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What birds are doing with your cigarette butts Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net Nicotine is one of nature’s bug zappers. Seriously. Lots of plants have evolved to produce bug-repelling chemicals as part of their defense mechanisms and tobacco happens to be one of those plants. So when city-dwelling birds use the… RT @BoingBoing: What birds are doing…
A taxonomy of Mitt Romney’s lies – Salon.com By Benjamin Wheelock, salon.com A close look at the most diverse and resilient species this side of the Galapagos “Jeep — now owned by the Italians — is thinking of moving all production to China.” “The president said he’d cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he… RT…
10 right-wingers who got the election hilariously wrong – Salon.com By AlterNet Staff„ salon.com So much for hunches and gut instincts. Maybe in 2016, these would-be pollsters will read Nate Silver like adults We really had a contest between the reality-based community, and a conservative movement that had convinced itself that… RT @Salon: On Monday,…
Hello, Mr. President? It’s me, Roger Ebert – Salon.com By Roger Ebert, salon.com I think we need an emergency education program, investing in basics — and not $60 million high school stadiums I would ask the president for an emergency education program. Our students at every level are below American historical no… RT @ebertchicago: What…
Chris Christie listened to Rupert Murdoch’s warning, re-backed Romney – Salon.com By David Daley, salon.com After the Fox News chief threatened the governor on Twitter, the two men quickly talked, and Christie got on board Rupert Murdoch’s warning tweet — telling Chris Christie in the midst of Hurricane Sandy cleanup that the New Jersey governo……
Cory Booker goes on food stamps – Salon.com By Mary Elizabeth Williams, salon.com The Newark mayor goes on a food-stamp diet to show us what poverty tastes like Cory Booker is a rare and unique brand of politician. Cory Booker is a human being. Since taking office in 2006, the mayor of Newark has made…
Sushi really does kill your brain – Salon.com By Paul Ames, GlobalPost, salon.com A new report warns that mercury contamination can cause restricted cerebral development and other health problems BRUSSELS, Belgium — Can eating too much sushi reduce your brain power? Mercury contamination in big fish such as sharks… RT @Salon: Put down that tuna…
Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama Paul Harris in New York, guardian.co.uk It’s the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US’s biggest cable news network going moderate? For America’s liberals, it…
My Traveling Tiny House Site by Sophic, tinyhouselistings.com Posted by Steven on November 26, 2012 // 34 Comments By Christy Dean Four months ago I moved out of my 2 bedroom home and into this tiny (mobile) house. I’m traveling the country in my little nest and I love it! It gets a lot of……
How To Design a Lucky Life Trent Hamm, lifehacker.com Is luck a supernatural thing that we have no control over, represented by four leaf clovers and gold pots at the end of the rainbow? For The Simple Dollar’s Trent Hamm, luck is defined as the result of some of the many random events in life……
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