's the Will of God. But I realize other sects have come to the exact same conclusion.
- Victor Ganata
Fwd: 120 people convicted for not filling in census form | UK news | The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk... (via http://friendfeed.com/iphigen...)
"At least 120 people have been convicted for failing to complete their 2011 census forms, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. While some may have simply forgotten, others see themselves as conscientious objectors who are being prosecuted for refusing to fill out the forms because of the involvement of the defence contractor Lockheed Martin UK, which won the £150m contract to run the census. By this week the ONS had referred 369 cases to the Crown Prosecution Service; of those, 157 prosecutions have been brought to court, with 120 resulting in convictions. Those found guilty face a maximum fine of £1,000 and a criminal record. The remaining 37 cases are classified as "conversions", where the defendant completed the census form at court."
- Iphigenie
I refused to respond to some of the questions, but I responded to most, especially on ones where I think I represent a part of the population that is ignored. If stats show the number of atheists or other such things at a reasonable level, it could force consideration. One of friends refused to fill the census, felt that letting a private military company run it, and perhaps use the...
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- Iphigenie
Improve FriendFeed for your friends by recommending subscriptions - FriendFeed Blog - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...
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"As a devoted FriendFeed user, I have tried to convince all of my friends and family to join the site, but a handful of them never quite got their accounts set up properly. With our new Recommend friends feature, I can fix their FriendFeed experience by recommending subscriptions to them." Try it out at http://friendfeed.com/friends...
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
Nice! Friends, please send me recommendations :)
- joey
Excellent feature, gooood idea!
- Susan Beebe
Very cool =)
- FFing Enigma
Cool stuff.
- Mike Bracco
gr8
- حاج مهدی ©
Uh, it tells me that Scoble, among others, could use the recommendations. WTF? Perhaps I have too few subscriptions for this to work.
- Fred Yankowski
more good stuff
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Finally a better recommendation
- directeur
I'd still love an "e-mail this item" feature, similar to Google Reader.
- Jesse Stay
great idea!
- Edwin Khodabakchian
Cool! Beats the heck out of #followfriday!!
- Larry Hawes
What am I supposed to get when I click the 'recommend friends' link on someone's pop-up? Currently, the popup just goes away and I don't get directed anywhere else.
- FFing Enigma
Fred: yah, unfortunately, you can only recommend people who you are subscribed you and who are also subscribed back to you.
- Bret Taylor
Mark, I didn't submit a bug report since what is supposed to happen wasn't actually spelled out on the blog post or here; this might be the intended functionality... I hope not, but it's possible.
- FFing Enigma
Tina: it is supposed to pop up a dialog. Sorry for the trouble - we will look into it.
- Bret Taylor
At first I did not understand this, but now that I am checking it out, it is brilliant and addresses much of what we have complained about. NOW what will we complain about?
- Liza + = ?
Just to confirm Bret, the first image in the blog post is what the pop up is supposed to look like, right? Because that's nothing like what the ff.com/recommend page looks like....
- FFing Enigma
I notice that new subscriptions are automatically added to one's home feed. I consider that kind of a bug.
- Meryn Stol
Tina: yes, that is correct. The http://friendfeed.com/friends... page is just a list of people that we think could use some friend recommendations since they have few subscriptions. If you click on any of the "Recommend" links on that page, you will see the same, standard "Recommend friends" dialog.
- Bret Taylor
User-driven...I like.
- Josh Haley
Where would we find recommendations that others suggest to us?
- Fred Yankowski
@Bret, who receive the recommandation see also who is the recommender?
- Roberto
Fred: You will receive an email as well as a notification on the top of your feed.
- Ross Miller
Roberto: yes, they see who recommended
- Bret Taylor
Bret, if I recommend friends to people who haven't signed in for a long time, will they get email? A lot of my bored friends are not active FF users I think. (quite logical)
- Meryn Stol
Not getting the pop-over when I click 'recommend' on the friendfeed.com/friends/recommend page either... FFox 3.0.12 if it's relevant.
- FFing Enigma
and can I see who has accepted my recommendation?
- Roberto
Roberto: You won't be notified if they accept/deny as the recommender.
- Ross Miller
Ross: Ah, it just appeared on my feed. Cool. (And thanks Meryn)
- Fred Yankowski
Meryn: yes, they will get an email with your recommendations
- Bret Taylor
from email
Bret, I accidently just received an email with previous recommendations. I had already viewed them through the web-interface. But indeed, it's there. Email looks good too, as I expected of course. :)
- Meryn Stol
hey Robert Scoble....I have a trade proposal....you send my name to all your friends...i send your name to all of my friends for the rest of my life....
- Bob DeMarco
I would like that deal, too, Scoble. I like this a lot.
- Ben Hanten
Bob: I charge $1 per friend. :-) just kidding, but the UI makes it so hard to send you to more than a few people.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Bret: You guys rock! This is so much better than FollowFriday, which I recommended just a while back. Now, I'm waiting for some recommendation emails! :)
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
If there’s something about friends and family not having their account set up properly, I’d prefer a way to recommend them the streams they forgot to add. For example, I could tell them “You forgot to add your Digg stream and your fourth and eight blog. Here’s the link.” Then he could just click the recommendation and had it set up easily.
- Natsuki Seika
Definitely better than #followfriday.
- Bernie Goldbach
As I have lots of subscriptions the pop-up window is *really* slow and always has been since the new UI (same thing for amending friends lists). :-( I like the feature though, so I could make a new friends list of my most recommended users and use that each time for each user?
- Kol Tregaskes
fatma küfür istiyor
- Joan Miro
White-nose syndrome - Bat Conservation Trust - http://www.bats.org.uk/pages...
M F, John (bird whisperer), Kelli H. and 13 other people liked this
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has been associated with the deaths of over 5.5 million bats across the Eastern USA (19 states) and Canada (four provinces), according to figures released by the US Fish and and Wildlife Service in January 2012. In some hibernation sites, numbers have declined by 80-100% since 2006 when the condition was first identified. The fungus asociated with WNS, Geomyces destructans, has also been identifed on a number of bats in Europe, including France, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. However, unlike in the US, these findings have not been linked with mass mortalities. There have been no cases of WNS or G. destructans in the UK.
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
With the discovery of the fungus in Europe, the issue of WNS is high on BCT's agenda. With no confirmed cases of G. destructansat present, our main priorities in the UK are to raise awareness of WNS amongst bat workers and other cave users and ensure mechanisms are in place to identify and respond to suspect and positive cases quickly. BCT has also been working with other organisations...
more...
- Halil
In particular the draft resolution recognises that action is needed: To prevent the North American strain from reaching European bat hibernacula, To monitor European hibernacula for the presence of fungi growing on bats, To refer any such fungi for appropriate mycological investigation, If bat deaths occur, to limit the spread of the fungus by human agency.
- Halil
Sad.
- Bubba Botts
BBC News - RBS chief Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus criticised - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
Maitani, Son of Groucho, M F and John (bird whisperer) liked this
A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester has been strongly criticised. Lib Dem minister Jeremy Browne said Mr Hester was "a public servant" and should turn down the bonus while the Unite union said it was "disgusting".
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
RBS was bailed out by taxpayers, it's the taxpayers who should get this bonus! Do you think he'll turn it down?
- Halil
126. ian 45 MINUTES AGO This is intresting, we own 81% of RBS and still the goverment and board of this bank show nothing but contempt for the general public and small business. RBS are about to reposses my brothers house for approx the same amount and close his building company putting people out of work and on the dole. Can anyone explaine this madness?
- Halil
update: Labour says it will force a Commons vote calling for RBS chief executive Stephen Hester to be stripped of his near-£1m bonus. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
- Halil
update: I'm sure you all have heard by now he's not taking it, but look at this headline; Taxman 'denied £500,000' as Stephen Hester waives £1m RBS bonus http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance... some serious political spin going on here, but i'm sure he didn't lose much and has still come out with a nice tidy something from all this...that's the story i'd really like to know about
- Halil
beautiful! ...... : http://www.facebook.com/photo...
humanwatch - آرمان, Stephan Planken, banu eker and 13 other people liked this
While waiting for Spring... | Baharı beklerken... (http://friendfeed.com/sbakh üzerinden)
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مــــــیر آرــــشــــ, Haluk Ilhan, koleksiyoner and 27 other people liked this
Renk uyumları muhteşem...
- pandoroma
Ali, would you please let me know me what these flowers are called? Thank you.
- سيما كيا Sima kia
primavera :)
- Elyla
Sima, it's called that : "Beautiful days come again, don't losing hope in the winter."
- Ali Oz
Thank you Ali. I remember this in my grandmother's house, but it was yellow and the fragrance was unbelievable. I have not seen it anywhere. It gave me such a good feeling to see it. Thanks again.
- سيما كيا Sima kia
Sima :-))
- Ali Oz
A walk in Haworth - http://ourdoings.com/joelles...
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Jimminy, CoG of FF, M F, CarlC and 3 other people liked this
How old are those gravestones?
- Bruce Lewis
from iPhone
most are 100-200 years old, the readable ones - although others are older... lemme go check
- Iphigenie
"It is estimated that 40,000 people are buried in the churchyard, the burial registers go back to 1645. In 1849 the graveyard being overcrowded and badly drained was affecting the already poor sanitation in Haworth, Patrick Bronte requested that improvements be made regarding sanitation. Benjamin Herschel Babbage (son of Charles Babbage the Mathematician) visited Haworth and recorded the facilities for the General Board of Health."
- Iphigenie
it's not that big a space, no idea where the 40k all are
- Iphigenie
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice http://www.livescience.com/18132-i...
M F, Uli- #10, Stephen Mack and 2 other people liked this
"There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy."
- Victor Ganata
I'm always wary of simple, pat answers to these type of evo-psych questions, but they do point out that it's just a correlation. They haven't worked out cause and effect.
- Victor Ganata
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