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“Today, the Oklahoma state legislature announced that...”
— The More You Know: What Is The...

Mar 3rd

Adaptation

Is it impossible? Is the intangible in our arts and our natures, the space between our words, the...

Mar 2nd

“Fools!” said West, his clenched fist striking the...”
— Lovecraftian School Board...

Mar 2nd

Many Just Say Neigh to ‘Blue Mustang’ at Denver Airport -...

Mar 2nd

Evening at the creek (via Clark Westfield)

Mar 2nd

Watch

bangocibumbumpuluj: Magnetic self-assembly in slow motion

Feb 27th

“The officials say Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided...”
— TPM: News Pages | Talking...

Feb 26th

The Daily What

Feb 26th

“President Obama has nominated an arms control scholar to...”
— Democracy Now! | Headlines for...

Feb 26th

Dear President Obama,

I live in Chicago. I am 9 years old. I think your daughter is 9 years old, too. I hope you like your...

Feb 26th

Director Kazuo Yoneyama incorporates highlights from...

Feb 26th

Ancient Tools

The 83 stone-cutting implements, some with enough blood residue on them to identify the animals they...

Feb 26th

“Yet in recent years archeologists have begun to find...”
— Finding the lost city - The...

Feb 25th

“People often assume that commercial organisations such as...”
— Lynne Brindley: We’re in...

Feb 25th

I've been saying this all season...

Having high-profile guest stars makes it impossible for “30 Rock” to serve its...

Feb 25th

Down the Tubes

Why is the Internet the place where civil discussion goes to die? It must be something in the tubes....

Feb 25th

Guns Blazin'

Yes, just aim for the tail or the pilot. The tail rotor is critical for stability in the air, but...

Feb 25th

“So what did Bobby Jindal choose to ridicule in this response...”
— Economics and Politics - Paul...

Feb 25th

“If the films in this list were arranged in order of...”
— Mindfuck Movies by Matthew...

Feb 25th

“Street Cred Brothas could be afraid to report UFO...”
— ‘Black Thoughts’...

Feb 24th

National Popular Vote -- Electoral college...

Feb 24th

Academic Earth - Video lectures from the...

Feb 24th

Me Too

I like the randomness of my bookshelves. I don’t even pretend to have the kind of order boasted by...

Feb 24th

Triumvirate

The next thing to be said is: what we seem to have here is evidence of a fundamental failure of the...

Feb 24th

D.C. al Fine

A measure that would give Washington, D.C. voting rights in the House of Representatives cleared a...

Feb 24th

getty garden tiltshift (via stefanielaine)

Feb 24th

Mingo Iowa Library (via whitetail_doctor)

Feb 24th

[daily dose of imagery] snow drummer

Feb 24th

Who’s Out There? (via Gordon _Iowa)

Feb 24th

Thanks, Christa. Mari Kasurinen “My Little Pony” Mods |...

Feb 24th

It's Deep

Now a new breed of technologies is taking shape that will extend the reach of search engines into...

Feb 24th

At work - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Feb 20th

via pid.se

Feb 20th

Hexillion

Trading was stopped in November after the central bank accused some traders of using fraudulent...

Feb 19th

Howie

The contestant is in Dallas on November 22, 1963, and is asked to take a free ride in a convertible....

Feb 19th

Roomba-mania

What do I do if my Roomba starts drawing pentagrams in the carpet, vomiting, and climbing up the...

Feb 19th

How did these thugs get 15 seats?

Yisrael Beiteinu, which won 15 seats in last week’s ballot, has angered Israel’s Arab...

Feb 19th

Mooched from Christa.  Thanks. The Daily What

Feb 19th

Parking Garage Mammoth

The first and largest of those containers has already yielded more than 700 measured specimens, said...

Feb 19th

Bye CO2

Powered only by natural sunlight, an array of nanotubes is able to convert a mixture of carbon...

Feb 19th

Abstruse Goose » Dear Higgs Boson

Feb 19th

Capitol Covering the Full Moon (via Sara @ Three Storey...

Feb 18th

Web Users Make Their Own ‘Obamicons’ - The Lede Blog -...

Feb 17th

“You can read magazines, newspapers, pictures, computer...”
— The Future of Reading - In Web...

Feb 17th

Recovery.gov: IT'S ALIVE!

Feb 17th

“And Jaf over there. Yes, I’m looking at you, friend....”
— McSweeney’s Internet...

Feb 17th

HILARIOUS. Abraham Lincoln’s PowerPoint of the...

Feb 17th

Centennial bridge……..again (via illflux)

Feb 17th

“Guys who’ve been dumped worry that they’ll have...”
— Congrats, Carin. The Pain Of...

Feb 17th

“Joins the Ice Capades Darwin is hired for small part in a...”
— McSweeney’s Internet...

Feb 15th

“For our main course, I’ve cooked my famous shrimp...”
— McSweeney’s Internet...

Feb 15th

“Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American...”
— U.S. Military Will Offer Path...

Feb 15th

“Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning the brand name that has...”
— WHAT A BUNCH OF DOUCHEBAGS! ...

Feb 14th

Dell WASABI PZ310 Photo Printer Details

Feb 13th

“High speed rail capital assistance $8,000,000,000”
— The Stimulus Plan: A Detailed...

Feb 13th

The Stimulus Plan: A Detailed List of...

Feb 13th

“My favorite and most revelatory Lincoln book of recent...”
— Knox in the News » The...

Feb 13th

“They’re no Strunk and White, but Dom Sagolla and Adam...”
— The Anatomy of a Tweet:...

Feb 13th

“The largest utility in California, squeezed by rising demand...”
— Utility Looks to Mojave Desert...

Feb 12th

“That calls for the state to enter into a compact with other...”
— Iowa bill would bypass...

Feb 12th

“PREACH, Kevin T., 21, Lance Cpl., Marines; Bridgewater,...”
— Names of the Dead - List -...

Feb 12th

Watch

This is so fun to watch! Panama Canal Timelapse (via radiofreebc)

Feb 11th

This is why you’re fat.

Feb 11th

This is why you’re fat.

Feb 11th

That’s Dick Cheney in high school.  Click the link for...

Feb 11th

“The company e-mails obtained by the House panel showed that...”
— Peanut firm boss urged...

Feb 11th

“Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a...”
— Democracy Now! | Headlines for...

Feb 11th

“Iraq: DORSEY, James M., 23, Specialist, Army; Beardstown,...”
— Names of the Dead - List -...

Feb 11th

Iowa cornfield scene (via nerksa_nayr52)

Feb 11th

White-breasted nuthatch (via nerksa_nayr52)

Feb 11th

We have quite a few problems here on the homefront. The...

Feb 11th

Students Build Lincoln Shrine - Knox College News

Feb 11th

Beauty of Nowhere (via abiteofsanity)

Feb 10th

“No. 10  St. Louis, Mo. The Gateway City scored in...”
— Way to go, STL.  10th most...

Feb 10th

Stephen’s Lighthouse: Communication in 1901

Feb 10th

Truthdig - Cartoons - Charles Darwin on the Origin Of...

Feb 10th

“Mr. Khatami, who has a broad base of support, would pose a...”
— Ex-Leader of Iran Announces...

Feb 10th

Dogs Waiting for Their Humans

Feb 10th

“Our vision is every book, ever printed, in any language ,...”
— Amazon.com’s New Kindle Is...

Feb 10th

Bushfires in Victoria, Australia - The Big Picture -...

Feb 9th

“It’s time for Mr. Obama to go on the offensive. Above all,...”
— Op-Ed Columnist - On the Edge...

Feb 6th

“In an attempt to get a handle on how the “25 Random...”
— What are the origins of...

Feb 6th

“FERNANDEZ, Darrell L., 25, Specialist, Army; Truth or...”
— Names of the Dead - List -...

Feb 6th

“Authorities in northern Cyprus believe they have found an...”
— “Ancient” Syriac...

Feb 6th

TopatoCo: Oh No Pigeons T-Shirt

Feb 5th

“Obama might bring a laptop into the Oval Office, as Bill...”
— Will President Obama have a...

Feb 5th

Yay Obama! Humanists!

We know too that whatever our differences, there is one law that binds all great religions together....

Feb 5th

“After receiving the device intended to alert him when his...”
— Dad Tests Limits Of Cheesecake...

Feb 5th

Photo

Feb 5th

LOST’s Head Librarian Gregg Nations Talks...

Feb 5th

<LOST SPOILER> Canton-Rainier = REINCARNATION via...

Feb 5th

I think I’m having the tuna salad for lunch. Yeah, I...

Feb 5th

Focus on the background. Missbehave » Blog...

Feb 4th

Map: Show Me the TARP Money - ProPublica

Feb 4th

“In a situation like that, the first thing you try and do is...”
— United Airlines Pilot Al...

Feb 4th

“Homework, Sleep, Work, Homework, Sleep, Work, Class, Sleep,...”
— Weekend in Western Illinois

Feb 4th

Albert Korein, Collections Clerk “That was the only...

Feb 4th

“We’ve vastly improved the look and feel and...”
— Goodreads | New Facebook and...

Feb 4th

“Each year we look at homicide statistics to see how many...”
— D.M. reports more killings,...

Feb 4th

“Interfax and RIA-Novosti quoted Kurmanbek Bakiyev as making...”
— Kyrgyzstan Said to Deny Base...

Feb 3rd

The Hamburloin from The Chatterbox Cafe in Audubon, Iowa...

Feb 3rd

“Along with every other single girl in Brooklyn. It turns out...”
— Speed-Dating With Morrissey...

Feb 3rd

Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on...

Feb 3rd

St. Louis Post Dispatch & STLtoday.com newspaper photos...

Feb 3rd

“Worst Packaged Food in America: Marie Callender’s...”
— Health: Avoid These 20 Worst...

Feb 3rd