linkspam on hump day
Short week this week, then short week next week, and then short week the week after that! Short weeks for everyone!
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Many links via MeFi, but not all:
7 ground-breaking X-Files episodes to celebrate UFO day with.
This is a look at the cultural, and class, issues in the food movement: Servings of Small Change. There's research that shows that if you ask somebody to do something they're destined to fail at, they're going to fail and then quit. But if you give them something they almost certainly can do, then they're going to feel good about that and feel encouraged to do more.
Weeping Angel Barbies.
Oy.
What the hell, Buzzfeed: How metal is your period?
A really disturbing discussion about the rise of monopolies in the US as a result of a rules change during the Reagan administration. The free market ideology has killed markets. Thanks SO MUCH, Uncle Ronnie! ::raspberry::
This article, about Amazon's purchase of Woot, is interestingly linked to the one above. Although I gotta say, Bezos sounds like a pretty weird guy.
This is an adorable series of cartoons about New Yorkers attempting the outdoors.
Sally Ride and the burden of being first.
And for those who watched THE GAME yesterday: a 2010 New Yorker Profile of the hero of the match, Tim Howard.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
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Many links via MeFi, but not all:
7 ground-breaking X-Files episodes to celebrate UFO day with.
This is a look at the cultural, and class, issues in the food movement: Servings of Small Change. There's research that shows that if you ask somebody to do something they're destined to fail at, they're going to fail and then quit. But if you give them something they almost certainly can do, then they're going to feel good about that and feel encouraged to do more.
Weeping Angel Barbies.
Oy.
What the hell, Buzzfeed: How metal is your period?
A really disturbing discussion about the rise of monopolies in the US as a result of a rules change during the Reagan administration. The free market ideology has killed markets. Thanks SO MUCH, Uncle Ronnie! ::raspberry::
This article, about Amazon's purchase of Woot, is interestingly linked to the one above. Although I gotta say, Bezos sounds like a pretty weird guy.
This is an adorable series of cartoons about New Yorkers attempting the outdoors.
Sally Ride and the burden of being first.
And for those who watched THE GAME yesterday: a 2010 New Yorker Profile of the hero of the match, Tim Howard.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.