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Star Wars as an Icelandic Saga: The Entire Saga (in English) in One Blog Post | Tattúínárdǿla saga

Star Wars as an Icelandic Saga: The Entire Saga (in English) in One Blog Post | Tattúínárdǿla saga

What Makes A Life Worth Living?

What Makes A Life Worth Living? from: April 18, 2015 at 08:52AM

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New Discovery Of World’s Oldest Stone Tools

New Discovery Of World’s Oldest Stone Tools “These newly discovered tools have been reliably dated to 3.3 million years ago, according to scientists who’ve reviewed the research. That’s 700,000 years older than the previous record for the oldest stone tools ever found. That’s remarkable because it’s well before the human genus, Homo, emerged 2.8 million […]

No Rest For Your Sleeping Brain

No Rest For Your Sleeping Brain Brain consumes a lot of energy even when sleeping

How An NBA Announcer Sweetened An Overdue Dream Season

How An NBA Announcer Sweetened An Overdue Dream Season from: April 16, 2015 at 11:20AM

Let’s Hope Not: on asymmetric information

Let’s Hope Not: on asymmetric information “According to Hayek the superiority of a decentralized market economy – the main reason to live with all of the classical failures of market power, externalities, and public goods – is that it’s the most efficient system of collecting and aggregating asymmetric information. So the way we’ll really know […]

Supersessionism, Jewish Whiteness, and Liberating Biblical Study in Post-Ferguson America

Supersessionism, Jewish Whiteness, and Liberating Biblical Study in Post-Ferguson America from: April 15, 2015 at 11:45PM

Good Friday and the Stories of Jesus

Good Friday and the Stories of Jesus “James Cone was right, we must remember the lynched black body if we are to make sense of Jesus’ body that was hung on a tree by the powers that be in his own day.”

I Followed My Stolen iPhone Across The World, Became A Celebrity In China, And Found A Friend For Life

I Followed My Stolen iPhone Across The World, Became A Celebrity In China, And Found A Friend For Life

YouTube: April Fools Video Prank in Math Class

April Fools Video Prank in Math Class Matthew Weathers

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People are too eager to say "This legendary person had flaws!" instead of, "Wow, this flawed human being managed to do something legendary." — Mishell Baker (@mishellbaker) April 15, 2015 via https://twitter.com/mishellbaker

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Tim Hudson and LaTroy Hawkins, the two current pitchers this game, are also the only two active players to win a game at old Tiger Stadium. — Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) April 15, 2015 via https://twitter.com/extrabaggs

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Just a fantastic piece on why Silicon Valley is so miserable from a livability perspective. http://t.co/oJiprxO2pK pic.twitter.com/WniOTkM0Hj — Ben Thompson (@benthompson) April 15, 2015 via https://twitter.com/benthompson

Why we have chins, but Neanderthals didn’t

Why we have chins, but Neanderthals didn’t

YouTube: The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can engineerguy

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The world divided into regions with a GDP of 1 trillion dollars pic.twitter.com/qCUIs5Tyu0 — Amazing Maps (@Amazing_Maps) April 13, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Amazing_Maps

YouTube: Understanding Art | The Death of Socrates

Understanding Art | The Death of Socrates Nerdwriter1

3 Things Psychopaths Can Teach You About Being A Happier Person

3 Things Psychopaths Can Teach You About Being A Happier Person from: April 13, 2015 at 07:59AM

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hard won programming wisdom, courtesy of @rob_pike… pic.twitter.com/OmbCi8YR6P — Ilya Grigorik (@igrigorik) April 13, 2015 via https://twitter.com/igrigorik