Monday, February 28, 2011

Philip K. Howard believes America's current political system .. things that aren't relevant. [Daily Show Books 2011] http://dld.bz/P6wd
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Eduardo Porter: The price of garbage provides a guide to civilization. [#Price of Everything] @FT @BW @WSJ Nonfiction http://dld.bz/K7ZA
David Hoffman: There is a powerful link between a weak state, corruption and authoritarianism. Russia [The Oligarchs] http://dld.bz/Jxnk
AutismOne has become more extreme as more n more evidence disproves their claims http://dld.bz/FjCQ panicvirus mnookin autism vaccines
"Decent students with blemishes on their records are bypassed for surer hires." [Not Quite Adults] Parenting Books http://dld.bz/HCAE
@RBReich: The long-term issue for the American economy is not jobs, it's wages. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP @planetmoney
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter "As if by osmosis she had learned the names .. of every @Disney Princess." http://dld.bz/MYhU
Poser: My.. Yoga Poses: "We, the mothers of North Seattle, were consumed with trying to do everything right." Books http://dld.bz/Pssq
Devra Davis: "San Francisco passed an ordinance that requires cellphone retailers to post SARs." Cancer Phones Books http://dld.bz/PtjN
Eric Kandel: "The brain is a complex biological organ of great computational .." [Charlie Rose Books] Mind http://dld.bz/PCZC
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
The U.S. economy won't improve until this concentration of wealth amongst the richest Americans is addressed http://dld.bz/JjaP @RBReich @BW
Guarding against cancer risks of cell phones: http://ping.fm/85X8v
Cosmology, the study of the origin and evolution of the universe, is different. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb
Breakfast cereals provide d bulk of General Mills’ profits, and is almost wholly synthetic and processed. @MichaelPollan http://dld.bz/HfH5
Morozov: The Net Delusion: "a dangerous illusion by suggesting the world can @Google its way to freedom" Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
In "The Mind's Eye," Oliver Sacks looks at how blind people use other senses. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Compassion impels us to honor the inviolable sanctity of every single person. [Karen Armstrong: A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
I used the phrase in a Pentagon press conference one day, and that's when.. [Donald Rumsfeld] @pentagonchannel http://dld.bz/K9cd
Stephen Baker: "A Jeopardy computer would fail, embarrassing @IBM and the team." [Final Jeopardy] Books http://dld.bz/NrxD
As a child of parents who immigrated to America, Anand Giridharadas explains why he.. [Daily Show Authors] India Books http://dld.bz/PwcN
Edward Glaeser: "When you count the carbon emissions associated with high-density living, it’s..." [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
Students whose classes reflect high expectations grew more than other students. [Academically Adrift] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/NBqm
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
"You might say the science of eternal youth was looking and feeling its age." [Jonathan Weiner, Long for this World] http://dld.bz/KfRt
If you're looking for a wine fridge, look for a solid door. They're more expensive, but they're worth it. http://dld.bz/FCNB
"As consolation for not becoming a martyr, Binalshibh took control of the #9/11 attack from Germany." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
Stephen Baker: "... named after its flesh-and-blood ancestor, @IBM's founder, Thomas J. Watson." [Final Jeopardy] http://dld.bz/NrxD
Michio Kaku: ".. DNA computers, protein computers, all sorts of.." [#Physics of the Future] Science Books http://dld.bz/PQ9C
From Confucius to @Oprah, people have preached compassion for centuries [Karen Armstrong: A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Mike Huckabee: "We are a better country than to punish children for what their parents did." [A Simple Government] Books http://dld.bz/PBaT
Edward Glaeser: "#Cities attract talent and sharpen it through competition..." [Triumph of the City] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
David Hoffman: ... the USSR's shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983. [The Dead Hand] @KremlinRussia http://dld.bz/HXRf
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "Be sure to wear lots of underwear, so if you get rape it’ll take them longer.." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
"I couldn't stand people," we hear Cobain say, as he attempts to explain why drugs offered him so much .. [#Godspeed] http://dld.bz/Pmqz
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Dark energy effectively contributes 75% of the current energy density of the universe. http://dld.bz/HDrF cosmology @SciFri @WiredScience
Books: Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP @TheEconomist @planetmoney @BW
Geoff Nunberg is the author of the book, “The Way We Talk Now.” [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB Tucson Shootings @SarahPalinUSA
Because d Soviets feared an American nuclear strike they developed an automatic system to launch their missiles. @NPR http://dld.bz/HXRf
V. S. Ramachandran uses real mirrors to change the brain and relieve pain in "The Tell-Tale Brain." Science Read more: http://dld.bz/Nh9v
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Eduardo Porter: The price we put on things says a lot about who we are. [Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books @NPR http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Friedman: "Each fully understood the uses of power, lying and violating the Constitution .." [The Next Decade] Books http://dld.bz/NsTe
Poor people are the most ignorant about economic policies. But it's these people that are affected the most, by these. http://dld.bz/JjaP
Apolo Ohno trains like a boxer with a warrior's mentality, but he's still wearing tights .. [#Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Barack Obama: "Why didn't my father return?" [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
".. in the past decade, d Las Vegas police have rescued 1,518 juveniles forced into prostitution.." [Somebody's Daughter] http://dld.bz/KfRt

Sunday, February 27, 2011

“The whiter the bread, the sooner you’re dead.” [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 interesting books obesity
Workers learned that the Powerful in the country did not care much for labor unions. [.. Power in a Union] Books http://dld.bz/PD7q
Greene thinks the key to understanding these multiverses comes from string theory. [The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb science books
Steven Solomon: ".. the hydraulic arts of controlling water from large rivers for mass-scale irrigation.." [Water] Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
But he confesses to "a few ill-chosen words" at a subsequent press briefing-a time, says Rumsfeld, when he was under.. http://dld.bz/K9cd
S. Solomon: "Through the centuries, societies have struggled politically to control the world's water wealth." [#Water] http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Pre-1990s, "it was always thought that the only place where MRSA was successful in attacking people was in hospitals." http://dld.bz/JgwB
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "..hilarious, adorable, endearing antics of their Asian immigrant parents.." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
"The study of longevity is now in an almost feverish state." [Jonathan Weiner, Long for this World] Immortality Death http://dld.bz/KfRt
1955: 2 traders cornered the futures market, drove down prices in order to profit from a short positions that they held. http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter "God knows, I was a @Disney kid." Books Nonfiction Feminism @NPR @NYT http://dld.bz/MYhU
Maryn McKenna: MRSA kills almost 19,000 Americans annually [Superbug] Nonfiction Books Medicine Health http://dld.bz/JgwB
General Mills, with its Fiber stickers and such, would rather you think of their processed foods as “#food systems.” http://dld.bz/HfH5
Brian Greene says math is the gateway to reality and calls Stephen a bag of particles g.. [Stephen Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Eduardo Porter: The price of garbage provides a guide to civilization. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K7ZA
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Feminists believe that Friedan was more influential and radical than it actually was. [A Strange Stirring] Books http://dld.bz/PvtE
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: ".. spent our childhood years in the bubble of the Asian suburbia.." [My Mom is a Fob] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Students whose classes reflect high expectations grew more than other students. [Academically Adrift] Schools http://dld.bz/NBqm
Naomi Klein: "Once a crisis has struck, capitalists imposed rapid and irreversible change .." [The Shock Doctrine] Books http://dld.bz/PsPb
Gideon Rachman: "a faith in democracy – expressed most famously by Francis Fukuyama’s essay." [Zero-Sum Future] @WSJ @NPR http://dld.bz/KkVU
Dederer: Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses: "#Meat had become a problem." Parenting Organic Seattle Portland Books http://dld.bz/Pssq
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Nancy Marie Brown: This Pope wrote a book on d astrolabe, an astronomical instrument.. [#Abacus and the Cross] @Science http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Living at home is a way for young people to retain stability at a critical life-stage. [Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE parenting
"The adrenaline rush is continual," @STurkle says of wired lives. @dannysullivan @Chad_Hurley @karaswisher @Caterina http://dld.bz/JJWm
"Hell, I know niggers a hundred years old look younger than those idjits out there." [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] http://dld.bz/N9PV
"This is not an e-mail killer," Mr. Zuckerberg said, adding: "We don't expect anyone to wake up tomorrow and say they..." http://dld.bz/KyK3
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [The American government was just a @Facebook request away as well..] Politics Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
45% of students "did not establish any significant improvement in learning" during college. [Academically Adrift] http://dld.bz/NBqm
.. the economic efficiency and the morality of wasting food.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K9QG
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
We believe d Galaxy Tab has been an unexpected success considering it runs a version of Android not optimized for tablets http://dld.bz/F8yq
George Friedman: ".. the Internet, began as a U.S. military project in the 1960s." [The Next Decade] Important Books http://dld.bz/NsTe
George Friedman: "With few countries working on breakthrough technologies, this innovation will not..." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsT
George Friedman: ".. Machiavellian Presidency... three examples: Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Reagan.." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
However, while the abundance of dark energy seems on an ever-firmer footing, its nature remains a mystery. @SciFri @NASA http://dld.bz/HDrF
Susan Casey talks about the scientists and surfers who study and explore huge waves. [Daily Show Books 2011] http://dld.bz/P6wd
Davis: ".. found that rats exposed to radiofrequency radiation had damaged brain DNA." [Disconnect] Cancer Phones http://dld.bz/PtjN
Devra Davis: "Invisible radiation from cell phones can alter living cells." [#Disconnect] Cancer Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/PtjN
The essence of "clean your plate" remains meaningful: value food. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] http://dld.bz/K9QG
Sherry Turkle doesn't want to get rid of technology, but she thinks it's time to put it.. [Stephen Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
If you push the math far enough, you can’t avoid the multiverse. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmos books
Stephen Baker: "They decided, a humanoid Watson might frighten people." [Final Jeopardy] @IBM Nonfiction Books AI http://dld.bz/NrxD
Liaquat Ahamed: the Gold Standard was the economic totem of the age. [#Pulitzer Prize History Books] http://dld.bz/HXRm @TheEconomist
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
@BarackObama: "When a seat in the legislature opened up, friends persuaded me to run." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY

Saturday, February 26, 2011

"Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness. People will work harder." @GOP http://dld.bz/JjaP
Continued acceleration would lead to an ever less dense and colder universe. [dark energy] http://dld.bz/HDrF @GuardianScience cosmos @BBC
Barack Obama, "For the past eight years, whatever the military asked for, they got." @BarackObama @WhiteHouse http://dld.bz/KfxP
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Brian Greene: "If the cosmos is infinitely large, it is home to infinitely many parallel worlds." [The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb
Food producers and distributors are marketing to every conceivable demographic, most especially kids. [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Jonathan Alter: "#Obama did more than drive a deliberative process on Afghanistan." [The Promise] Politics Books http://dld.bz/P6DR
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Bratz dolls were "aimed to catch girls just as they aged out..." Books http://dld.bz/MYhU
shopping for a fridge for my mom, for all of her bottles of wine. that wino. http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
The new device allows up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices to tether to the phone http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
Abu Ghraib and its follow-on effects, including the continued drum-beat of torture. [Donald Rumsfeld: Known and Unknown] http://dld.bz/K9cd
Stephen Colbert announces a recall of "I Eat America (And So Can You!)" due to a production error beyond his control. http://dld.bz/NJXt
"... nervous bout a couple a colored mens hanging round her house." [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
Sherry Turkle: people are closer now to their technologies than they are to each other. [Alone Together] software @NPR http://dld.bz/JJWm
"It's surprising how unformed young people's plans about college really are." [Not Quite Adults] Parenting Books http://dld.bz/HCAE
Edward Glaeser: "There’s nothing intrinsically bad about cities for schooling." [Triumph of the City] Cities Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Gideon Rachman: .. win-win logic that allowed the major powers to .. replaced by a zero-sum logic.. [#Zero-Sum Future] http://dld.bz/KkVU
Eric Kandel: ".. to understand the biological nature of memory, consciousness.." [Charlie Rose Books] Brain Mind http://dld.bz/PCZC
45% of students "did not establish any significant improvement in learning" during college. [Academically Adrift] http://dld.bz/NBqm
George Friedman: "Each Machiavellian President possessed a deep moral core." [The Next Decade] Politics Books Power http://dld.bz/NsTe
Armstrong promotes the wisdom of uncertainty. @NPR @BBC [12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM global peace compassion
Devra Davis: "Invisible radiation from cell phones can alter living cells." [#Disconnect] Cancer Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/PtjN
For 200 years we've known about phantom limbs, and yet nobody asked a phantom... [VS Ramachandran: The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Peter H. Gleick: "Incanto in San Francisco switched to serving only tap water in reusable carafes.." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: ".. spent our childhood years in the bubble of the Asian suburbia.." [My Mom is a Fob] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
Philip Dray: ".. labor unions stood up to the powerful.." [There is Power in a Union] Books http://dld.bz/PD7q
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: @Twitter will not save you... Iran Egypt Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Eduardo Porter: Pollution is cheapest in poor countries. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Stephanie Coontz: "#Friedan sometimes used dramatic formulations." Feminism [A Strange Stirring] Books http://dld.bz/PvtE
Mark Zuckerberg, "Earlier this year, we said we expected to be cash flow positive sometime in 2010, and I'm pleased to.." http://dld.bz/KyK3
Kurt Cobain: No journalist has the right to ask me about my private life. It's nothing special. There's .. ["Godspeed"] http://dld.bz/Pmqz
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Fresh Air is produced in Philadelphia, WHYY Radio. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB @NPR @NYT Interesting Books
Voters in Davao and GenSan tend to share their political views on the web. @ANCAlerts @Manila_Bulletin @Magic899 http://dld.bz/JpRu
Armstrong is the author of 22 books. [12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM Compassion Peace Religion
“The Dead Hand” is a well-documented narrative abt the terrifying doomsday competition between two superpowers. http://dld.bz/HXRm Pulitzer
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: So, Gladwell says, "Coaches start streaming the best hockey players into elite programs.." http://dld.bz/MVcG
We believe d Galaxy Tab has been an unexpected success considering it runs a version of Android not optimized for tablets http://dld.bz/F8yq
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Eduardo Porter: .. World Bank "believed poor countries were dumps." [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction @EarthInstitute http://dld.bz/K7ZA
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
When buying a wine fridge: the best units have an aluminum interior http://dld.bz/FCNB
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "..community of Asian-American kids who know exactly what it's like to be on.." [My Mom is a Fob] http://dld.bz/NjvW
Robert Reich: "This is a jobs emergency and if I were @BarackObama tonight, I'd talk abt nothing bt this jobs emergency." http://dld.bz/JjaP
.. who has kept a low profile since resigning in 2006, uses the book to renew his long-running feud.. [Donald Rumsfeld] http://dld.bz/K9cd
Barack Obama: "Gramps insists that the family left Texas because of the racism." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Nancy Marie Brown: Trade and scientific exchanges flourished. [The Abacus and the Cross] Christianity Science @Vatican http://dld.bz/Ktxg
@TeamTeddyCasino voters and supporters coordinate online and via text at a factor of about 93%. Philippines Politics http://dld.bz/JpRu

Friday, February 25, 2011

V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
McGee joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross to offer advice for harried home cooks. [@NPRFreshAir Books] @LATimesFood @OpenTable http://dld.bz/JgwB
More than 55% of the voting population in San Juan vote based on what they read online. [#Campaigns on the Internet] http://dld.bz/JpRu
"The quest to find Methuselah mutants has led to a whole bestiary of genes and..." [Jonathan Weiner, Long for this World] http://dld.bz/KfRt
Sprint sent over the HTC EVO Shift 4G smartphone, basically a budget version of the EVO 4G http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
popped a few bottles in the fridge. should be good later ;) http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
J. Weiner: "What a shame to see science give space to empty fantasies of immortality." [Long for.. World] @aubreydegrey http://dld.bz/KfRt
In the context of dark energy, the cosmological constant is a reservoir which stores energy. http://dld.bz/HDrF @NASA @NSF @NYTimesScience
Gideon Rachman: The rise of Asia is increasingly associated with job losses for ordinary Americans.. [Zero-Sum Future] http://dld.bz/KkVU
Edward Glaeser says cities play to mankind's ability to learn from each other face to face. [Daily Show Authors] Books http://dld.bz/PwcN
"Students whose classes reflect high expectations learned more." [Academically Adrift] College http://dld.bz/NBqm
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
George Friedman: "The jihadist war has driven developments in unmanned surveillance and attack crafts." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
S. Solomon: "Through the centuries, societies have struggled politically to control the world's water wealth." [#Water] http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Peter H. Gleick: "... about the taste of water and the profit opportunities in offering expensive..." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Kurt Cobain: Buckinghamshire is where I want to go. I read Country Life magazine every week. I'm fed up .. ["Godspeed"] http://dld.bz/Pmqz
Mark Zuckerberg, "Earlier this year, we said we expected to be cash flow positive sometime in 2010, and I'm pleased to.." http://dld.bz/KyK3
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
S Fallon: There is an army of women waiting for their men to return in Fort Hood, Texas. [You Know When the Men Are Gone] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [..huge mobilization efforts on @Twitter @Facebook by Moldova's angry youth..] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Julian Sher: Somebody's Daughter: thousands of child prostitutes in America. Human trafficking at astronomical scales... http://dld.bz/KfRt
"The fact is," wrote Kurt Cobain shortly before eating the muzzle of a shotgun, "I can't fool you .." [#Godspeed] http://dld.bz/Pmqz
Stephen Baker: "So what does this say about the humans preparing to wage cognitive war w/ Watson?" @IBM [Final Jeopardy] http://dld.bz/NrxD
The U.S. economy depends on poor people's savings to keep it from falling apart. @Bloomberg [The New Empire of Debt] http://dld.bz/JjaP
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [.. protesters have to leave it to post updates to @Twitter via GPRS..] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Devra Davis: "... 5 billion cell phones on this planet." [#Disconnect] Cancer Radiation Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/PtjN
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
The Federal deficits are closing down welfare programs for the particularly vulnerable, at the worst possible time: http://dld.bz/JjaP
Eduardo Porter: .. the poor choose among their options the same way the rich do. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction @BW http://dld.bz/K7ZA
David Hoffman is a Pulitzer Prize winner and was @WASHINGTONPOST's Moscow bureau chief from 1995 to 2001. http://dld.bz/HXRm Books
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter "@Disney had never marketed its characters separately from a film's release." http://dld.bz/MYhU
Super easy drinks to mix up http://dld.bz/H9GV
Edward Glaeser: "... Trinity Church was the tallest building in New York City until 1890." [Triumph of the City] Cities http://dld.bz/NqHC
Anand Giridharadas: ".. I had visited Bombay and Delhi on a vacation from college." [#India Calling] Memoirs Books http://dld.bz/P3zA
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
"Fortunately, nothing was ever fully consummated, so to speak..." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Abuse @NPR Books http://dld.bz/NAtT
Mark Zuckerberg, "I could have never imagined all of the ways people would use @Facebook, 6 years ago." @CNBC @NYT @BW http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Jonathan Weiner: They think the conquest of aging is a reasonable goal. [Long for This World] @aubreydegrey @ilparone http://dld.bz/KfRt
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities learn less." [Academically Adrift] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NBqm
Gideon Rachman: combine the rise of Asia with troubled situations in the West and you have.. [Zero-Sum Future] @FT Books http://dld.bz/KkVU
Continued acceleration would lead to an ever less dense and colder universe. [dark energy] http://dld.bz/HDrF @GuardianScience cosmos @BBC
The essence of "clean your plate" remains meaningful: value food. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] @LAWeeklyFood http://dld.bz/K9QG
I don't know if I care about what I leave behind. Not about my @Facebook account, not about anything. http://dld.bz/Fshp digitalafter
You should care about the greater cosmos and its nature. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb cosmology nonfiction books
What we call the stream of consciousness may depend upon mortality in ways that we can hardly glimpse. [Jonathan Weiner] http://dld.bz/KfRt
I tested this latest version out on my Sprint HTC EVO 4G http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
... these selections imply that we shouldn't squander our food.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] @Paula_Deen http://dld.bz/K9QG
Nancy Marie Brown: .. for God had created the world according to number, measure, and weight.. [The Abacus and the Cross] http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Harold McGee's book details the science behind cooking techniques. @NYTFood @LATimesFood @CookingChannel http://dld.bz/JgwB
Anand Giridharadas: "They stil loved India, but they never looked back." [#India Calling] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/P3zA

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Edward Glaeser, a @Harvard professor of economics, has spent several decades investigating the... [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/Nq49
The author of “O” (Presidential Novel) clearly has an intimate feel 4 what it is and was like 2 campaign w/ @BarackObama http://dld.bz/HsmE
".. no going back to a world where we can assume that marriage is the main institution .." [A Strange Stirring] Books http://dld.bz/PvtE
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter ".. the dress Taralyn would wear in the pageant, a two-piece off-the-.." http://dld.bz/MYhU
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities don't learn as much." [Academically Adrift] Education http://dld.bz/NBqm
Nunberg: @SarahPalinUSA was right. It was irresponsible 4 ppl 2 say she had anything 2 do w/ d Tucson shootings. @NPR http://dld.bz/JgwB
Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together" ... third in a trilogy that explores the relationship between humans and technology. http://dld.bz/JJWm
Artisanal food organizations must not try to replace skilled labor with capital. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Glaeser explains how Def Jam Records illustrates the way cities spur artistic innovation. [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
Maryn McKenna: MRSA can cause very large abscesses — collections of pus inside muscles. @RealTracyMorgan @EA [Superbug] http://dld.bz/JgwB
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
Gideon Rachman: "a faith in democracy – expressed most famously by Francis Fukuyama’s essay." [Zero-Sum Future] @WSJ @NPR http://dld.bz/KkVU
Stephen Baker: "A Jeopardy computer would fail, embarrassing the company and the team." [Final Jeopardy] Books http://dld.bz/NrxD
Refuse under any circumstance whatsoever to inflict your own pains on anyone else. [Karen Armstrong] http://dld.bz/HtCM compassion life
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
.. there's something to associating unfinished food with hunger, morally.. [#American Wasteland] @RoOnDemand http://dld.bz/K9QG
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
Friedman: "From nuclear power to the internet, the State is much better at investing in innovation." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: .. the action was dubbed the @Twitter Revolution.. Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
"The opportunity came as a result of my election as the first African-American president of the @Harvard Law Review." http://dld.bz/N3KY
David Hoffman: Dick Cheney predicted in a televised appearance that Gorbachev would "ultimately fail." [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
The job loss is much worse during this recession. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP Unemployment @nytimesbusiness @planetmoney
Geoffrey Nunberg may have the best ear in America for listening to how the English language is changing. @NPRFreshAir http://dld.bz/JgwB
Rumsfeld fires back that the secretary of State had once been "the most senior military officer in our country" and n.. http://dld.bz/K9cd
Jonathan Weiner: Benjamin Franklin wrote of his deep wish and desire to live forever. [Long ... World] Science Life http://dld.bz/KfRt
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [.. the role the Internet played in the Jasmine Revolution.. ] Politics Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Liaquat Ahamed wrote about a moment not unlike the one we’re living through now. [Pulitzer Prize History Books] http://dld.bz/HXRm @FT @BW
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: "It's not enough to ask what successful people are like." Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
Eduardo Porter: .. the poor choose among their options the same way the rich do. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction @BW http://dld.bz/K7ZA
The job loss is much worse during this recession. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP Unemployment @nytimesbusiness @planetmoney
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all ethnic traditions. [Karen Armstrong: A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM pain
Maryn McKenna: MRSA kills almost 19,000 Americans every year [Superbug] Nonfiction Books Medicine Health http://dld.bz/JgwB
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Continued acceleration would lead to an ever less dense and colder universe. [dark energy] http://dld.bz/HDrF @GuardianScience cosmos @BBC
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [Policymakers should not pay much attention to @Facebook-based activism..] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Peter H. Gleick: "#Public water is increasingly pushed out in favor of private control and profit." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
The job loss is much worse during this recession. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP Unemployment @nytimesbusiness @planetmoney
"We might live forever in a state of unending boredom. And the technology might benefit the wrong people." Immortality http://dld.bz/KfRt
Armstrong leans on the wisdom of disparate faiths and belief systems. [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Steven Solomon: ".. the hydraulic arts of controlling water from large rivers for mass-scale irrigation.." [Water] Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Mark Zuckerberg, "We're the sixth most trafficked site and we can't seem to get our act together." @Facebook @CNBC @NPR http://dld.bz/Jxnk
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
"This is the mecca for child prostitution," says Sergeant Detective Shannon. "They all come here." [Somebody's Daughter] http://dld.bz/KfRt
The job loss is much worse during this recession. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP Unemployment @nytimesbusiness @planetmoney
"The trouble with immortality is endless. The thought of it brings us into contact with problems of time itself." Death http://dld.bz/KfRt
V. S. Ramachandran has written several books about unlocking the mysteries of the human brain. [The Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
.. food tossed in fear of being past inscrutable "best by" dates.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Books http://dld.bz/K9QG

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Food sellers and producers should rely on solar energy instead of fossil fuels. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Edgardo J. Angara supporters rallied via text and the Internet at a factor of roughly 75% during the last election. http://dld.bz/JpRu
The Net Delusion: "... election protesters in Iran were able to tweet, blog and record the violence they saw..." Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
"Always keep it moving. Never sit for too long. Always move." It was a rule that Maria would soon ignore at her peril. http://dld.bz/KfRt
Economics really haven't changed any. It's all based on human "wage" slavery. See Robert Reich's Aftershock @WSJ @BW http://dld.bz/JjaP
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: @BillGates was born on Oct 28, 1955. Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities don't learn as much." [Academically Adrift] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/NBqm
Barack Obama: [#War is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general or a president] @WhiteHouse @NPR http://dld.bz/KfxP
Rosie the chicken supposedly lived on a farm in Petaluma, but was more like an animal factory of 100,000s chickens. http://dld.bz/HfH5
@TysonFoods have gone to great lengths to design meals that could be microwaved by 8 year olds. [The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: ".. demonstrates her overprotective, overbearing Asian mom-ness." [My Mom is a Fob] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
Do you know anything about “artisanal economics?” [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Americans are dysfunctional eaters. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 diet food health HFCS
Friedman: "... the #U.S. devised a balance-of-power strategy to prevent the USSR from dominating." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
"I was young; I was convinced that nobody would believe me." [Scott Brown: Against All Odds] Boston Massachusetts http://dld.bz/NAtT
@MichaelPollan traces everything that you can find @WholeFoods back 2 d soils from which they came. [Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Russell Simmons: "Rappers are less gangster than their government." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: "What's your policy on the latest Disney Channel "it" girl?" Books http://dld.bz/MYhU
David Hoffman: Dick Cheney predicted in a televised appearance that Gorbachev would "ultimately fail." [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
Digital legacy experts talk about what U should do with regards to UR Facebook and Twitter accnts. http://dld.bz/Fshp digitalafter
Voters in Davao and GenSan tend to share their political views on the web. @ANCAlerts @Manila_Bulletin @Magic899 http://dld.bz/JpRu
Peter Gleick: "Local communities are challenging the production of bottled water." [Bottled and Sold] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: "... Iran's seemed like a revolution that the whole world was not just ..." Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Peter Bergen: ".. he dispatched a messenger to Afghanistan to warn Osama bin Laden about the exact.." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
In Camden, 1% of patients are responsible for 30% of Healthcare costs. @TheDemocrats @SenSherrodBrown @macon44 http://dld.bz/JgwB
@Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg described @FriendFeed as a "simple and elegant service for people to share..." http://dld.bz/KyK3
Brown: ".. pinnacle of the Christian church "on account of his incomparable scientific knowledge" -- not in spite of it." http://dld.bz/Ktxg
"As de Grey sees it, there are seven types of cellular junk, the gerontological equivalent of the seven deadly sins." http://dld.bz/KfRt
Stephen informs Bernard-Henri Levy that Americans think of public intellectualizing the.. [Stephen Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Students whose classes reflect high expectations grew more than other students. [Academically Adrift] Books http://dld.bz/NBqm
Liaquat Ahamed: the mid 19th century saw technological advances not unlike the breath of today's. [#Pulitzer Prize] http://dld.bz/HXRm @NPR
Terry Gross took over the presenter position at Fresh Air in 1975. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB Nonfiction Reading @BBC
Segueing from Grape Grower to Winemaking ~ Diamond Ridge http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
To understand all of food waste's moral implications.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K9QG
D most successful 20-somethings delay starting a family until they’ve established financial stability. [Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE
Can you love your enemy, truly? [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM compassion
I used the phrase in a Pentagon press conference one day, and that's when.. [Donald Rumsfeld] @USMA1990 @WhiteHouse http://dld.bz/K9cd
David Hoffman: some Soviet chemical warfare experts ended up selling @Snickers bars to earn a living. [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [... the imaginary @Facebook campaign against Copenhagen’s city went viral...] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
People like Jeff Brenner are saying that we can have it all—teachers and healthcare. Gawande @alfranken @nancypelosi http://dld.bz/JgwB
Jennifer Ackerman: "Family are succumbing one after another to the feverish misery of H1N1." [Ah-Choo!] @CBSHealth @NYT http://dld.bz/JgwB
Sherry Turkle: we seem content with treating each other as things. [Alone Together] Technology Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/JJWm
Come February 7th in New York, @Sprint is unveiling something http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
Russell Simmons: "... the book is not about me being enlightened, but about having faith in all the..." [Super Rich] http://dld.bz/NjvW
@GOP believes that the economic answer is to make ppl experience joblessness long enough to accept lower wages. @WSJ http://dld.bz/JjaP
Steven Solomon: "Water has always been man's most indispensable natural resource." [Water] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Stephen Baker: "... the discussion boiled down to how human Watson should be." [Final Jeopardy] @IBM Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NrxD
Social networks, which are developed for a young person during college, are more valuable than ever before. http://dld.bz/HCAE @NPR @NYT
"Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities don't learn as much." [Academically Adrift] University http://dld.bz/NBqm
Mark Zuckerberg, "We're the sixth most trafficked site in the US and we can't seem to get our act together." @Facebook http://dld.bz/KyK3

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

In "The Tell-Tale Brain," Ramachandran describes several neurological cases that illustrate how people see.. http://dld.bz/Nh9v
We know how much dark energy there is because we know how it affects the Universe's expansion. http://dld.bz/HDrF @SciFri @NYTimesScience
Tim Wu, The Master Switch: a constitutional approach would enforce distance b/n the major functions on the Internet http://dld.bz/JJWm
Eduardo Porter: The price of garbage provides a guide to civilization. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Eduardo Porter: The price of garbage provides a guide to civilization. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Glaeser’s essential contention is that “cities magnify humanity’s strengths.” [Triumph of the City] Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
Steven Solomon: "Every era has been shaped by its response to the great water challenge of its time." [Water] Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
After reading A History of God, readers often wonder where the author’s own religious convictions lay. [Karen Armstrong] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: "... growing up, FOB was never used as a derogatory term." [My Mom is a Fob] Asian Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
"Reforming the tax code" merely means that the @GOP will further their agenda of cutting taxes for the wealthiest 2%. http://dld.bz/JjaP
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: "Bratz dolls were released in 2001, by a small, privately owned..." Books http://dld.bz/MYhU
The original EVO 4G features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
Barack Obama, "For the past eight years, whatever the military asked for, they got." @BarackObama @WhiteHouse http://dld.bz/KfxP
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: Take a look at the following list of numbers: 4,8,5,3,9,7,6. .. Nonfiction Books @NYT @NPR http://dld.bz/MVcG
William A. Galston's directions on how to lower unemployment: "#Economics in America." http://dld.bz/JjaP Jobs @planetmoney @EconDebates
FACT: Colds send patients to the doctor's office more than 100 million times a year. [@NPRFreshAir Books] @WebMD http://dld.bz/JgwB
Gideon Rachman: "a faith in democracy – expressed most famously by Francis Fukuyama’s essay." [Zero-Sum Future] @WSJ @NPR http://dld.bz/KkVU
Peter H. Gleick: "Why do we buy so much bottled water?" [Bottled and Sold] Good Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nt5S
"In the Mississippi History room, I search for anything remotely resembling race relations." [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] http://dld.bz/N9PV
"... if he come home and find a colored woman up in his kitchen?" [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Race Blacks http://dld.bz/N9PV
Food Marketers get us to change how we eat, which undermines d social structures that steady our eating. @MichaelPollan http://dld.bz/HfH5
Gideon Rachman, ".. third key belief was in d transforming power of technology." [Zero-Sum Future] Interesting Books http://dld.bz/KkVU
Barack Obama: "A few months ago, I won the Democratic nomination for a seat..." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: ... @Twitter to be "the critical tool for organizing the resistance in Iran"... Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
.. vignettes about all manner of transactions.. [Eduardo Porter: Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books @NYT @NPR http://dld.bz/K7ZA
.. we have trained ourselves to regard food as a symbol of American plenty. [American Wasteland] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K9QG
"As consolation for not becoming a martyr, Binalshibh took control of the #9/11 attack from Germany." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
At a time when our nation needed it, @BarackObama delivered moving, presidential.. [Donald Rumsfeld] @BlueStarFamily http://dld.bz/K9cd
@McDonalds, there’s high fructose corn syrup in the bun of the cheeseburger. [Michael Pollan Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 obesity
Mark Zuckerberg, "We're the sixth most trafficked site and we can't seem to get our act together." @Facebook @CNBC @NPR http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Barack Obama: "It wasn't until my family moved to Texas that questions of race began to intrude." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Had modern observations resurrected the cosmological constant? [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb physics math
The modified cornstarch that binds pulverized meat in a McNugget is made of corn [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5 @McDonalds books
Obama: Gramps was told, "Talk to your daughter! White girls don't play with coloreds in this town!" [Dreams... My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Mark Zuckerberg, "People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds but ..." http://dld.bz/KyK3
..how ingrained avoiding waste used to be, how squandering food was just not done. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] http://dld.bz/K9QG
The U.S. will default on its financial obligations. It's not a matter of if, but when. [#Economics in America] http://dld.bz/JjaP @WSJ
Liaquat Ahamed wrote about a moment not unlike the one we’re living through now. [#Pulitzer Prize History] http://dld.bz/HXRm @TheEconomist
Jonathan Weiner: .. would require a breakthrough in thr science.. [Long for This World] Immortality Longevity Health http://dld.bz/KfRt
Edward Glaeser: "#Cities allow for social and economic mobility..." [Triumph of the City] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
The “government’s only proper role,” Wu writes, “is as a check on private power, never as an aid to it.” [Master Switch] http://dld.bz/JJWm
Emily Lambert: The Futures: In order to stay solvent, @CMEGroup began trading in pork bellies. @CNBC @NYTimesBusiness http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Students whose classes reflect high expectations grew more than other students. [Academically Adrift] @NPR http://dld.bz/NBqm
“The whiter the bread, the sooner you’re dead.” [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 interesting books obesity
Despair is a dangerous thing, because once people lose hope, they can resort to extreme measures [Karen Armstrong] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: "... girls aged 6 - 12 enjoyed torturing, mutilating... their Barbies..." http://dld.bz/MYhU
David Hoffman: Mr. Gorbachev declined to up the ante by building a Soviet Star Wars missile system. [The Dead Hand] http://dld.bz/HXRf
"... once an arm was amputated, the area in the brain mapped to that arm was ..." {Ramachandran: The Tell-Tale Brain} http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Gideon Rachman: .. one country’s gain looks like another’s loss.. [#Zero-Sum Future] Economics Politics @TheEconomist http://dld.bz/KkVU
More than 83% of @bongbongmarcos voters coordinated via text and the Internet during the last election. Philippines http://dld.bz/JpRu

Monday, February 21, 2011

.. we have trained ourselves to regard food as a symbol of American plenty. [American Wasteland] @foodgps Books http://dld.bz/K9QG
"Why, you're a fat nigger," he calls in a strange, high voice... [Kathryn Stockett: The Help] Fiction Books http://dld.bz/N9PV
“The Dead Hand” takes its title from a Soviet doomsday machine first conceived under Brezhnev. http://dld.bz/HXRf Pulitzer Books
The discovery in 1998 that the Universe is actually speeding up its expansion was a total shock. [dark energy] http://dld.bz/HDrF @NASA @NPR
Chronic phantom pain can become so severe that patients seriously contemplate suicide. [Ramachandran: Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Eduardo Porter: The price of garbage provides a guide to civilization. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Segueing from Grape Grower to Winemaking ~ Diamond Ridge http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: "#People don't rise from nothing." Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/MVcG
Americans are dysfunctional eaters. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 diet food health HFCS
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: .. the child pageant market, a reported multi-billion-dollar industry. http://dld.bz/MYhU
[Tim Wu, The Master Switch] He advocates not a regulatory approach to the Internet but a constitutional approach. Books http://dld.bz/JJWm
The Chinese are increasingly suspicious that a wounded America is intent on thwarting their rise. [Zero-Sum Future] @WSJ http://dld.bz/KkVU
Peter Bergen: "Bin Laden even kept his spokesman in Afghanistan, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, in the dark." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
David Hoffman: Boris Berezovsky was the most ambitious among the Russian Oligarchs. @KremlinRussia_E @i_Russia @CNBC http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Barack Obama, "I will soon announce a way forward in Iraq that leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this war." http://dld.bz/KfxP
Quinnipiac students will have the opportunity to learn from a Pulitzer Prize-winner Wednesday: Isabel Wilkerson. http://dld.bz/HXRf
Geoffrey Nunberg is a consulting linguistics professor @Stanford. See: "The Way We Talk Now" @NPRFreshAir @NYT @GOP http://dld.bz/JgwB
"Bush didn't cotton to the idea," Rumsfeld writes in his yet-to-be-released memoir Known and Unknown, excerpts of which.. http://dld.bz/K9cd
Living at home is a way for young people to retain stability at a critical life-stage. [Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE parenting
Morozov: The Net Delusion: "a dangerous illusion by suggesting the world can @Facebook its way to democracy" Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Eduardo Porter: The price we put on things says a lot about who we are. [Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books @NPR http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Robert Reich believes America can't get out of the recession until the circle of prosperity.. [#Colbert Report Books] http://dld.bz/NJXt
Mark Zuckerberg, "As people share more information on services like Facebook, a new relationship is created between.." http://dld.bz/KyK3
Gideon Rachman: .. one country’s gain looks like another’s loss.. [#Zero-Sum Future] Economics Politics @TheEconomist http://dld.bz/KkVU
"The Dead Hand" is simply black, describing d horrors built by humans to destroy humankind. http://dld.bz/HXRf Pulitzer Nonfiction Books
Armstrong’s 12-step process attempts to enlarge our sympathetic capacity. [12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM peace
Measles remains deadly regardless of whether you live in the United States or in Uganda http://dld.bz/FjCQ panicvirus autism mnookin
Robert B. Reich: When the distribution of income gets too far out of whack, the economy needs to reorganize. [Aftershock] http://dld.bz/JjaP
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: ... thousands of young Iranians — smartphones in their hands — poured into... Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Peter H. Gleick: "Water fountains used to be everywhere." [Bottled and Sold] Books Water Business http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Edward Glaeser: ".. our urban schools continue to have significant problems." [Triumph of the City] Cities Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
.. the American attitude toward food has gone from a "use it up, wear it out, ma.. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] http://dld.bz/K9QG
Russell Simmons: "... operating from a calm space does not mean you're not operating..." [Super Rich] Yoga Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
“#Religion is at its best when it helps to ask questions that hold us in wonder.” [Karen Armstrong: Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Obama: "That my father looked nothing like the people around me barely registered in my mind." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
The artisanal food model can only work if it doesn’t attempt to imitate the industrial fod model. [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5
Friedman: "Each fully understood the uses of power, lying and violating the Constitution .." [The Next Decade] Books http://dld.bz/NsTe
Sherry Turkle: we seem determined to give human qualities to objects. [#Alone Together] @Facebook @Twitter @MySpace http://dld.bz/JJWm
... touching the face would activate the sensations in the hand area of the brain... [VS Ramachandran: Tell-Tale Brain] http://dld.bz/Nh9v
You can blame the nation’s obesity epidemic on @BaskinRobbins and its fatty products that involve HFCSs! @MichaelPollan http://dld.bz/HfH5
The characters on "Cougar Town" drink wine. A lot of wine. Often. http://dld.bz/FCNB wine fridge
Chauvinism or self-interest is a denial of our common humanity. [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
@Sprint @Samsung Galaxy Tab Price Drops to $299 at @BestBuy http://dld.bz/F8yq Samsung Galaxy Tab
Maryn McKenna: .. MRSA is a story of how we failed to plan for the creative survival tactics of bacteria.. [Superbug] http://dld.bz/JgwB
The U.S. economy won't improve until this concentration of wealth amongst the richest Americans is addressed http://dld.bz/JjaP @RBReich @BW
At a time when our nation needed it, Obama delivered moving presidential.. [Donald Rumsfeld] @USOSanDiego @MilitaryChild http://dld.bz/K9cd
David Hoffman: There is a powerful link between a weak state, corruption and authoritarianism. Russia [The Oligarchs] http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Social networks, which are developed for a young person during college, are more valuable than ever before. http://dld.bz/HCAE @Facebook
Social networks, which are developed for a young person during college, are more valuable than ever before. http://dld.bz/HCAE @NPR @NYT
Lymphocytes in the lymph nodes accumulate mutations, b/c DNA repair isn't perfect. [Jonathan Weiner, Long for this World] http://dld.bz/KfRt

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Morozov: The Net Delusion: "a dangerous illusion by suggesting the world can @Google its way to freedom" Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
G. Friedman: ".. the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have required few game-changing innovations." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
Emily Lambert: The Futures: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was brought to the brink of bankruptcy. @Forbes @BW @FT http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Sherry Turkle describes technology today as a corporate trap that keeps us tethered to tiny screens. [Alone Together] http://dld.bz/JJWm
Nancy Marie Brown: Islamic Spain was an extraordinarily tolerant culture. [#Abacus and the Cross] @news_va_en @DalaiLama http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: "What's your policy on the latest Disney Channel "it" girl?" Books http://dld.bz/MYhU
David Hoffman: State capitalism simply could not substitute for a real market. [The Oligarchs] Russia @HistoryChannel http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Long-time Armstrong fans may bridle at her direct instruction. [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Global government is unlikely in the twenty-first century... [The Future of American Power] @WhiteHouse @FP_Magazine http://dld.bz/KkVU
"They're d richest people on the planet, but they've come to rely on d savings of d poorest." [The New Empire of Debt] http://dld.bz/JjaP
In "The Tell-Tale Brain," Ramachandran describes several neurological cases that illustrate how people speak.. http://dld.bz/Nh9v
Living with parents is a way for 20-somethings to attain stability at a critical stage. [Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE life
Peter Bergen: "In mid-June 2001 bin Laden and his top military commander also dropped broad hints..." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
@BarackObama: ... the children were chanting: "Nigger lover!" "Dirty Yankee!" "Nigger lover!" [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [#Technology is playing an important role in facilitating these protests...] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Industrialized organic food isn’t necessarily a bad thing. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 big business
Harold McGee's best-seller "On Food and Cooking" has become a reference tool for many home chefs. [@NPRFreshAir Books] http://dld.bz/JgwB
Edward Glaeser understands the lure of big houses and lush lawns: he’s against subsidizing them. [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
Maryn McKenna: MRSA kills almost 19,000 Americans annually [Superbug] Nonfiction Books Medicine Health http://dld.bz/JgwB
@BarackObama: "When a seat in the legislature opened up, friends persuaded me to run." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
The Great American Corn Belt is in cahoots with Washington D.C. !! [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 obesity
People’s Park is the saddest blasted monument to 1960s hopes. hippies @MichaelPollan The Omnivore's Dilemma http://dld.bz/HfH5 food money
A tinkerer designed the first gentle cycle washing machine for lettuce. [Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma] http://dld.bz/HfH5 obesity
Barack Obama: "Why didn't my father return?" [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Nunberg admits that some words only exist for spelling bees and tolerates certain slang. [The Way We Talk Now] @NYT http://dld.bz/JgwB
Wherever women are for sale, the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls is never far away. [Somebody's Daughter] http://dld.bz/KfRt
Edward Glaeser: "... urban planners and preservationists seem to have a misplaced fear of heights." [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
This stuff about Einstein, dark energy, and the cosmological constant is absolutely fascinating! Read Brian Greene: http://dld.bz/H4Pb
Liaquat Ahamed wrote about a moment not unlike the one we’re living through now. [#Pulitzer Prize History] http://dld.bz/HXRm @TheEconomist
Stephen Baker: "A Jeopardy computer would fail, embarrassing the company and the team." [Final Jeopardy] Books http://dld.bz/NrxD
@BarackObama: "... the white man who had tried to purchase my father's forgiveness." [Dreams from My Father] http://dld.bz/N3KY
Teresa Wu, Serena Wu: ".. spent our childhood years in the bubble of the Asian suburbia.." [My Mom is a Fob] Books http://dld.bz/NjvW
Mark Zuckerberg, "Earlier this year, we said we expected to be cash flow positive sometime in 2010, and I'm pleased to.." http://dld.bz/KyK3
@STurkle: "We have invented inspiring and enhancing technologies, yet we have allowed them to diminish us." @firesideint http://dld.bz/JJWm
Steven Solomon: "#Rome rose to power when it gained dominance over the Mediterranean Sea." [#Water] History Books http://dld.bz/Nu4U
Peter Gleick: "All this energy to bottle water, carbonate it... was such a waste." [Bottled and Sold] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/Nt5S
"Technological singularity" reflects the idea that such change may happen suddenly... @SingularityGD @futurerobotic http://dld.bz/JJWm
D most successful 20-somethings delay starting a family until they’ve established financial stability. [Not Quite Adults] http://dld.bz/HCAE
Stephen Baker: "Now that Watson was reduced from a possible Jumbotron to a human-sized space..." [Final Jeopardy] Books http://dld.bz/NrxD
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter: ... it'd be easy for me to attack parents who tart up their daughters ... http://dld.bz/MYhU
"Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness. People will work harder." @GOP http://dld.bz/JjaP
Rumsfeld replied: "You go to war with the army you have." [Known and Unknown] @BlueStarFamily http://dld.bz/K9cd
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all spiritual traditions. [Karen Armstrong: A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Maryn McKenna: .. MRSA is a story of how we failed to plan for the creative survival tactics of bacteria.. [Superbug] http://dld.bz/JgwB
.. environmental consequences alone made it immoral to waste food. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] @chefsymon http://dld.bz/K9QG
Russell Simmons: "This place where you operate from abundance." [Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All] Consciousness http://dld.bz/NjvW
"The 19 'certificates' referred to the 19 al-Qaeda hijackers and the 4 'exams' to the 4 targets..." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
Blame this country's obesity issues on joints like @Bostonmarket. Sure, the food's cheap and fast, but.. @MichaelPollan http://dld.bz/HfH5
Aurora Farms ultra-pasteurizes its milk products so tht it can be hauled off, over super long distances. [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5
The essence of "clean your plate" remains meaningful: value food. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/K9QG

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Edward Glaeser: "#Cities attract talent and sharpen it through competition..." [Triumph of the City] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
S. Solomon: "Through the centuries, societies have struggled politically to control the world's water wealth." [#Water] http://dld.bz/Nu4U
The modified cornstarch that binds pulverized meat in a McNugget is made of corn [Michael Pollan] http://dld.bz/HfH5 @McDonalds books
Jonathan Weiner: Why should we try to conquer aging.. [Long for This World] @SynapticNulship @jason_silva @ilparone http://dld.bz/KfRt
As the power of China and India increases, how will their behavior change? [The Future of American Power] @UN @POLITICO http://dld.bz/KkVU
Peter Bergen: "... bin Laden had dispatched dozens of suicide operatives for attacks against the U.S." [The Longest War] http://dld.bz/N2zp
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: [.. in pman a grenade thrown by the police has torn apart a protester's leg..] Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
The story on offer in @WholeFoods is a pastoral narrative; farm animals live much like they do in children’s books. http://dld.bz/HfH5 food
..to keep our Earth and its inhabitants physically and morally healthy. [Jonathan Bloom: American Wasteland] Nonfiction http://dld.bz/K9QG
Jonathan Weiner: A history of our ideas about the conquest of aging was published in 1966.. [Long for This World] @MIT http://dld.bz/KfRt
@TeamTeddyCasino voters and supporters coordinate online and via text at a factor of about 93%. Philippines Politics http://dld.bz/JpRu
.. explication of how supply and demand affect prices.. [#Price of Everything] Nonfiction Books @TheEconomist @NPR http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Mark Zuckerberg, ".. because every child deserves a good education and right now that's not happening .." @Facebook http://dld.bz/KyK3
Ray Kurzweil: .. exponential trends underlying productivity growth are just beginning.. [#Singularity Is Near] @Razorfish http://dld.bz/JJWm
Edward Glaeser: "#London has rigidly held to its Victorian building style." [Triumph of the City] Cities Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: ..imagine if you had a day in the middle of August where the temperature fell below freezing. http://dld.bz/MVcG
@WTF We're doing it again! 24 hour Drink Fest 5000! http://dld.bz/H9GV drinks
Russell Simmons: "And we want to move towards the space where we can be good givers." [Super Rich] Books Nonfiction http://dld.bz/NjvW
G. Friedman: ".. the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have required few game-changing innovations." [The Next Decade] http://dld.bz/NsTe
Nancy Marie Brown: To teach reading and writing, the monks used the Psalms. [Abacus and the Cross] Science Religion http://dld.bz/Ktxg
Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together" ... what our iPods and iPads are doing to our relationships. @STurkle @Technology @EV http://dld.bz/JJWm
Compassion isn't a very popular virtue. [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM love pain community
Gleick: "Full-service restaurants have recognized the profit-generating potential of bottled water." [Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S
Compassion is not simply warm-heartedness; it is energetic! [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM peace
Nancy Marie Brown: For the picture this Pope paints of the Dark Ages is lovely and surprising. [#Abacus and the Cross] http://dld.bz/Ktxg
.. we have trained ourselves to regard food as a symbol of American plenty. [American Wasteland] Nonfiction Books http://dld.bz/K9QG
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter ".. if you agree that pageant moms are over the line in th.." Sex @Disney http://dld.bz/MYhU
Mark Zuckerberg, "We've made a lot of mistakes building this feature, but we've made even more with how we've handled.." http://dld.bz/KyK3
Edward Glaeser: ".. cities should replace their lengthy permitting processes with a simple system." [Triumph of the City] http://dld.bz/NqHC
Eduardo Porter: Values are shaped by the opportunities they have and the constraints they face. [#Price.. Everything] http://dld.bz/K7ZA
Peggy Orenstein: Cinderella Ate My Daughter ".. one of her classmates showed up dressed in a Cinderella gown." Feminism http://dld.bz/MYhU
Oregonians are eager to share their political views online. @Pew_Internet @NYT @NPR Blogs [Campaigns on the Internet] http://dld.bz/JpRu
Greene thinks the key to understanding these multiverses comes from string theory. [The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb science books
Ray Kurzweil: price-performance of all information-based technologies, e.g. biotechnology [#Singularity Is Near] Future http://dld.bz/JJWm
Evgeny Morozov: The Net Delusion: @Twitter will not save you... Iran Egypt Books http://dld.bz/NdXf
Julian Sher: Somebody's Daughter: ... she had graduated from being a "track ho," working the streets, to a "carpet ho"... http://dld.bz/KfRt
We’re living in one of many universes. [Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality] http://dld.bz/H4Pb @NPR @scifri cosmology physics science
Atul Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women’s Hospital Healthcare @NPRFreshAir Books @SenBillNelson @MarkUdall http://dld.bz/JgwB
The original EVO 4G features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor http://dld.bz/FFvv htcevo
David Hoffman: Boris Berezovsky was the most ambitious among the Russian Oligarchs. @KremlinRussia_E @i_Russia @CNBC http://dld.bz/Jxnk
Edward Glaeser: "Great cities are not static: they constantly change." [Triumph of the City] Cities Urban Books http://dld.bz/NqHC
Dark energy is the name given to the unknown physics causing the current acceleration of the cosmic expansion. http://dld.bz/HDrF @SciFri
There's not a chance in hell that the U.S. economy can recover in earnest until income disparity is addressed! http://dld.bz/JjaP @RBReich
Mark Zuckerberg, "I almost want to put some of these faces next to pictures of farm animals and have people vote on .." http://dld.bz/KyK3
"#Stockholders are still under the illusion that these companies are working for them." @WSJ [The New Empire of Debt] http://dld.bz/JjaP
If d universe is infinite, mor & mor of it will reveal itself 2 us, over time, as tht light comes our way. [Brian Greene] http://dld.bz/H4Pb
Sherry Turkle: We often seek out robots as a solution to our own imperfections. [Alone Together] @transhumanistic @PBS http://dld.bz/JJWm
Long-time Armstrong fans may bridle at her direct instruction. [Karen Armstrong: 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life] http://dld.bz/HtCM
Sherry Turkle: "Is technology offering us the lives we want to lead?" [Alone Together] @ericschmidt @garyvee @sacca @ev http://dld.bz/JJWm
Peter H. Gleick: "It isn't just bottled water companies that have tap water in their sights."[Bottled and Sold] http://dld.bz/Nt5S