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Trouble at the Koolaid Point

Trouble at the Koolaid Point from: October 8, 2014 at 07:43PM

Kathy Sierra and online abuse

Kathy Sierra and online abuse from: October 8, 2014 at 07:31PM

Moonshot: Fastballs and the Collapsing A`s, Part 2 by Robert Arthur

Moonshot: Fastballs and the Collapsing A`s, Part 2 by Robert Arthur from: October 8, 2014 at 07:26PM

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Kathy Sierra’s http://t.co/e6NBXpaatO should be the first thing we read today. And then a few more times after that. — Ethan Marcotte (@beep) October 8, 2014 via http://twitter.com/beep

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No one recorded Pele's greatest goal of his career. Thanks to technology it has been recreated http://t.co/i6jXVlIT3C pic.twitter.com/3BgBQLurzW — The18 (@the18soccer) October 7, 2014 via http://twitter.com/the18soccer

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@kenarneson he stole second so slowly that linguistic conventions changed by the time he got there — Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) October 8, 2014 via http://twitter.com/euqubud

Jonathan Powell: How to talk to terrorists

Jonathan Powell: How to talk to terrorists “But I have now studied most of the negotiations between armed groups and governments in the last 30 years – including those that have succeeded in Mozambique, South Africa, El Salvador, the Philippines and Indonesia, as well as those that have failed in Sri Lanka, Colombia and the […]

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Nobel Foundation's explainer for Physics prize is great. http://t.co/d969nD6Gyc No white light until you have red, green AND BLUE. — Bob Timmermann (@bobtimmermann) October 7, 2014 via http://twitter.com/bobtimmermann

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Measuring how untrue stories can spread around the Internet more quickly than the facts http://t.co/cBBM69nE8E pic.twitter.com/V7xOCONvJd — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6, 2014 via http://twitter.com/nytimes

Vimeo: Great martian war

Great martian war PLAZMA

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“no research has ever found a benefit to assigning homework (of any kind or in any amount) in elementary school” http://t.co/2fbKbF2qEj — Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) October 5, 2014 via http://twitter.com/thegarance

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The bullshitter's trick is to talk in generalities when questioned about details and to litigate trivia when questioned about principles. — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 5, 2014 via http://twitter.com/NateSilver538

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Not VFX. This was taken today on the ash-covered Ontake Shrine near the summit of Mount Ontake in central Japan. pic.twitter.com/hR5I3SB1ic — Screamy Berg (@bergopolis) October 4, 2014 via http://twitter.com/bergopolis

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Four AUSD seniors have been named National Merit Scholar semifinalists. Story here: http://t.co/ZLwIcjLpJp. — Alameda Unified (@AUSDNews) September 24, 2014 via http://twitter.com/AUSDNews

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Greg Maddux

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Greg Maddux Just read it.

Justin Timberlake Has a Cold

Justin Timberlake Has a Cold Caren’s rules of hit songwriting: “First, it starts with an expression of ‘Hey,’ ‘Oops,’ ‘Excuse me,’” he begins. “Second is a personal statement: ‘I’m a hustler, baby,’ ‘I wanna love you,’ ‘I need you tonight.’ Third is telling you what to do: ‘Put your hands up,’ ‘Give me all your […]

New Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Be More Successful

New Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Be More Successful from: September 28, 2014 at 01:19PM

Unleashing creativity

Unleashing creativity The area of the brain that evaluates creative ideas also inhibits them

YouTube: The Animal That Wouldn’t Die (w/Robert Krulwich)

The Animal That Wouldn’t Die (w/Robert Krulwich) NPR’s Skunk Bear

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Soderbergh took the color and sound out of Raiders of the Lost Ark to make a lesson in film theory. Watch and learn! http://t.co/EoC7UWwhE4 — Bruce Wright (@heybrucewright) September 23, 2014 via http://twitter.com/heybrucewright