Wean ourselves of that spiritual narcissism

creativity is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status

TED Talks | Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

"Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art." - Susan Sontag

Story from North America from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

we noticed something glowing, and it was growing

Wired | First ever video of deep-sea volcanic eruption

Buffy: What is it with those guys? Willow: They're obnoxious. Professionally.

Over the course of the film Edward is in turns patronizing, condescending and just downright creepy. He spies on Bella, he stalks her (for “her own good”), he sneaks into her room to watch her sleep (without her consent) and even confesses to a deep, overpowering desire to kill her. We marveled at how the film attempted to present this behavior as sweet and deeply romantic – and how the larger pop culture discussion continued that framing for millions of young Twilight fans. At several points during the film Anita and I found ourselves asking each other: “What Would Buffy Do?”

What Would Buffy Do? Notes on Dusting Edward Cullen

"To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond." - Hypatia of Alexandria

Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.

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On December 2nd, 2009 we will begin slicing the brain of the amnesic patient H.M. into giant histological sections. The brain specimen is going to be frozen and sectioned whole during one continuous session that we expect will last approximately 30 hours.

Project HM | Blog | Live video

Wikipedia | HM (patient)

It's like two robots tried to film a porn, but were too drunk.

Sumotori Dreams: The best (or worst) game ever.

Yo, stop it.

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We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility

Mister Rogers defending public television before the U.S. Senate.




Fox & Friends: "Now all these kids are growing up realizing, Mr Rogers lied to me! I'm not special!"
"These kids feel entitled just for being them...why doesn't he say, there's a lot of room for improvement?"

giddy up

happy belated veteran's day

they're like ninjas

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

who are we in the way we can see ourselves

"Few people have the imagination for reality." - Goethe

Senator Al Franken tears the living shit out of a Halliburton/KBR lawyer over imprisonment after gang-rape coverup.

"A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed." - Cioran

Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology, ain't got time to make no apology

Hockey open w/ Polar Bear from Fairbanks, Alaska for the UAF Nanooks AKA "The Alaska Nanooks". This is the intended directors cut with the original music choice, rejected by the UAF people for being "too '80s" as if there is such a thing.

"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan

You can watch episodes of Cosmos here.

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