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Losing Your Bar…

Losing Your Bar… from: December 18, 2015 at 03:20PM

A Darwinian Explanation of the Mathusian Trap

A Darwinian Explanation of the Mathusian Trap “Many luxuries are culture-specific. They are desired within a culture but not without. Group selection has no way to eliminate the growth of such luxuries because migration never responds to the difference of consumption in these items. Therefore, a distinction should be made between “universal luxury” and “provincial […]

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"For now I am with you, a man. But someday I will return home, thrust stones into my pockets and merge into the blue-green of infinity" — Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) December 18, 2015 via https://twitter.com/euqubud

John Kerry’s Middle East Mission

John Kerry’s Middle East Mission from: December 17, 2015 at 11:39PM

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For women who like sports, the social media reality is incredibly disturbing. https://t.co/gjoZKgKdCT | via @SInow | pic.twitter.com/oPaaEyc1tk — The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) December 17, 2015 via https://twitter.com/TheCauldron

The Very French Donald Trump Revolution

The Very French Donald Trump Revolution On the one hand, he saw that the Americans, wishing to be left alone and to live their lives according to their own democratic wishes, had selected such men as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to lead them. The French, being a bloodthirsty mob, had quickly shunted aside Mirabeau […]

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Why we need to stop thinking so much about climate change

Why we need to stop thinking so much about climate change from: December 16, 2015 at 04:47PM

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Superb data journalism: @FiveThirtyEight crunches complaints-against-police data, finds "bad apples" drive the most: https://t.co/b34R9BkonZ — Clive Thompson (@pomeranian99) December 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/pomeranian99

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I never noticed Linus doing this https://t.co/fa34f2MIJ4 — Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) December 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/baseballcrank

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The Audubon Society responds to that absurd Vox piece: Nature Can't Exist Without Suffering—And We Can't Change That https://t.co/buUbrst5bi — Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) December 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/lachlan

There is something extraordinary happening in the world

There is something extraordinary happening in the world “A few months ago I freed myself from standard-procedure society, I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system. Since then, I see the world from a different perspective: the one that everything is going through change and that most of us […]

Thoughts on War

Thoughts on War from: December 14, 2015 at 12:37PM

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On chrome for Mac: hit Command-Option-J, then enter the following: document.getElementsByClassName('moments')[0].style.display = 'none'; — Ken Arneson (@kenarneson) December 14, 2015 via https://twitter.com/kenarneson

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My 149th blog post "What are Charlie Munger’s views on giving back to society?" is now up at https://t.co/eRnKOgjBFI — Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) December 12, 2015 via https://twitter.com/trengriffin

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Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91%. Here's How. @morgfair @ShiCooks @The_News_DIVA @theresamax https://t.co/lv53uM5J3Z — Lars-Johan Larsson (@LarsJohanL) December 11, 2015 via https://twitter.com/LarsJohanL

Hope and the Historian

Hope and the Historian from: December 10, 2015 at 09:14PM

A Protein In The Gut May Explain Why Some Can’t Stomach Gluten

A Protein In The Gut May Explain Why Some Can’t Stomach Gluten from: December 10, 2015 at 09:09PM

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Tomorrow @Hardball_Times, @fifthstarter makes her THT debut with a piece about how to root for jerks without being one yourself. — Paul Swydan (@Swydan) December 10, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Swydan

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I wrote some words about something I feel very strongly about – not just the Seattle Weekly piece. https://t.co/p89W0r6txp — Kate Morrison (@unlikelyfanatic) December 10, 2015 via https://twitter.com/unlikelyfanatic