January 2012
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Jan 20th
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New Edible Microchips to Alert Doctors, Mobile... →
At the center of the chip is a small silicon wafer that separates minor quantities of copper and magnesium, which in turn creates a microscopic battery that emits and electric currents upon coming into contact with the acidic environment of the stomach. The currents, given specific signatures to identify the drug taken, are picked up by a patch stuck on the skin of the patient. The patch records...
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Tumblr service crashes intermittently any other...
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Google, what were you thinking? →
Since October, Google’s GKBO appears to have been systematically accessing Mocality’s database and attempting to sell their competing product to our business owners. They have been telling untruths about their relationship with us, and about our business practices, in order to do so. As of January 11th, nearly 30% of our database has apparently been contacted. Furthermore, they now seem to have...
Jan 17th
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Acupuncture Girl: Acupuncture for Simplicity  →
Editor’s note: A version of this article originally was written for RowdyKittens, a blog about social change through simple living We’ve arrived at a point of tension. Technology has enabled possibilities that just 10 years ago seemed unthinkable. And yet these same advancements…
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Americans will be transferred to foreign prisons... →
cultureofresistance: rtamerica: If you’re upset that congressional approval of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 can send you away to military prisons and be tortured in America, don’t worry — it could be worse.
Jan 15th
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The Chinese Art of Eating, or, how to choose... →
acupuncturegirl: The Energetics of Food Click for the Food Properties Chart Chinese nutrition differs from Western nutrition in that it deals with the energetic properties of food and not the biochemical nature of food. Foods selected according to their energetic qualities is key to balanced health. Acupuncture works much in the same way to create balance. Using the benefits of correct...
Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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US-Backed Terror Group Responsible For... →
anti-propaganda: ‘The US-backed terrorist group Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), in association with Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, was responsible for today’s car bomb attack in Tehran which killed Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, according to Israeli sources close to Jewish writer Richard Silverstein. The scientist, a specialist working at the country’s Natanz’s uranium...
Jan 13th
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"Thats What She Said" Javascript Tool →
This is a node.js module that classifies if a sentence can be replied with “that’s what she said”.
Jan 12th
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Monsanto Now Owns Blackwater (Xe) →
No wonder that a company engaged in the “science of death” as Monsanto, which has been dedicated from the outset to produce toxic poisons spilling from Agent Orange to PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), pesticides, hormones and genetically modified seeds, is associated with another company of thugs. Almost simultaneously with the publication of this article in The Nation, the Via Campesina...
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting...”
– E.O. Wilson (via thegreenurbanist)
Jan 9th
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“Obama signed the NDAA for 2012, making it possible for American citizens to be...”
– Richard Stallman Was Right All Along (via greguti)
Jan 6th
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Sweden recognises new file-sharing religion... →
The church, which holds CTRL+C and CTRL+V (shortcuts for copy and paste) as sacred symbols, does not directly promote illegal file sharing, focusing instead on the open distribution of knowledge to all.
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Ronald Fraser: Prison habit goes viral →
How did America’s addiction to prisons and mass incarceration get its start and how did it spread from state to state? Of the many attempts to answer this question, none make as much sense as the explanation found in a new book titled, “A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America.” According to public health expert and Columbia University professor, Ernest Drucker, the...
Jan 5th
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FTC Seeks Public Comments on Facial Recognition... →
The December 8, 2011, public workshop, “Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition Technology,” focused on the current and future commercial applications of facial detection and recognition technologies, and explored an array of current uses of these technologies, possible future uses and benefits, and potential privacy and security concerns. The agenda for the workshop can be...
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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“Now a particularly ironic fact has come to light — it appears that IP addresses...”
– DailyTech - Congress Plugs Anti-Piracy Legislation By Day, Pirates Porn by Night (via robot-heart-politics)
Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
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“The reaction of the American government, and its people, to drug use was — and...”
– Ron Paul: Drug War In U.S. Has Racist Origins (via azspot)
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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U.S. District Court Rules Iran Behind 9/11 Attacks... →
ideoclast: deus—ex-machina: NEW YORK, December 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A federal district court in Manhattan yesterday entered a historic ruling that reveals new facts about Iran’s support of al Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks. U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels ruled yesterday that Iran and Hezbollah materially and directly supported al Qaeda in the September 11, 2001 attacks and are...
Dec 27th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Do Private Military Contractors Have Impunity to... →
…the military’s own internal investigations, private military contractors from the U.S.-based corporations L-3 Services and CACI International were involved in the war crimes and acts of torture that took place, which included rape, being forced to watch family members and others be raped, severe beatings, being hung in stress positions, being pulled across the floor by genitals, mock...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Ron Paul on Jay Leno
Dec 22nd
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The Massacre Everyone Ignored: Up To 70 Striking... →
With violence and government crackdowns making headlines from so many familiar parts of the world, there’s hardly been a peep in the media about the biggest and ugliest massacre of all: Last Friday in Kazakhstan, riot police slaughtered up 70 striking oil workers, wounding somewhere between 500 and 800, and arresting scores. Almost as soon as the massacre went down in the western regional city...
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
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THE GUN by C.J. Chivers: But Isn't That How They... →
cjchivers: Every so often, something related to firearms comes along that invokes such a visceral allergic reaction that it requires almost no comment. Today’s offering, via @guntruth, is this: A trailer from the good offices of G1 Tactical Solutions, another in the proliferation of private… Ive certainly seen worse, but this is def characteristic of one of those trainers/teachers...
Dec 18th
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