August 2011
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Aug 31st
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Aug 31st
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Aug 31st
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Aug 31st
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Aug 29th
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People are biased against creative ideas →
Based on a science journal study: ‘Fresh research indicates people don’t even know what a creative idea looks like and that creativity, hailed as a positive change agent, actually makes people squirm.’
Aug 29th
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Aug 29th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
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“The ransacking of Moammar Gadhafi’s compound is turning up some bizarre loot....”
– David R. Arnott, MSNBC
Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
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Why Iceland should be in the news, but is not →
ninefoldgoddess: An Italian radio program’s story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland literally went bankrupt.  The reasons were mentioned only in passing, and since then, this little-known member of the European Union fell back into...
Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 24th
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Aug 23rd
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“I fell in love with Wellington first time round. It’s hard not to really. It’s...”
– Stephen Fry, interviewed on Aaron and Andy
Aug 22nd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 21st
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Still off base: Tony Blair →
Tony’s still not right, but he’s closer than David is. Yet, of all the politicians spouting about personal responsibility, none have taken responsibility for the divisive societal developments that they have spurred on or overseen, which are, in my mind, greater contributing factors to the riots.
Aug 21st
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“People are often unreasonable and self-centred. Forgive them anyway. If you are...”
– Mother Teresa
Aug 21st
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Aug 21st
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Aug 21st
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Aug 20th
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Aug 20th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 18th
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Aug 18th
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Aug 18th
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Aug 18th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 17th
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Copyright Amendment Act an epic fail →
lewisbostock: I jokingly call Hugh Lilly, Hugh Linky, because of his obsessive fascination with and curation of the web. He tirelessly posts links to required reading. Every now and then, he finds something truly awesome, like this column by Peter Griffin, in The Listener, where he criticizes New Zealand’s ridiculous copyright law. It is not only accurate in its criticism, but perfectly...
Aug 17th
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England riots: pair jailed for four years for... →
loganabbott: Two men have been jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite disorder. Jordan Blackshaw, 20, from Marston near Northwich, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, from Warrington, appeared at Chester crown court on Tuesday. They were arrested last week following incidents of violent disorder in London and other cities across the UK. Neither of their Facebook posts resulted in...
Aug 16th
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