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mohandasgandhi: crookedindifference: Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device. This test was conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945. The date of the test is usually considered to be the beginning of the Atomic Age. The above picture is the Trinity explosion, 0.016 seconds after detonation.…
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smarterplanet: Steven Wolfram: The Personal Analytics of My Life One day I’m sure everyone will routinely collect all sorts of data about themselves. But because I’ve been interested in data for a very long time, I started doing this long ago. I actually assumed lots of other people were doing it too, but apparently they were…
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Tom Morris: Oppression, identity and sexuality
Tom Morris: Oppression, identity and sexuality tommorrisdotorg: Oh yeah, what a lovely, academic-ish name for a post. It’d be even better if it had a colon afterwards, then a subtitle starting with the word “towards”. Oppression, identity and sexuality: towards a poststructuralist hermeneutic of something or other. See, I don’t like talking about who I…
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ephemeraa: “Obsessions Make My Life Worse and My Work Better” by Stefan Sagmeister
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nbclatino: Acclaimed director Robert Rodriguez at last night’s Comcast event in Washington D.C. to officially launch El Rey network. El Rey, proposed by Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures, will be an action-packed, entertainment network in English for both Latino and general audiences. Programs will offer a little bit of everything, including reality, scripted and animated series,…
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newshouramgrad: Young black and Hispanic students are far more likely to receive tough school punishments, including suspensions, than white students. Here, the NewsHour breaks down the complexities behind a new set of data released by the Department of Education.
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dropouthangoutspaceout: I should re-read The Grapes of Wrath.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_KjbpOx5W0 nbclatino: Hollywood film director Robert Rodriguez introduces his new network, El Rey, which Comcast, NBCLatino’s parent company, announced in late February. Rodriguez says he wanted to create a channel that his five kids, who are bilingual growing up in the U.S., would enjoy. Today, Comcast is formally unveiling four new channels in Washington D.C.,…
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The New Yorker: Takes: Happy 85th Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez
The New Yorker: Takes: Happy 85th Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez That was how the first of seven boys and four girls was born in Aracataca on March 6, 1927, in an unseasonable torrential downpour, while the sky of Taurus rose on the horizon. I was almost strangled by the umbilical cord, because the family midwife,…
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Latino children receive more punishment, less access in nation’s schools, says report
nbclatino: A new government report found Latino and black schoolchildren faced more punishment and less access in most of the nation’s schools. (Photo/Getty Images) Latino and black students are punished more harshly and are suspended at much higher rates than other groups, while having less access to challenging classes and more experienced teachers, according…