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Contemplation of civilization can only reveal more about itself, about civilization, and perhaps a bit about the nature of humanity because we created civilization - our fingerprints are inherent in it’s design. In contrast contemplation of nature can reveal the nature of all of reality.

Jurors were required to consider whether a convicted murderer would pose a future danger if he were sentenced to life in prison rather than death. In a series of cases, Dr. Walter Quijano, a psychologist, testified that blacks posed a greater risk of “future dangerousness” than whites.

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(via Les Mousses - today and tomorrow)

The corn eaten by the Tarahumaras is what we want to eat. The soy eaten by the Okinawans is what we want.

My issue is not with Kathryn Stockett. I am just tired of the same old shit. At age 74 I’ve been watching this black-people-don’t-exist-until-white-people-notice-us for a very long time. When a white person writes about black life, major media and the movie studios suddenly see us. It’s Black Like Me all over again. I wrote about actually being a maid in my memoir, The Time and Place That Gave Me Life; nobody cared.

I am not saying that you are not sufferring from apnea but my sister works in a sleep clinic and she says everybody that goes in for testing gets diagnosed with some form of apnea. All patients leave with a CPAP machine too. While many cases are diagnosed as mild cases it is still diagnosed as apnea. Its unfortunate but sleep apnea is a cash cow for Drs right now.

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(via Abstract Slow Shutter Speed Photos of Landscapes While Traveling)

He said that I had a nervous breakdown because I was an overachiever. He said colored people weren’t supposed to do as well as I had done. I had been stressed out and there was nothing wrong with my knee. White guy thought I was imagining things. And that’s why I walk with a cane and I’ve had a dozen operations since I was fourteen. I hope that motherfucker’s burning in hell.

Everybody’s talking about the new design; no one’s talking about the fact that the content that yesterday was free will cost > $200/yr moving forward. It’s an interesting strategy. Rather than attempt, as the Times did (and the Times, remember, owns the Globe), to arbitrarily establish a paywall, you couple that decision with the release of a slick new interface. Then hope no one notices; see their FAQ for confirmation of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QVMan7Mgy4

On Rick Perry and Superman (by illdoc1)

When you refuse to allow major characters in YA novels to be gay, you are telling gay teenagers that they are so utterly horrible that people like them can’t even be allowed to exist in fiction.

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The Fibonacci tree design performed better than the flat-panel model. The tree design made 20% more electricity and collected 2 1/2 more hours of sunlight during the day. But the most interesting results were in December, when the Sun was at its lowest point in the sky. The tree design made 50% more electricity, and the collection time of sunlight was up to 50% longer! (via The Secret of the Fibonacci Sequence in Trees)

The emphasis on animal products remains. The emphasis on real whole foods - kill it or dig it up with a stick - remains and is enhanced. Macro ratios had already been de-emphasized in v 2.0, but that has now been made even more explicit in the steps, and not just in the coda. Things which in my mind were “givens” but had been pointed out to me were not clearly emphasized have been made more explicit, like sleep and eating some offal. I’ve deleted references to legumes other than avoiding soy and peanuts, as other legumes seem more and more benign to me.