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It will blow your mind! - http://thedw.us/post...
Alex Scrivener, James Poling, Morton Fox and 5 other people liked this
Wwoooowwwww
- Shevonne
WAT.
- Joe Silence
No subtlety at all
- Bryan R. Adams
it'll blow out your colon!
- Joe Silence
No deal until it's a footlong!
- Morton Fox
Just seven?
- Sparky
What is Burger King's market share vs McDonald's? McDonald's at >45% and Burger King around 15%. http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide...
- David Damore
Sonic Black Hole Swallows Every Sound It Hears [Mad Science] - http://io9.com/5294348...
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Imagine a giant tank that can roll into town emitting literally no sound. This could be the future of stealth warfare. Scientists have recently devised a "sonic black hole;" any sound that passes its edge can never come out again
- Tony C
Can I put this in my neighbor's apartment?
- James Poling
In a bicameral, bipartisan landslide, (68-0 and 35-3), Rhode Island lawmakers today overrode Governor Carcieri's veto of legislation to allow the licensed, regulated sale of marijuana to seriously ill patients.
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- Anthony Citrano
And, the Supreme Court still doesn't care. Unfortunate that our "nation of laws" often still ignores the facts.
- Jason Nunnelley
@Jason - it doesn't much matter what the Supreme Court says if the law is changed. Congress is the problem, not the Judiciary.
- Anthony Citrano
Only the second state? What about the recently passed medical marijuana law in Michigan?
- Scott Ohlemacher
Anthony, I assume you're saying IF the feds rewrite their illegal FDA laws. Gonzales v. Raich was a bad decision, claiming that a state has no right to make an act legal or illegal if the Federal Government decides it MIGHT have an effect on interstate commerce. Clarence Thomas got that one right (sure you've read his dissent). But, a state licensing and regulating the medicine doesn't mean the Feds won't still prosecute selectively to exert their power.
- Jason Nunnelley
I see bumps in this road. The FDA still has legal oversight in marijuana distribution, especially if a state claims it's a regulated medicine. The [potential] of California's approach was that the "drug" is not regulated. It is tolerated, decriminalized. If you grow mushrooms in your back yard because they have vitamins, are you illegally producing medicine? Well, if you call it a regulated medicine, you are.
- Jason Nunnelley
@Scott - more than a dozen states have decriminalized in some way (personal use, medical use, or both.) RI is the second state to put in place formal state-level licensure and regulation. [I edited the title ...]
- Anthony Citrano
@Jason: I respectfully suggest you're getting it backwards. "The feds rewriting FDA laws" - I don't understand you here. The FDA is not the issue; they're actually scientists, not politicians. If the FDA will approve MDMA and psilocybin research, as they did in '01, I find it hard to believe they'll suddenly decide to start obstructing marijuana research. The roadbloack w/r/t research...
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- Anthony Citrano
Anthony, the issue is FDA and Congressional enforcement. I don't think I have that backward. It's /NOT/ an approved treatment. It is /KNOWN/ to work. But, it's not approved. Marinol is an approved treatment and is prescribed, though scarcely. The pro-pot crowd argue that the "natural stuff" is the best solution and have their evidence for why: http://norml.org/index... If the Congress would allow for personal use of said substance independent of FDA oversight, problem solved.
- Jason Nunnelley
Anthony (cont) the Feds placed the substance in the realm of regulated drugs by classification, just like they did with LSD, steroids, etc. They could as easily classify it as an unregulated natural plant. That solves all the conflicts instantly. Potheads don't have to pretend they have some new fangled disease to smoke their weed and the DEA doesn't have to invade sickly grandma's home. FDA is highly political. They're not likely to endorse smoking anything, ever.
- Jason Nunnelley
A much bigger question is whether the FDA should tell a state (by jurisdiction) whether a treatment should be allowed in their state. If drug A is considered harmful, but a state thinks it's just fine, should they be allowed to legislate the local use of the drug is allowed? I consider this oversight less than legitimate, thus my term "illegal FDA laws." Clarence Thomas agreed, that a plant grown locally, for local use should not be regulated via interstate commerce.
- Jason Nunnelley
@Jason - and how do you propose the FDA "place" a Schedule I substance into "unregulated natural plant" by "classification"? Under the CSA, the DEA schedules such things, not FDA. And: "Congressional enforcement"? What the heck is that, exactly? (btw, agree with you regarding Congress and personal use; that was my original point re: SCOTUS).
- Anthony Citrano
Anthony, I suggest (actually, should have clearly stated - I meant to say authoritatively) the Congress should classify it as an unregulated substance. They have that power, like with Alcohol. It's been done. Congress is the power grantor and grants it liberally. They shouldn't. We need less rules. Most of us agree that pot just isn't worth the regulation, much like alcohol wasn't worth it. Congress has the authority to delegate authority or remove it. DEA and FDA work at the whim of Congress.
- Jason Nunnelley
@Jason: and is that not what I said in the first place, in response to your SCOTUS finger-pointing?
- Anthony Citrano
Anthony, I may have become circular. But, the court could have simply said "you don't have authority." They chose not to. The Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 is a recent example of how the congressional process creates new illegal substances. I think we agree. Maybe I'm just argumentative :)
- Jason Nunnelley
We are agreeing, it seems to me: change the law. I'm radical enough to want the entire CSA repealed, but that's another topic... Rhode Island today is a (small) step in the right direction. There are a lot of smart people fighting the good fight on this stuff and they deserve kudos. As do the Rhode Island legislators who had the testicular fortitude to do the right thing.
- Anthony Citrano
The Main Thing...http://vi.sualize.us/view...
Amira, Nicholas Kreidberg, Mike Reynolds and 81 other people liked this
got it
- Anna Haro
Hell, even I can't possibly mess that one up. ;-)
- ♥patricia♥
You better study it, pea! I'ma test your behind tomorrow. =P
- Anna Haro
Damn. This is what I get for opening my big mouth. [slinking back to the back of the classroom now]
- ♥patricia♥
100% correct!
- Nicholas James
the main thing is to keep Stephen R Covey the main thing.
- MikeAmundsen
I'd like to like this, but it's distracting me from the main thing I need to be doing o_o
- Micah Wittman
Good lord, I am printing this out now at work and putting it up for my coworker who always seems to lose the forest for the trees, which is a negative when it blows many a deal.
- Steve C
lol @ Micah
- vijay
so it's all about the main thing ha?! [facepalm]
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Dobromir! Learn it, love it, live it!!! =P
- Anna Haro
What is the main thing?
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Couldn't get it, need explain:D
- Amir
*goes to get flowchart* =P
- Anna Haro
(I need to find a correct translation in french)
- Zackatoustra
the main thing is to keep the main thing -- the main thing
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
now go here for french http://translate.google.com/transla...
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
It isn't perfect, but it's as good as can be expected.
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Thinking back on the last 10 years or so I think political and religious distractions (war on terror, etc) have probably held back technological advances by at least 5 years or so.
Sharon Rosa, InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), James Poling and 8 other people liked this
Meaning, had there not been a 9/11 and our country's fumbling retarded approach to dealing with it, we would be well into the era of SSDs, baby AIs and a nanotech industry in full bloom. Instead, terrorism and our irrelevant war in Iraq screwed the economy, made people afraid and gave us things like FaceBook, Twitter, and FriendFeed. Not saying that those aren't good, but we should have been past this point back in 2005 or so, don't you think?
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
Think if we had had national leadership more interested in science education and alternative energy instead of torture, faith-based initiatives and war...
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
I think they've held back advances in all areas of life, socially and economically etc
- Steve C
I don't really see any clear leadership from President Obama concerning this either. I'll give him a little bit of slack since he has all these other problems to clean up from 2001-2008. I want to see some really clear forward progress by 2012 though. This is an area where the GOP, if they can re-invent themselves in time, can really shine. I have NO faith in that though.
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
It does feel like the U.S. of America is in a dark age of industry. I think we've been coasting since the early 80's on the technology/innovation momentum that we had then, slowing down all the time and living off what had been accrued earlier. Now the account is nearly empty. Our culture has devalued designing and making useful things in favor of ... I don't understand what. The panic and wing-nut power-grab since the 9/11 attacks have only exacerbated the downfall.
- Fred Yankowski
I don't see a downfall at all Fred. Technology is still progressing quite nicely. We just have had a momentary blip that put us about 5 years behind where I figure we ought to be.
- Chrimmus Tad
I think you're right on point with this Tad. I would only disagree with Obama's leadership on this issue though. As you said, there are so many other things that have been completely messed up over the past eight years that are a higher priority for him. I do however believe that, while he doesn't need to be a clear leader in this progress, he can provide means, opportunity and...
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- James Poling
Two comments to think about (and likely flame). When I worked in research, the Government had little effect beyound lisencing. Real science happens in the private sector, prbly because of the drive for results. Second, remember in the 50s and 60s, scientist were the heroes in SF movies and in later decades became the villian or comic releif?what sort of values did that defect and what effect did it have on young peoples carrear choices?
- Robert Hafer
The water bottle was a nice touch - http://img524.imageshack.us/img524...
Michael W. May, Yolanda, Mark Philpot and 4 other people liked this
The bottle totally sold it for me. It took me a full 30 seconds for my (admittedly poor) eyes to catch what was happening.
- Roger Benningfield
Out of curiosity what kind of camera was that photo taken with?
- James Poling
TIFF metadata says it was a Canon Digital Rebel XTi.
- Mark Trapp
Thanks Mark!
- James Poling
When Urban Street Art Attacks! - http://www.mymodernmet.com/profile...
Jacob, Brandon, Michael W. May and 29 other people liked this
North Carolina-based uLiveandYouBurn creates havoc in the city with the creation of these wicked street monsters. He takes urban elements, such as traffic cones and trash cans, and turns them into Frankenstein-like beasts! uLiveandYouBurn is constantly pushing the boundaries of acceptable art. “I’ve always been creative artistically, and lately I’ve come to really not like rules. So I try and break them at every opportunity.”
- Emma
from Bookmarklet
Hahahaha! These are cool! <333
- Live4Emma (L4S)
w00t! NC reprazent! :)
- Ayşe E.
Kentucky Church to Hold a 'Bring Your Handgun to Church' Service - Kentucky Church Holds Gun Service - http://gawker.com/5278111...
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"In lieu of George Tiller being gunned down in a church, this blows the mind—-A Kentucky pastor is encouraging people to attend a service with guns in holsters, enter a raffle to win a free handgun, and be sermonized by operators of gun stores and firing ranges. In what's being called an "Open Carry Church Service," Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church in Louisville (Yes this is actually happening in the state's most metropolitan city and not somewhere in the Appalachia!) says that he's just trying to "think outside the box" to grow his flock."
- David Cook
from Bookmarklet
What's wrong with that?
- Chrimmus Tad
shaking my head in disbelief :(
- martha
Only to kill the snakes.
- Jess
It makes me sad I am from Kentucky and a pastor.
- Will-Pastor of FF
WTF?
- Kevin Bondelli
Seriously, WTF.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Well, at least he's not encouraging everyone to bring in a six-pack and get blasted in the middle of the service. Is he?
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Trooper Fights Paramedics With Patient Still In Ambulance (VIDEO) - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
Paul Grav, Fake Elmo, edythe and 7 other people liked this
Totally unbelievable. There's no way those cops should keep their jobs.
- Chrimmus Tad
from Bookmarklet
A sick woman IN THE AMBULANCE and the cops are more concerned that the paramedics broke traffic laws? WTF? Seriously. WTF?
- Chrimmus Tad
WTF indeed.
- Jordan Hofker
Fucking pigs.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
That is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. The cops of course will not lose their jobs as the should. It reminds of me of that story recently when a cop kept a football player outside a hospital while his mother-in-lie was inside dying. Fuck! I know being a policeman is hard job and we need them, but this sort of behavior is intolerable.
- James Poling
I truely think that all police, military and anyone with "power" be subjigated to true abuse to understand what it is like before being allowed the ability to have any power over anyone else. Now what the term abuse means is subjigated. Maybe Water Boarded, maybe called abusive racial names where they can't do anything... Not sure.. but they need to know what it feels like to be out of power and subjective to others before taking on the position over others.
- Fake Elmo
This is ridiculous. Reading it again, I can't fucking believe this.
- Andrew Trinh
Are social media services diluting the power of Social Media? - http://www.shootingatbubbles.com/index...
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Yes! And thank you for writing this. It's been swirling around in my head but I've been too busy to write it.
- James Poling
This summer, pick 5 places you'd like to go that have similar weather and then have a travel agent pick one of them and mail you the tickets, along with the time and airline of the first flight. Don't open the envelope until you get to the airport. Surprise!
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With my luck, I'd walk into Newark Liberty to find I got tickets to... Newark Liberty.
- Mark Trapp
Control freak FAIL.
- John Craft
Mark: With a layover in Denver.
- Kevin Fox
Haha, exactly.
- Mark Trapp
There are still travel agents?
- Seth
Lots to look forward to this year: iPhone 3.0...Google Wave...Google Chrome...and now Twitter & Facebook on XBox.
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"Photographs ... which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse... " #tcot - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
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"Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. Allegations of rape and abuse were included in his 2004 report but the fact there were photographs was never revealed. He has now confirmed their existence in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. The graphic nature of some of the images may explain the US President’s attempts to block the release of an estimated 2,000 photographs from prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan despite an earlier promise to allow them to be published."
- MikeAmundsen
from Bookmarklet
I feel bad for Obama, he's caught between a rock and a hard place right now. I think he should release the photos for the simple fact that I think they'll somehow get out anyway and the fact that he isn't releasing them (for good reason) will still come back to bite him.
- James Poling
@James: yep, my initial reaction when he pulled the plug on this was to say "air it out *now*, as close the Bush era as possible." I now see why the Pentagon folks want this kept private, too. But, as we see here, it's out. It's not going away. And, yeah, it's worse than we thought [sigh].
- MikeAmundsen
I don't know. One thing that bothers me about public release of all of these pics (and I do think legal and prosecuting authorities should have access) is that there doesn't seem to be any consideration for the victims. I don't think a rape victim should have photos of his/her rape published/release to the public without his/her consent. It's a further violation. The whole situation is just messed up.
- Katy S
@Katy: i've not seen many Abu Ghraib photos w/ victims easily identified. w/ the exception of the "dog" photo showing the frightened look on a victim's face, all the ones i've seen have the victims face blurred or with black lines across the face. 'sides, this identity issue can be handled easily enough. i would not be against blurring the faces of all parties in these photos. IMO, the point is not _who_ did it, but _what_ was done.
- MikeAmundsen
Katy, I totally agree. I don't think the photos necessarily "need" to be released to the public. I just think they eventually will be leaked anyway and that somehow, someone will say that because he didn't just release them in the first place that Obama was somehow complicit in these crimes against humanity.
- James Poling
from email
Taguba denies the report, the photos discussed in the Telegraph piece are not the ones the Obama administration is debating releasing http://bit.ly/btQGj
- BCK
@BCK:what is this about: "The actual quote in the Telegraph was accurate, Taguba said -- but he was referring to the hundreds of images he reviewed as an investigator of the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq -- not the photos of abuse that Obama is seeking to suppress."?
- MikeAmundsen
Most rape victims would not want pictures of their rapes publicized.
- ursi
@ursi: most rape perpetrators would proly rather the photos are kept private, too, eh?
- MikeAmundsen
Evidence in a criminal case is one thing. Publishing the crime photos of a rape victim ...can't see anyone wanting that to happen.
- ursi
@ursi: yes, i agree w/ you. my point is that i can think of very few folks who want this stuff published. victims, perps, those in charge of the perps, families of the victims, etc. in fact, i can betcha most of those same folks wish it never even happened, too<g>. bottom-line, IMO, is that no-one has said they *want* victim's rapes published.
- MikeAmundsen
Only war criminals are intent on suppressing photographs and other evidence of war crimes.
- Sean McBride
What bugs me on top of the fact that Obama is blatantly suppressing evidence is that @mamund added the #tcot tag to this post. How is this a conservative issue only? This is a human issue & if Bush was still in power would that tag still be there? Blatant party games aside, I'm w/the people who believe the pics should be released w/the victims faces censored. Anyone who wants to keep these pics out of the public is just a coward. Think America can't face it's demons? Then you believe in a weaker USA than me
- thepete
+1 thepete
- Bill Sodeman
O'Reilly sure has thin skin about 'personal attacks' -- mebbe because his whole show is built around them | Crooks and Liars - http://crooksandliars.com/david-n...
Rob Haas, Russellreno, James Poling and 6 other people liked this
"Yes, Bill O'Reilly, it really is a crappy thing when major public figures -- or pissant ankle-biters -- can outrageously smear other public figures as "racist" and do so with impunity and repeatedly. That's what BillO was on about last night, anyway. But no, he wasn't talking about Sonia Sotomayor. She's just a minor figure, after all. O'Reilly was talking about his own august self. Of course. It was really quite the stomach-churning whinefest. He started off ranting that "my civil rights" and "my rights as an American" had been violated because he's been branded a "racist" on numerous occasions, which he claims is "libel." Then he indulged one of his periodic bully-the-women routines ("My rights were violated here!"), where he had on two female lawyers who proceeded to explain to him that he was full of crap. This, of course, did not sit well with O'Reilly, who ended up shaking his finger at them and accusing them of enabling the destruction of America."
- Helen Sventitsky
from Bookmarklet
This guy really sets my teeth on edge - :P
- martha
I have no use for O'Reilly or Limbaugh. Neither defend their opinions intelligently. Conservatives ought to be as embarrassed to have those two as spokesmen as I was to have Madalyn Murray O'Hair to public face of atheism.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
I'd get my info about him 2nd hand from Keith Olbermann, then I'd watch a rerun of what Keith was talking about on YouTube, because I can't bring my self to see the actual run of the show while it's on (which is usually the same time Olbermann is on). Sure, the two have a beef with each other, but, more often than not, Olbermann (and his guests) was spot on about what a dick O'Reilly was being on his show.
- Helen Sventitsky
this guy is the icon of irrational ideolog!
- Mycaptain
a bully with a tv show
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
How this man keeps his place in the media spotlight, I'll never understand.
- Bill Sodeman
The fact that he does is a constant affirmation of how stupid so many people in this country are.
- James Poling
from email
Dear wingnuts: Instead of complaining about the president and his wife out on a date, maybe you guys should take your wives on the occasional date. If nothing else, less of you would be found wearing two wetsuits with multiple dildos jammed into various orifices. Think about it, you unromantic bastards. Up yours, Me.
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I love these letters.
- Alex Scoble
Me too :D
- martha
standing ovation...
- Harold
Out of everything else that's happened politically, this really pisses me off. A guy with the weight of the world on his shoulders takes his beloved wife to a show, and the opposition bitches about it?!? Go fuck yourselves sideways with a post-hole digger, wingnuts.
- Steven Perez
Steven, you rock. Just wanted you to know that.
- Neal Jansons
What everyone else said Steven.
- Russellreno
It's amazing the hypocrisy many of the more outspoken on the right are showing.
- Helen Sventitsky
Why do you find it amazing? My entire life, at least, the right has been the side of hypocrisy...they are the first to take away freedoms while wrapping themselves in the flag, the first to take government money while blocking services for the poor, and the first to cry "foul" when anyone dares actually confront them on their behavior. Their candidate for VP last year point blank said...
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- Neal Jansons
+1 Steven - and now, if you'll excuse me, I'm taking my wife out on a date! If I don't, the terrorists win. :)
- Bill Sodeman
"The Ten Ways Twitter Will Permanently Change American Business" - http://247wallst.com/2009...
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and not a single one of those things is Twitter-dependent in the least.
- Anthony Citrano
Does Tiana, Disney’s First Black Princess, Conquer Stereotypes? - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
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"“THE Princess and the Frog” does not open nationwide until December, but the buzz is already breathless: For the first time in Walt Disney animation history, the fairest of them all is black. Princess Tiana, a hand-drawn throwback to classic Disney characters like Cinderella and Snow White, has a dazzling green gown, a classy upsweep hairdo and a diamond tiara. Like her predecessors, she is a strong-willed songbird (courtesy of the Tony-winning actress Anika Noni Rose) who finds her muscle-bound boyfriend against all odds. “Finally, here is something that all little girls, especially young black girls, can embrace,” Cori Murray, an entertainment director at Essence magazine, recently told CNN. To the dismay of Disney executives — along with the African-American bloggers and others who side with the company — the film is also attracting chatter of an uglier nature. Is “The Princess and the Frog,” set in New Orleans in the 1920s, about to vaporize stereotypes or promote them?"
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Awww. You have to log in to read the article. :(
- Fa La La La Lindsay
It's free, Lindsay! And worth it! Said the fan of the NY Times...
- Derrick
They had me at Anika Noni Rose.
- cecily
"Mr. Del Vecho said the idea for a black princess came about organically. The producers wanted to create a fairy tale set in the United States and centered on New Orleans, with its colorful past and deep musical history. “As we spent time in New Orleans, we realized how truly it is a melting pot, which is how the idea of strongly multicultural characters came about,” Mr. Del Vecho said....
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- Anne Bouey
Want this to be real, want this to be right but the track record of Disney makes it suspect. However I don't want it killed before one child, especially one little African-American girl gets to see it.
- Michelle
nope, she's still skinny.
- MicahBear78
How about once, just once, a Disney princess or heroine who doesn't need a man? [EDIT: wrote this before reading she is not saved by a prince. But still, sounds like a man is in the picture.]
- Laura Norvig
Actually, you know what would be really novel in a Disney movie? A whole family... Two parents and a kid. That would be nice to see.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Nobody's frickin' satisfied. She's too black...or she's not black enough. She's too stereotypical, or she doesn't represent the black community enough. It boils my blood. Just let it be, nobody's TRYING to be racist here. *sigh*
- Ben Parr
Agree with Lindsay. But this is still nice. I just want to move beyond the whole race thing. I realize that isn't as easy as it sounds, but sometime in the next hundred years I'd like us all just to be plain ole humans. Surely in another 6 or 7 generations there won't be much racial differences anyways, right?
- Chrimmus Tad
Great - so now little black girls can be exposed to all the sexist stereotypes inherent in a "Disney princess". You know what would be really original? If Disney featured a female protagonist who was a scientist, or a politician, or really anything other than a princess.
- Eric P
Agree with Tad, annoyed with Ben. Ben misses the point entirely. Seriously. It's not about anybody "trying to be racist". It's like Michelle said, I'm suspicious because of Disney's track record, and also because of how much trouble they've had getting this movie out in the first place. I heard about it, like, 3 years ago, it must have been. The whole thing makes me uneasy. It's not...
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- Kamilah Gill
Didn't Disney do the "Bolt" movie? That had a pretty girl in it who was smart and she wasn't a princess. There were strong female characters (and even an intact family!) in The Incredibles. Lilo and Stitch's main character is neither white nor a princess. Pocohantas, while a princess of sorts, wasn't white.
- Chrimmus Tad
I must add that I think Disney got it right enough with The Proud Family cartoon, which, for the most part, is positive and a small step in the right direction. Just they and everyone else needs to work on including people of non-white races without making us tokens or freaky and abnormal. Just put us in there. The way many of us are in there in real life. We don't always just hang with other black people.
- Kamilah Gill
It would be really neat if folks refused to have the creation of their mythologies farmed out to corporations. Wouldn't it be awesome if the stories you told your children weren't commodities placed up for sale in every junk store in the country. Oh, but the story is nothing unless it's reduced to a lunch box or a set of sheets. We could of course return to what we're supposed to do in...
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- Christopher Harley
Very well said Christipher.
- James Poling
from email
I think we're totally over analyzing a children's film.
- Brandon Mendelson
I´m avoiding Disney with my child. And maybe my daughter won´t want a full pink princess kit and maybe wants to do something more healthy instead. From what I´ve seen the gender stereotyping has been silly.
- Thomas Bøhm
Jason: I was using pretty broad strokes just to get a point across in a short comment. I didn´t mean to insult anybody who gets an innocent princess kit for their daughter. I am by no means an expert and my daughter of course has some pink clothes too. I just think it´s important that little girls and boys learn that their options are more varied than what is presented through the...
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- Thomas Bøhm
No thoughts on the implication of the film, I just thought the trailer was unimpressive, especially the lead 2 characters. I did like the Voodoo Doctor and the New Orleans vibe of the kingdom though.
- RAPatton
I just saw the trailer, and maybe it's just my unpredictable emotional state of late, but I had a lump in my throat. This is huge. Is it a game changer? Probably not. But I just imagine the faces of the little black girls who will see this movie, see the delight in their eyes and the smiles on their faces, and I just get choked up. For 2 minutes, I felt like one of those little girls, and that was good enough for me. Thanks, Disney.
- cecily
And the villain made me wish Geoffrey Holder was still alive.
- cecily
Wow, I was just glad Disney's putting out another 2D animated film again.
- Rob Haas
Jason: No, the colour pink does not inflict pain or scar. No one has said that. I suggest the thread return to Disney and the other colours in question.
- Thomas Bøhm
How about this? Disney hasn't put out a "Princess" film in 17 years, yet people are complaining that they want something different from Disney.
- Rob Haas
This conversation reminds me of parents who buy dolls for young boys, only to be dismayed when they pull off one leg and turn them into guns.
- Robert Hafer
Robert Hafer: I now regret trying to make a broader point about gender stereotypes in children entertainment in a too short and pointed comment ;) I hope my 2nd comment nuanced and explained that a bit. Balance FTW. On topic though: The general increased racial diversity in heros and heroines has got to be a good thing though.
- Thomas Bøhm
Wow this is a pretty intense conversation. I'm EXCITED that they're putting out this movie. I don't think it's going to please everyone. Nothing pleases everyone. I'm in my 20s and last Halloween a group of friends wanted to be Disney Princesses. I was creative and was Nayla from the Lion King. BUT thinking of it from a little girls perspective I would have like to have the Black...
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- *Tiffany Diamond*
I usually make my own breakfast, but breakfast always tastes better when someone else does the cooking ;0)
James Poling, Yolanda, Chris, Taskerrific Guy and 2 other people liked this
It sure does.
- Valley
Jesse Stay writes how he uses Gmail as a FriendFeed Client - http://staynalive.com/article...
Gordon Saunders, Anthony Citrano, John Coslovich and 11 other people liked this
Thanks for sharing Steve!
- Jesse Stay
I'm adding this to the ever growing file of "Reasons Never To Leave Gmail". Thank you Jesse (and Steve for sharing).
- Brandon Mendelson
Brandon, although Google Wave could change it all again. I'll save that for another post. :-)
- Jesse Stay
New Species Of Carnivorous Slug Has Blade-Like Teeth | Half Moon Horror - http://halfmoonhorror.com/...
Admiral Anika, Maggie, Durukan Duru and 7 other people liked this
"A pale white, blind blob of living tissue with blade-like teeth is a new species of slug that eats flesh. The “ghost” slug, which was first discovered in a Cardiff garden in 2007, was named by experts at National Museum Wales and Cardiff University. Creatures of this type are more usually found in Turkey and Georgia. according to the BBC."
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
I think I saw one of these in "Bioshock"
- Phil G
Neat pearly pink color.
- anna sauce
Eeeeewwwwww... Super CREEEEEPPPYYY!!
- Susan Beebe
from BuddyFeed
I second Susan - Ewwwwwwwy
- Maggie
OM NOM NOM
- Gabe
Can you "build" a community? - http://www.loiclemeur.com/english...
Stanislas Jourdan, Ho John Lee, Franz Sittampalam and 2 other people liked this
reminds me what we just learnt in interaction design - "a sense of place must be forged by the users, it cannot be inherent in the system itself - space is the opportunity, place is the understood reality" - the designers can provide the tools and the arena but the rest is down to the users (http://www.ics.uci.edu/~jpd...)
- Franz Sittampalam
Featured Friday: Robert of Scobleizer.com - http://blog.disqus.net/2009...
Marco(aureliusmaximus), John E. Bredehoft, Robert Scoble and 3 other people liked this
Amusingly, despite the fact Robert mentions FriendFeed more than a few times in the Q&A, Disqus helpfully offers you follow his Twitter account. (Fail)
- Louis Gray
Technomystic: Look out Facebook! Its a Bing, its a Wave! Realtime Search & Targeting is on the way. - http://guruvan.gurus.net/uncateg...
James Poling and Jesse Stay liked this
Health-insurance stagnation - http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009...
James Poling liked this
Great post Jeff. It blows my mind how many people in this country claim to be "Christians" and are vehemently opposed to socialized healthcare. It seems like quite the contradiction allow people to get sick and died because so many people are misinformed about socialized healthcare and have a "not out of my pocket" mentality.
- James Poling
WARNING: Juste is Latest Twitter Scam to Avoid (please RT) - http://mashable.com/2009...
James Poling liked this
Being a geek (or a nerd) is an abnormal quest for deep knowledge at the risk of violating that which is perceived as normal.
James Poling, The Letter M and Adam Boutte liked this
Make sure fingerprints exist before traveling the globe - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster...
James Poling liked this
What? There are drugs that can eliminate your fingerprint? Wow.
- tiffany
Consumerist - Memphis Burger Kings: Global Warming Is Baloney - Burger King - http://consumerist.com/5272947...
Will Higgins™, James Poling and Mona Nomura liked this
"At least three Burger Kings in Memphis have recently displayed "GLOBAL WARMING IS BALONEY" on their letter boards, according to the Memphis Flyer and a reader. Our reader says he saw the sign in the Memphis suburbs, while the Flyer has pictures of two Burger Kings in downtown Memphis, as well as the transcript of a conversation with one store's manager, where he claims that the signs were not a mistake and reflected the views of Burger King international. We talked to Burger King corporate, and not so much: This statement does not reflect a Burger King Corp. (BKC) opinion or view. The two restaurants where these signs appeared are independently owned and operated and were not authorized to display this statement. The signs have since been removed. We assumed this was an issue with a rogue franchisee, but hearing about it in a few stores made us want to make sure. Memphis readers, have you seen any signs like this around lately? Are they still up?"
- Michelle Martinez
from Bookmarklet
How dare they slander baloney by comparing it to "global warming".
- Dave Roth
Bizarre.
- Mona Nomura
I think the fact that people are still dumb enough to eat at Burger King (or any fast food restaurant) knowing that they have been complicit in the gluttonous fattening of America is baloney.
- James Poling
Is that how one spelled Baloney? I thought it was Bologna.
- Will Higgins™
Also, people, this is Memphis. I lived in TN and had occasion to visit Memphis a number of times. It is pretty much the cultural center of the world, wait, no, it's the exact opposite of that. I can only think of a few places I'd rather not be.
- Will Higgins™
Many years ago I was in Memphis for one night. I drove around for a while and ended up out at a bar that was on the water and across from a club. I can't remember the name of either, but if you've been to either of them I think you'll know what I'm talking about.
- James Poling
US violated Geneva Conventions, Bush Iraq commander says - http://rawstory.com/rawrepl...
Steven Perez, Anthony Citrano, Darryl and 4 other people liked this
"The head of the US Central Command, General David Petraeus, said Friday that the US had violated the Geneva Conventions in a stunning admission from President Bush’s onetime top general in Iraq that the US may have violated international law."
- Sean McBride
from Bookmarklet
Hey, did you hear? CNN is reporting that the sky is blue.
- James Poling
Nice. And Petraeus made that statement on Faux News. How will the wingnuts spin this?
- Rene Wirtz
whooda thunk it?
- MikeAmundsen
Friendfeed old timers...for you, has Friendfeed improved or worsened since the new major update was released?
KyNam Doan, MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF, Eric Johnson and 48 other people liked this
Who you calling old?
- Simon Wicks
Worsened. I believe we all got "lost in translation"
- Olcayto Cengiz
me, improved...no doubt about it.
- Zee.
Much improved.
- Sweyn Venderbush
from PeopleBrowsr
Some things have worsened, but improvement happened in a large scale.
- Alejandro
improved
- Kevin Johnson
Bit better, bit worse. I use the groups a hella lot more now, and feel i miss some stuff because i dont check them so often. I've subscribed to many more people though.
- Simon Wicks
Better tools... Same awesome people
- Johnny Worthington
Well, it's better on the whole. But sometimes I'm missing things. A certain feeling, don't know what.
- Ton Zijp
I got more responses when I was using a Friendfeed account with a Second Life avatar name, using the then current old Friendfeed. Now I might as well be talking to the walls, or putting messages in bottles and tossing them at the bottom of a landfill. The new version is ok but it sorely needs bulk list management. I need to move about five hundred people or more off my home feed.
- Chuck Baggett
Apart from some long-awaited improvements like directs and multiple recipients, the UI is clearly worse and disorganized
- Alexandros Georgiadis
from PeopleBrowsr
I think the only thing I really miss is the visual arrangement of things. I've had an FF account for a while, but don't consider myself a power user (of course, no one can compare to Kol).
- Heather
improved. or maybe every other Social Media site has gotten worse....
- Mike Nencetti
Much improved, loving all the new features and looking forward to whatever new stuff is coming. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I still hate realtime and my time spent here has dropped dramatically. Which isn't a great loss to the internet world, but still.
- Nine
It's about the same for me. I hate realtime so I'm permanently paused. I use Greasemonkey and Stylish scripts to make it look like the old version. Doing those things, it's not really different.
- Rochelle
Much improved! It's useful in so many more ways now. I was liveblogging in it a couple of weeks ago which was great as other conference attendees joined in in realtime. Then there's private groups and the sweet, sweet hypnotism of the realtime feed!
- Martin Bryant
FF has greatly improved for me over the last year. I'm in love with the live updates, etc. Very happy user.
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
improved.
- Parth Awasthi
improved.
- AJ Kohn
Improved.
- Louis Gray
It's a mixed bag for me...most of the new features are great, but the general community reaction to real-time has meant a decrease in overall participation, or so it seems.
- Alex Scoble
Like someone mentioned above, I feel like I'm missing a lot of stuff. But, I doubt that is FF's fault. More like I'm subbed to too many people or something. Anyway, I do miss the older layout though.
- Yolanda
better
- anna sauce
Improved.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Much improved.
- Kevin Whalen
from email
Improved, but the settings are somehow scattered around. They tried to create a clean design, which they did (once you remove the awful gray background), but a centralized settings page is necessary.
- George Iordanou
Improved, but I did some of the improving by restyling the pages.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Improved.
- .LAG liked that
Better and imroved. Leaner, meaner and cleaner. But there are one or two things I miss . . .
- Chris Loft
Better.
- Rutger Blom
Worse.
- Admiral Anika
Improved.
- Thomas Bøhm
Anika - really? how comes?
- Zee.
All the features that were selling points have been taken away.
- Admiral Anika
My experience is essentially the same.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
And who you calling "old", Zee? Hehe. ;-) How about mature users? No wait, that doesn't work for some. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Worse for me as well :(... I think the addiction is gone but I am not really sure why. I used to love clicking to people's profiles and interacting with their feeds. Now I feel like I hardly do that. Also it feels a bit more like Twitter which has a bad association in my mind
- Bindu Reddy
Improved.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Improved though there are a few old features that I miss.
- Steve Sill
Improved in value and in creased my usage also
- Chris Heath
i'm no longer an addict, and while i like the new features, i miss late night interactions from the early days just over a year ago. night crew rep'n?
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Same
- Rodfather
I LOVE FriendFeed :) Love new features... it's all good and getting better! :) Brian - YEP, I remember those days! fun
- Susan Beebe
For the record, I see a complete difference with how things were in the 'old days' as to how things were before the UI change. Those are two different vectors.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Changed? It's more realtime, which means that it's more useful for immediate communications, but less useful as a showcase for information.
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Given todays events, I think FF's new UI/feature set is in a better position to compete. And will only get better.
- Kevin Whalen
from email
Zee, you do realize that those who "voted with their feet" won't be here to tell you how much they hated the changes, right? Slightly skewing the results of this poll ;-)
- Sprague D
yeah, good point Sprague :)
- Zee.
gotten better for the most part though some concessions have been made imo
- Cee Bee
it's different in a better sort of way - I liked the original just fine though
- mike "glemak" dunn
Improved - I think there's a big win still to be achieved with the look, but real-time and simplifications really do it for me
- Christopher Galtenberg
i wish i could say my experience was better, but it is worse.
- edythe
Improved.
- Aaron Hood
More powerful but more fragmented when compared to the old days. UI needs improvements though.
- David Young
I no likee the new style. I likee old style mo' bettah. Old style was better for conversations in threads. more easy to follow. my old brain hurts with this new style. and i forget stuff when it goes to page 2. but more people like the new style i guess. bastards. :-) but i still love you all. really, i do.
- Morgan Haley
I miss the icons which indicated what their entries were. And yes, I know there are greasemonkey scripts, for that, but I didn't have to do that last time. And I hate the real-time thingee, too.
- Derrick
I'm not really sure - a few days ago I was frustrated and today I'm fine with things - so guess it just depends on the day.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
Despite my respect and love for Morgan, I'm in the MO likee camp. Much mo, in fact. But I'm pretty easy to please. There are one or two things that I miss from the old days (like stats), but real time and the added benefit that this brings to other new features like DMs... have you ever used a DM as an IM platform, awesome!... plus the removal of caps from post length and the email addresses and.... yeah, definitely mo likee!
- Jim Misses SP
improved...
- Kelly W.
its faster so missing an hour you'd have to back track several pages. end users shouldn't have to track repeated post, it would be nice if duplicates were automatically not allowed
- Monique
I suspect you aren't going to hear too much from the people who didn't care for the update for two reasons: 1. The enthusiasts just argue with you, and who needs that and 2. If you *really* didn't like it you're gone -- you ain't using it and didn't hear the question. In any case, after a little time getting used to it, I have adjusted. But during the time of adjustment I got used to...
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- Dave Winer
I've seen the first real growth in a while, but my personal FF experience has been down lately
- RAPatton
Aside from the missing service icons, and sort-by-service, and the hideous design (fixed by forthcoming skinning) it's pretty much perfect. Which makes the lack of service icons and service sorting so damn infuriating. There was NO reason to kill it, and 50 reasons to keep it, and so damn simple to turn back on as a freakin option.
- Matthew DeVries
Improved
- jcunwired
improved
- Panayotis Vryonis
Its about the same, as with the last few beta/upgrade cycles I found the changes a little jarring and was put off by them at first. But as I actually started using the new features I appreciate the way they add to the over all user experience
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Improved but could be better with some minor tweaks. I do feel I am missing more things which means I need to make more lists.
- Amani
Jason Huebel: you can do that still... the url is still the same (i think) here it is: http://friendfeed.com/realtim...
- Chris Heath
it even still has the service icons still
- Chris Heath
Improved in some ways and not so much in others.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
improved without question
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I miss the old interface. And I miss the level of communication I used to get before RT and the Twitter influx. I guess the verdict for me is worsened.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
"I'm 37. I'm not old."
- Craig Eddy
mixed. New cleaner interface is nice. A lot of old features were nicer.
- Mitchell Tsai
I LUV it. However, the realtime is too fast for me - I usually have to pause
- Ric Johnson
mixed
- Steven Hodson
I like it better.
- Bill Bittner
Love it.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
What current site most resembles the old friendfeeds mode of operation?
- Chuck Baggett
Gotten much worse for me from the perspective of people looking at stuff I post, but improved the ability to have ad-hoc conversation. Overall I'm in the Nay camp.
- Threepwood
I have mixed feelings. I like some of the changes but now I feel that I miss a good deal of content that I didn't before. I think this is primarily due to the fact that I can't get best of day for my lists anymore and even the current best of day only provides a small fraction of the posts on a daily basis. I also think real-time doesn't allow for the level of discovery that was available before and many items fly by the stream never to return.
- Mark Krynsky
Improved.
- Micah Wittman
Way improved.
- Robert Scoble
Scoble is a n00b. :)
- Louis Gray
Louis: watch it buddy or I'll leave a rotting banana in your BMW. ;-)
- Robert Scoble
What Akiva said. Also: I love being able to search so specifically, and save searches and all that. However, I get significantly less engagement in certain circles of people that I *think* is directly related to real-time causing stuff to fly by. There's no objective way to measure that, though, it could just be people changing their habits, their subscription numbers, etc. EDIT: And I'm not just talking about less engagement for me. I also see other users have less comments on their stuff.
- Laura Norvig
Social Media Foxy Boxing is so overdue...
- Johnny Worthington
Improved.
- Steven Perez
I wish they'd done something a bit more ballsy with the new ui. Feels unpolished to me. Flickr's level of cleanliness would have been nice to see. Nevertheless, the real-time stuff is cool. I wish the additions to the API were out though...
- Aaron Brethorst
Improved. I'm spending much more time here now.
- Murray Barton
Improved
- Nicholas James
Improved
- Alfredo
it actually became *usable*
- Artem
I think that it's improved although disappointed that there is now no Best of Day on the iPhone application
- Joe Dawson
Mixed, leaning toward worse. Real-time updates rule, but the new UI looks like Fisher-Price's My First Portal Page. Missing favicons identifying sources of updates, among other things
- l.m.orchard
I'm not sure the current color-scheme and layout are the best they've ever had, but the product itself has definitely improved. The original FriendFeed was more like a super-soaker squirt gun. You pump it up and a little stream of water shoots out for a bit. Now, it's actually a firehose. Always on. You could potentially see all of your stream if you just stared at it all day.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
A little better.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
I did not like it at first. I preferred the old format better - For some reason since the update I have been receiving new subscribers daily. Do you think that is because more people have joined since the update?
- Laurie DesAutels
Improved!
- Peter van Teeseling
Vastly improved.
- Angus Burton
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