Monthly Archives: February 2014

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The @Athletics' @EricSogard has advanced to #FaceofMLB Round 2! #EricSogard http://ift.tt/1bwkq7c — MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) February 7, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1bwkq7e

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@CrashburnAlley @Hegelbon It states: "The people who self-identify as anarchists would be first to die in an actual anarchist society." — Michael Baumann (@MJ_Baumann) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1d05sL5

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will SOMEONE please invite me on their TV show so my avatar can be me looking uncomfortable on a TV show — Ian Miller (@teen_archer) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1gQNgab

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Every CEO needs a top-end General Counsel even if only to stay out of jail — and GC should always report directly to the CEO. — Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1cqXo41

What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers

What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers ‘We have established an area in human frontal cortex which does not seem to have an equivalent in the monkey at all,’ says first author Franz-Xaver Neubert of Oxford University. ‘This area has been identified with strategic planning and decision making as well […]

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Yes, Wolff's people misspelled the headline with "Clarifiction" …a non-word that explains every Wolff quote: Partly fiction, partly clear — Baseball Oakland (@baseballoakland) February 6, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1g64fAw

Topps 2014 baseball cards: Cards go to WAR, but decline continues

Topps 2014 baseball cards: Cards go to WAR, but decline continues “Topps sometimes treats their signature product as scraps of cardboard, but they’re really selling scraps of time.”

The End of American Exceptionalism

The End of American Exceptionalism “…as Niebuhr and Lippmann understood, the best way to ensure that America remains an exceptional power—better than the predatory empires of the old world—is to remember that we are not inherently better at all.”

Stock photos that don’t suck

Stock photos that don’t suck List of sites with free stock photos

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Nielsen: total number of hours of available sports TV programming up 232% in last decade. Hrs watched up only 27% by comparison. — Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) February 4, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1kOS0LJ

What does your favorite music say about you? – The Week

What does your favorite music say about you? – The Week “The music we listened to at 20 we’ll probably love for the rest of our lives. If we’re 35 when a new type of music appears it’s 95 percent likely we’ll never listen to it.”

YouTube: Winter Olympics, 03/22/1961

Winter Olympics, 03/22/1961 US National Archives

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Maybe the Sochi hotels aren't done yet because they had to first build four houses — Matt Sussman (@suss2hyphens) February 4, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1nOcUgs

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Just recorded @NewBooksNetwork podcast w/@jlwoj & @SamMillerBP.Thx to them & @kenarneson for writing 1 of my favorite baseball essays ever. — matt sienkiewicz (@mediastudied) February 4, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1fVi58W

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VIDEO: Teen thespians serve up Shakespeare in #Alameda competition: http://t.co/2z4QXYlkZh — Michele Ellson (@TheAlamedan) February 3, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1iecNXt

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This teacher has a very clever idea. http://t.co/ktp2D4VlsC (c/o @testobsessed @Stepto) — dave hoffer (@mcrate_s) February 1, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1bjTqHY

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@jay_jaffe My guess was Jeremy Affeldt — Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) February 2, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1fliktb

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@kenarneson the lines are always unbearable on Shakespeare bobblehead day. Glad I skipped it. — Eric Nelson (@gallopingael) February 1, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1kt7iWm