May 2012
2 posts
"This Is Not Who We Are"
Dan DeWalt examines the top catchphrase of 2012:
“This is not a reflection of who we are or what we stand for.”
– Jeff Gearhart, Wall-Mart general counsel, on the firm’s Mexico bribery
[Torture] “is not the norm.”
– Mike Pannek, Abu Ghraib prison warden.
“This is not who we are.”
– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the US massacre of 16 Afghan villagers.
“This is not who we...
March 2012
1 post
What Do Survivors of Kony/The LRA Want?
“As someone whose brother and cousin were abducted [by the LRA] and are among the thousands of disappeared whose fate is unknown, I join with other Ugandans who hope our relatives are still in captivity and will come back home alive […] My own father is deeply traumatized due to my brother and cousin’s abduction, and every time he hears about any report of killing LRA rebels he is not...
January 2012
9 posts
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BREAKING: There Is Only One Human Right Left
DESTRO ft. The Baroness- “Get Money” - watch more funny videos
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice, etc etc:
“Hedge funds invested in Greek sovereign debt are reportedly considering suing Greece in a European human rights court to ensure they get their full investments back.
The New York Times reported Thursday that some hedge funds are...
“The worst thing you could do would be to somehow take the most terrible people...”
– I Was Shitting You People - A Message From Ayn Rand
JENNY HOLZER IS ON TWITTER
I LIKE WHEN SHE TWEETS “LOOKING BACK IS THE FIRST SIGN OF AGING AND DECAY.”
THE IMAGE IS FROM MOMA.
I Looked Up "Thing" On Wikipedia
The Thing was a covert listening device designed by Leon Theremin.
Wikipedia goes on to explain:
“Theremin’s device was used by the Soviet Union to spy on the United States. The device was embedded in a carved wooden plaque of the Great Seal of the United States. On August 4, 1945, a delegation from the Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union presented the bugged carving...
Dear PBS Frontline: I love you.
Also you have an offline media clip @35:43 in Flying Cheap (during the Valujet “watery graves” press conference in the Everglades) [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/].
Weird.
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
4 posts
WatchI edited a cat video!
WatchI liked editing this even though it disturbed me.
WatchI also edited this.
WatchI edited this. The dog is a good actor [The humans are good too].
September 2011
2 posts
WatchHey I edited this.
WatchI edited this and it will be on TV soon! [October 5th]
June 2011
1 post
Choose Your Own Apocalypse →
Ranked From Most To Least Popular
1. Loose Nukes
2. Peak Oil
3. Antibiotic Resistance
4. China Unloads U.S. Treasurys
5. Israel-Arab War
6. Obesity
7. Peak Water
8. Overpopulation
9. Wealth Gap
10. Synthesized Super Virus
11. Red vs. Blue
12. Decadence
13. Theocracy
14. Rising Sea Levels
15. Dirty Bombs
16. Megadrought
17. Laziness
18. Default on Debt
19. Nine Nations
20....
May 2011
7 posts
This Is My Everything Segment →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdlOATnXmU&feature=youtube_gdata
March 2011
3 posts
Plume ETA Friday 2AM →
Let’s go to the beach.
“Collective bargaining in the years since has played a major role in America’s...”
– Ronald Reagan, 1981
http://www.good.is/post/does-scott-walker-know-that-ronald-reagan-supported-unions-and-collective-bargaining/
February 2011
11 posts
This Is Not Me →
James Atkinson is a really common name.
SHOCKING POLL RESULTS: People Like Air
Congress is trying to abolish clean air despite the fact that polls show strong pro-air majorities in America. [Full disclosure: I am pro-air]
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-16-public-trusts-epa-loves-clean-air-act-wants-Congress-to-butt-out
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I am a Fugitive
Yesterday, after work, I went to the comic book store, even though I’m a 30 year old man. I wanted to catch up on superhero current events, but the issues I wanted weren’t out yet. Before leaving, I absentmindedly flipped through a comic, and after 10 minutes, the clerk politely asked: “What are you reading?”
Me: “Is it incredibly horrible for me to do...
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"Scientists have attempted to teach machines to... →
This is my favorite news story, summed up in one... →
“We’re operating without a clear theory of what’s gone wrong in the economy, or how to fix it.”
Art is on The Moon →
“Fallen Astronaut is an 8.5 cm (slightly over 3”) aluminum sculpture of an astronaut in a spacesuit which commemorates astronauts who died in the advancement of space exploration. It is currently at Hadley Rille on the Moon, having been placed there by the crew of Apollo 15 on August 1, 1971.”
RIP
via http://bestofwikipedia.tumblr.com/
I am going to tumblog some old stuff I Google...
…because I have a feeling none of you have google reader so you won’t care (which is good!) Anyway google reader is incredible for ingesting content but I never figured out a decent way to automatically hook it up to tumblr. You should try it out if you want to waste huge amounts of time on the internet: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/jamesatkinson
The Tragic Origin Story Of Morse Code →
“In 1825, the city of New York commissioned Morse for $1,000 to paint a portrait of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, in Washington. In the midst of painting, a horse messenger delivered a letter from his father that read one line, “Your dear wife is convalescent”. Morse immediately left Washington for his home at New Haven, leaving the portrait of Lafayette unfinished. By...
April 2010
32 posts
Cleaner Air Could Speed Global Warming →
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everything is bad
Hugh Pickens writes “Scientists estimate that the US Clean Air Act has cut a major air pollutant, sulfate aerosols, by 30% to 50% since the 1980s, helping greatly…
Creepy video of talking robot mouth →
I favorited a YouTube video: Visit http://www.plorf.com for more crazy videos
Stephen Hawking: Humans Should Fear Aliens →
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Good advice from a smart human.
World renowned scientist Stephen Hawking believes extraterrestrial life almost certainly exists — and humans should be extremely cautious about…
This Is A Good Photo →
YouTube - Hard Ticket to Hawaii trailer →
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we need to watch this for movie night
YouTube - RAD TIMES! →
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I don’t like nostalgia but I do like garbage.
I don't know how tumblr works
What am I doing? help. how do I make tumblr properly display my stupid google reader link excerpts?
hausu.gif →
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PARTY LEGS [via john via HAUSU]