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Apart "Steve Jobs once fired Doug Bowman and me over the colour orange... "Folks mistook the announcement to mean that Doug and I would be redesigning apple.com . They looked at zeldman.com and wrongly imagined all that tranquil Apple white background turning orange..." "Jobs called my client. He called him all kinds of things. I always picture the scene taking place in Jobs’s house. The next morning, the client called to tell Doug and me that we would not be working on apple.com ." "Of course, it wasn’t the money we cared about. We were fans. It was a terrible disappointment. And since that time, Apple equipment has often malfunctioned for me in ways it does not malfunction for other people. I assume it is Steve’s curse. "I don’t mind. I love Steve Jobs." Originally shared by Jeffrey Zeldman Unfortunately, what may be my best interview ever came out the same day as Brexit. Fortunately, you can still read it today. http://www.creativeboom.com/in...

There's A New Sheriff In Town Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum. Originally shared by Tamsin Cheyne The UK is under new leadership this morning following a coup by the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, Lord Havelock Vetinari. “Coup is a needlessly dramatic word,” Lord Vetinari told reporters. “I can hardly be said to have violently thrown a government from power when you don’t have one, or an Opposition. Both sides seem entirely preoccupied with what one might call ‘internal matters’. Indeed barely anyone noticed as I walked into Number Ten and installed myself in the best office and Drumknott in an suitable alcove nearby. The only person to do more than raise an eyebrow was Theresa May who I must say kicks like a mule and has a command of the baser aspects of the English language that is entirely formidable.” Until yesterday Vetinari was the tyrant of Ankh-Morpork the largest and most powerful city on Discworld. A place known to us through the life-enhancingly brilliant...

Northern Lights Renaissance-Northern Lights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvFPlWh1yQY Originally shared by NASA Vivid glowing auroras in Jupiter’s atmosphere! Our Hubble Space Telescope spotted this stunning light show. This observation program is supported by measurements made by our Juno spacecraft, which arrives at Jupiter on Monday. While Hubble is observing and measuring the auroras on Jupiter, Juno is measuring the properties of the solar wind itself; a perfect collaboration between a telescope and a space probe. More: http://go.nasa.gov/2952Pst Auroras are created when high-energy particles enter a planet’s atmosphere near its magnetic poles and collide with atoms of gas.

Hold The Press Originally shared by The New York Public Library The Writing on the Wall: Documenting Civil War History http://on.nypl.org/29ct8BS http://on.nypl.org/29ct8BS

"Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius." Originally shared by Damn interesting New report from Harvard: Five U.S. prosecutors are responsible for 440 death sentences (PDF) http://fairpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FPP-Top5Report_FINAL.pdf

"The Centre Cannot Hold" via Paul Scollon http://www.perc.org.uk/project_posts/thoughts-on-the-sociology-of-brexit/

Inverse Machiavellianism Originally shared by Meg L So let me get this straight..... (Clearest summary I've read so far. No really.)

Well Meaning Obfuscation I generally find that arguing about the subtleties and graduations of disagreeable constructs is not a useful pastime, except for academics. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The current populist revolts are about economic issues, and ineffective leadership. http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2733-on-the-hideous-whiteness-of-brexit-let-us-be-honest-about-our-past-and-our-present-if-we-truly-seek-to-dismantle-white-supremacy

In Black and White Humans seem to visualize dualities, either/or, us/them, better than anything else. But the larger issues are always more complex. Thanks to Vicky Veritas & Michael Cooke  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/surprising-history-infographic-180959563/

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"The Boy With The Hundred Year Old Voice" http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ralph-stanleys-inimitable-voice Originally shared by Randy Culler Ralph Stanley : 1927 - 2016 NPR Tiny Desk Concert Ralph Stanley's Tiny Desk set was shorter than most, but deeply moving. He didn't play his trademark clawhammer banjo, and no one accompanied him as he sang three songs a cappella: "Gloryland," "Turn Back, Turn Back" and "Amazing Grace." http://www.npr.org/2009/10/19/113879156/ralph-stanley-tiny-desk-concert

The Morlock Syndrome I think the essential problem of our age is teaching the Eloi to care for, and about, the problems of the Morlocks, in a real and tangible way. Originally shared by Will Shetterly Lawrence is a conservative, but he's done a good and fair roundup on why much of the Britain's left supported Brexit. Labour MP Kate Hoey said, "How can we protect civil liberties when the EU forces on us unaccountable extraditions through the European Arrest Warrant? How can we ensure the jobs and growth that we need when vital contracts for work go to preferred bidders on the continent and not to British firms? How can we preserve and improve our public services when the Services Directives help force the privatisation of the Royal Mail and EU rules against state aid will make it almost impossible to renationalise the railways? TTIP is a gift to the multi-national corporations. I don’t trust the EU to negotiate on our behalf, and I certainly don’t trust it to be on the side...

Iconic Originally shared by Alex Scrivener #DatHeadline https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160627/12155734834/cafepress-takes-down-t-shirt-calling-donald-trump-cheeto-faced-shitgibbon-saying-it-violates-frito-lays-trademark.shtml

Without The Wizard Of Woo http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/24/482486305/bernie-worrell-wizard-of-woo-dies-at-72 Bernie remembered: https://plus.google.com/116492282761111948786/posts/QpT8CJc6Gox http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/24/482486305/bernie-worrell-wizard-of-woo-dies-at-72

The Future's So Bright... I Gotta Wear Shades... Timbuk3-The Future's So Bright: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY Originally shared by Assia Alexandrova ...the next time you see a guy wearing sunglasses in a dark bar, don’t immediately assume he sucks. He could be a time-traveling movie star, or a reputable judge trying to bring back a very practical accessory. Or he could be a douchebag trying to act like a rock star, but you owe it to him to at least ask if he’s suffering the ravages of syphilis first. P.S. Chinese judges are the coolest! #NationalSunglassesDay http://www.racked.com/2015/4/6/8349545/sunglasses-history

APFS Apparently they looked at ZFS and decided it wouldn't suit. They have apparently optimized for encryption, NAND flash, and reducing the BBOD, but are not very worried about data integrity (because Apple NAND flash is magically good). Will probably be fine on all the iDevices. A little worrisome for desktops, methinks... http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/06/a-zfs-developers-analysis-of-the-good-and-bad-in-apples-new-apfs-file-system/#p3

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The Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes http://hilobrow.com/2016/06/24/stuffed-13/ Also, the nefarious reason for Heinz 57 Varieties: "condiment variety is a well known side effect/cause of democratization" Originally shared by Al Tlön Food fights and culture wars. Spoiler alert: The tomato played a role. http://hilobrow.com/2016/06/24/stuffed-13/

Man On The Street No More Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham is dead at 87. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/style/bill-cunningham-legendary-times-fashion-photographer-dies-at-87.html He had a big heart: http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/02/bill-cunninghams-big-gay-heart.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/style/bill-cunningham-legendary-times-fashion-photographer-dies-at-87.html

Hell Sucks Michael Herr, remembered. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a46147/hell-sucks-michael-herr/ http://maddogmedia.com/2016/06/25/hell-sucks http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a46147/hell-sucks-michael-herr/

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"For Tis The Sport To Have The Enginer Hoist With His Owne Petar..." Originally shared by David Brin I confess to schadenfreude... the self-indulgent sin of taking pleasure from another person's pain. George F. Will has expressed agony over Donald's Trump's takeover of the Republican Party. And today Will announced that he has left the GOP... which he helped to destroy by providing decades of rationalization incantations, helping Rupert Murdoch and other oligarchs to drive the Party of Lincoln insane.  Murdoch and his fellow would-be feudal lords (the great enemies of AdamSmithian competitive market freedom) were only doing a very human thing, reflexively and by uncognizant instinct conspiring to hammer society back into the pyramid of privilege typical across 6000 years. Their betrayal of our Great Experiment has been dullard-myopic and thus at least understandable. In contrast, Will made this choice with cool, sapient intelligence, deliberately participating in ...

Voice Of Reason with an Ayrshire accent... via Meg L Originally shared by Preston Reed Check out our first minister in Scotland. Wish politicians in the U.S. -- or anywhere -- were this good. https://t.co/4mW1hmZIYT

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Presenting Honest Stories Of Working People As Told By Rich Hollywood Stars Originally shared by Semicentenary Project In July 24, 1966 L.A. Free Press writer Peter Bergman began broadcasting the ad lib underground radio show "Radio Free Oz" on public station KPFK. He was soon joined by broadcasters Phil Austin and David Ossman. By November the radio improv group would add writer/actor Philip Proctor, and as The Firesign Theatre, would sign a record deal the following year with Columbia. Regnad Kcin.

Numpty Muppet Originally shared by lynn paden meanwhile, in scotland....... trump does look like a bit of a muppet #brexit   http://fusion.net/story/318640/delete-your-golf-course

Good Bones "All You Got To Do Is..." http://waxwingmag.org/items/Issue9/28_Smith-Good-Bones.php

Still Good When You Get It The only good news is that this isn't the End, because we're still here to complain about it... via Meg L  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOXXdYtZSbQ

"Everything Not Forbidden Is Compulsory" The Totalitarian Principle from T.H. White's "The Once And Future King." via Christopher Butler Originally shared by Michael Interbartolo New rules basically kills fan films as they are made today no actors from other trek productions (like Koenig, Russ etc) no more than 30 minutes, can't raise more than $50K, seems like even the perk/rewards are constrained. http://www.startrek.com/fan-films

"Forget the facts, feel the fury." The perils, thereof... There is a lot to be mad about, including issues of trust regarding facts... I distrust the most those who offer simple solutions to complex problems, and don't fear the costs of making great, again... You should, too... Originally shared by Meg L Fantastic thinking and writing. American friends, this was written for you too. On Monsters, Villains and the EU Referendum by JK Rowling I'm not an expert on much, but I do know how to create a monster. All enduring fictional bad guys encapsulate primal terrors and share certain traits. Invincible to the point of immortality, they commit atrocities without conscience and cannot be defeated by the ordinary man or by conventional means. Hannibal Lecter, Big Brother, and Lord Voldemort: all are simultaneously inhuman and superhuman and that is what frightens us most. As this country has entered what will come to be seen as one of the most divisive and bitter politic...

All You Need Is... Annie Lennox-Money Can't Buy It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew6f1WoCMXo http://mosaicscience.com/story/surviving-troubled-childhood-resilience-neglect-adversity

I Wonder Wonder Wonder Wonder Who... Who wrote the Book Of Love? http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2997 The Monotones-Book Of Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1LFGGGazc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2997

Lego Launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lavm7CausyA

⏻ To The People! Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh The force has shifted. Electrical Power Symbols now in Unicode!...};-) [ https://github.com/jloughry/Unicode ] "On 22 June 2016, Unicode version 9.0 was published. As part of that, 4 new symbols were introduced – and another one was re-purposed. [...] On 2nd Dec 2013, I asked this question on HackerNews I was looking for the electrical “standby” symbol – AKA IEC5009 / IEEE1621. You know, the circle with the line through it. The one that’s on every single bloody piece of electronic equipment produced since the mid-1970s. It’s not in the Unicode standard. I can, if I want, have a snowman ☃ or a reversed rotated floral bullet ☙. What other useful and/or important symbols are missing from Unicode?" http://unicodepowersymbol.com/we-did-it-how-a-comment-on-hackernews-lead-to-4-

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Oversharing And fax machines and usenet servers around the world breath a sigh of relief... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/15/spam_king_sent_down_for_30_months/

Inquiring Minds Want To Know Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

No Longer Giving A Hoot Replaced by ALL CAPS. http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/hollerin-contest-in-spivey-s-corner-goes-silent/article_9b8043a5-b2e5-54fb-a314-934b8beb58f5.html

Lincoln Enterprises Shenanigans behind the scenes of the Utopian United Federation of Planets... http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Lincoln_Enterprises

Politics As Entertainment Shades of The Gipper... And Andrew Dice Clay... Originally shared by Al Tlön Dave Eggers reports: "I spent five hours at the Donald Trump rally in Sacramento, California, on 1 June. I spoke to and overheard dozens of the rally’s attendees, not as a journalist but as one ticketholder to another – I was dressed in jeans, workboots and wore a Nascar hat – and found every last one of the attendees to be genial, polite and, with a few notable exceptions, their opinions to be within the realm of reasonable. The rally was as peaceful and patriotic as a Fourth of July picnic." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/17/could-he-actually-win-dave-eggers-donald-trump-rally-presidential-campaign

Mirror, Mirror It all started with the murky origins of Lincoln Enterprises... Controlling the destinies of infinite parallel universes is hard work... via George Station Originally shared by Gretchen Sher https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/star-trek-fandom?utm_term=.gqkyko9N9#.mkaRDaXYX https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/star-trek-fandom?utm_term=.gqkyko9N9#.mkaRDaXYX

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Saturday Morning Cartoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbM6WbUw7Bs

In A Messy Divorce The Kids Won't Be Alright... Originally shared by **** Only days now until the referendum, in or out. We're told it's needed because we've not had a say for a while. On that basis, we could have referenda on many issues, such as the monarchy, Nato, the Commonwealth, the UN and so on. No, the fact is, this referendum is Cameron's Folly, a clever wheeze to fend off UKIP at the last general election. The polls suggest a Brexit and by a wide margin. So, before our leaving the EU, some thoughts. When we leave, the same argument over sovereignty can be used to leave Nato (do we want a war with Russia over the Ukraine, or Turkey, or some Baltic enclave?). I doubt we'd be so rational. I think the non-EU companies which have invested heavily in the UK did so to sell easily into Europe. When we leave, these many jobs will go to Eastern Europe, causing widespread unemployment and loss of trade. Those in the ruling Conservative Party who argue for Brexit ...

Who's Holding The Bag? Counterfeit fashion is one thing. Counterfeit engineering is another. Premium brands always face pressure on price by "good enough" copies, especially when the originals were long ago outsourced to who knows where. Brand loyalty goes both ways... It's interesting that the article said that the differential between American and Chinese production costs was much narrower now, $1 to $0.96. I'd guess that only applies to high end materials fabrication, but it still makes one wonder if a renaissance (of sorts) of American manufacturing is possible. Also, too many masters racers are penny pinching whiny douches. Originally shared by Eric Hansen In short: buying that 'good deal' is taking your life into your own hands. http://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/components/catch-counterfeiter-sketchy-world-fake-bike-gear

Hot Dogs and Hope Bill Leonard writes about Muhammad Ali and the Orlando Pulse mass shooting. https://baptistnews.com/article/louisville-and-orlando-2016/#.V2KXFqSlBvM.facebook

Inside Out And round and round... Diana Ross-Upside Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GtyMeEcPPE Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh This is fascinating. A rotary engine that inverts the Wankel design. Video in the article shows how it works. "The engine is a rotary design, a pistonless setup that maximizes the power-to-weight ratio. It’s the fruit of a dozen-odd years of work by LiquidPiston, a startup co-founded by Alec Shkolnik, who has a Ph.D. in computer science, with a specialization in AI and modeling. The engine itself is based on combustion technology developed by his father, Nikolay, a Soviet-trained mechanical engineer who retrained in the United States as a physicist. [...] “It’s kind of a Wankel flipped inside out, a design that solves the old problems with sealing and fuel consumption,” says company founder Alec Shkolnik. “The Wankel has a triangular rotor inside a peanut-shaped housing; we have a peanut-shaped rotor inside a triangular housing. Our seals go at t...

Eye In The Sky http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/9/11895496/nro-spy-weird-mission-badges-octopus-satan Not Sirius: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/creepy-kitschy-and-geeky-patches-us-spy-satellites-180953562/ Alan Parsons Project-Eye In The Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQalkIeE7s http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/9/11895496/nro-spy-weird-mission-badges-octopus-satan

Barbie Gun http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/10/foghorn/gun-review-sig-sauer-mcx/

I Sense A Disturbance In The Force Clean up on Ring F... http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia20485/not-guilty

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End Of The Day, Lily

HUAC Making America Great Again, One Scapegoat At A Time...

The Price Of Civility via Jens Reuterberg Originally shared by Ars Technica This headline? What a world we live in. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/citigroup-trademarks-thankyou-and-sues-att-for-thanking-clients/

Git Your Gobblefunk On! http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jun/14/roald-dahl-dictionary-best-gobblefunk-words

Repertory of Rationale Originally shared by Meg L The most delightful letter of rejection I have ever read, written by one Brian Doyle, current editor of the University of Portland’s Portland Magazine. http://www.lettersofnote.com/2015/10/the-parakeet-has-goiter.html#.V1Xe9IfaE5Q.twitter

Hot Diggity Dog! http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/southwest-wake-news/article83309112.html

Word Search In English, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, and Swahili. Originally shared by Damn interesting Mongolia is changing all its addresses to three-word phrases http://qz.com/705273/mongolia-is-changing-all-its-addresses-to-three-word-phrases/

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em Or something like that... via K.B. Burnfield Originally shared by Dick Thomas http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/46033_After_Many_Years_of_Ugly_Anti-Gay_Rhetoric_Hate-Blogger_Jim_Hoft_Announces_Hes_Gay

Bird Brained Polynesia would be proud of us, for figuring it out. Originally shared by Al Tlön "Birds are capable of extraordinary behavioral feats, from solving complex puzzles to tool making. There may be good reason for that. A new study shows that, pound for pound, birds pack more neurons into their small brains than mammals, including primates." http://gizmodo.com/we-finally-know-why-birds-are-so-freakishly-smart-1781889157

Give The People What They Want via Andreas Schou  Originally shared by Kenton Varda Since I used to work on Google Search (but left Google in 2013), a lot of my friends are asking me: Is that thing about Google filtering search results to favor Hillary Clinton true? Answer: No. It is not true. Short explanation: Google autocomplete avoids suggesting the word "criminal" for any name, not just Hillary Clinton. Long explanation: Here's the thing. The claim is not about search results. It's about autocomplete suggestions . People are claiming that Google has manipulated the suggestions that show up when you type in "Hillary Clinton cri" -- for some reason, it doesn't complete to "criminal". Apparently, the expectation is that if a search is popular, it should show up as a suggestion. This is not how it works: it's way more complicated. In particular, it is extremely important that autocomplete suggestions be heavily filtered for possibly-o...

What Would Frank Wood Do Frank Wood has left the building, I hear. Frank was an engineer for the BBC, starting sometime in the mid sixties, I believe. He was known to wax eloquently and at length about the wonders of Kudelski's Nagra III, or Strand's Patt. 743 fresnels, and the necessity of proper balancing, isolation, and earthing of signal cables of all kinds. He was also wont to express bafflement concerning US electrical codes and configuration. That did not, however, stop him from offering insight and advice about such, even when it was frequently wrong (sometimes dangerously so), or off-topic. I "met" Frank on Usenet, first on RATS (rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft) and then the SML (stagecraft mailing list). Frank had his own ideas about how the internet should work, and was famous for replying to digest posts, and refusing to properly trim replies, among other things. Discussions about Frank's knowledge (and lack thereof) ranked high on the Persistent Recur...

Originally shared by lynn paden a sonnet of acceptance by Lin Manuel Miranda "My wife’s the reason anything gets done She nudges me towards promise by degrees She is a perfect symphony of one Our son is her most beautiful reprise. We chase the melodies that seem to find us Until they’re finished songs and start to play When senseless acts of tragedy remind us That nothing here is promised, not one day. This show is proof that history remembers We lived through times when hate and fear seemed stronger; We rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. I sing Vanessa’s symphony, Eliza tells her story Now fill the world with music, love and pride." source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/theater/lin-manuel-mirandas-sonnet-from-the-tony-awards.html?_r=0 #tonys   #poetryiseverywhere

Express Yourself #DanceParty   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYi8lA9y_BY

Oops Upside Your Head #DanceParty   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeHDnF7MU90

Firefly Maia Sharp-Firefly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNXYSsOcKdk

Wait No More The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph mistakenly published an obituary for Mr. Swarbrick in 1999. “It’s not the first time I’ve died in Coventry,” he remarked afterward. Dave Swarbrick regularly appeared at Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival in Oxfordshire long after his obituary was printed prematurely in the Daily Telegraph. At a public rehearsal before the festival one year, he turned up, hard of hearing, and with the oxygen cylinder that he needed to cope with his emphysema. Fairport started a song, Swarbrick came in late, and they all stopped. “That’s all right, Dave,” said the guitarist and vocalist Simon Nicol. “If the Grim Reaper can wait for you, so can we.” Ye'll be missed, Swarb. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/dave-swarbrick-british-folk-fiddler-dies-at-75.html?mwrsm=GooglePlus

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Dewey Could Also Play Cards Much disappoint... Originally shared by Robert Rambusch I'm sorry, I can't plant that Dave https://blog.arduino.cc/2016/06/07/farmbot-is-an-open-source-cnc-farming-machine/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkADHZStDE

Might Have Been The Wrong Answer "From when I first came into the labor movement, until the late 1990’s, when more people who had been progressive anti-war-types came in, the labor movement was against raising the minimum wage." "Why was that?" "If you wanted a higher wage, you joined a union. They were against universal healthcare, too. They would say, “You want healthcare? Join a union.” There was an answer to your question, and all questions had the same answer." Originally shared by Will Shetterly https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/as-tech-evaporates-jobs-tipping-point-will-be-driverless-tru?utm_term=.uvxVJ9oan#.rs4WKL82Z

Dine and Dash This just gets stupider and stupider. It looks like she was arrested and convicted for interfering with officers taking a citizen's arrest into custody (as they are required to do) for a misdemeanor Dine and Dash. Interestingly enough, I haven't seen any news about the Dasher getting arrested or convicted, for anything . http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-laz-citizens-arrest-20141219-story.html http://le.alcoda.org/publications/files/CITIZENSARREST.pdf http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/black-lives-matter-pasadena-organizer-convicted-of-felony-lynching-charge/#.V1mMDJMrISQ

Hercules Written by Allen Toussaint for Aaron Neville in 1973. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGGRi2CEFu8 Also recorded by Boz Scaggs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ika8Kdpt8xo Based on a tune by Milt "Bags" Jackson: Miles Davis-Bag's Groove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHKnvwoGg0Y Originally shared by **** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSrvpO0hn2w

Bumbershoot http://wtvr.com/2016/06/08/chester-woman-dead-after-being-struck-by-beach-umbrella-at-virginia-beach/

To Dye For Sublimation....

Un-Lynching Originally shared by Rugger Ducky Being a black woman accused of trying to keep police from arresting a woman, she was tried and convicted of lynching . Yes, that's the term used for what she was charged with. Because just charging someone with obstruction of justice or interference with police isn't enough when you have to quash a whole movement dedicated to cleaning up the police and ending the prison slave system. Convicted of lynching. And for this, she gets the same time in jail as the Stanford rapist, plus longer on probation and a full year of court ordered anger management that she will have to pay for. If you still think Justice is a blind person holding a scale, look again. She's never been blind.  http://www.vox.com/2016/6/6/11839620/jasmine-richards-black-lives-matter-lynching

The Un-Sharing Economy Originally shared by Tim O'Brien Better get rid of those larcenous libraries while they're at it... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/08/morocco-bans-reading-newspapers-in-public/

Pandering and Pimping Penalties It's not nice to fool Mother Nature... via Robert Rambusch http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/migratory-beekeeping-mind-boggling-math/

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Extra Effort Award I had the pleasure and privilege of working with Tom Suiter back in the day. Truly a gentleman and a scholar. Kudos! http://www.wralsportsfan.com/suiter-to-retire-football-friday-extra-effort-go-on/15757531/ http://www.highschoolot.com/after-35-years-of-football-friday-tom-suiter-to-retire/15753833/

Bundts for Bernie! Clinton Cupcakes? Trump Tarts? http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/07/harrison-cake-history-recipe

REMF 2.0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/06/05/miss-dc-deshauna-barber-wins-the-miss-usa-pageant/

Focus Group Originally shared by M Sinclair Stevens Japan: Building Houses for Hermit Crabs My little bit of happiness for today. I'm so glad to discover people who are passionate about what they do. Some background.... https://reefbuilders.com/2016/04/18/brilliant-advertising-campaign-gives-hermit-crabs-a-new-home/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAOCOxRMXg

..."Not Too Bad" Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

Exit Interview Originally shared by Assia Alexandrova All the pre-departure wisdom aside, this place sounds a bit like the House of Black and White from Game of Thrones, no? http://projectfuel.in/blog/2016/05/15/12-life-lessons-from-a-man-who-has-seen-12000-deaths

"Backed Into, or Stumbled Over, or Sat Down On Very Suddenly and Broken" Originally shared by K.B. Burnfield ​Neil Gaiman Remembers Douglas Adams http://motherboard.vice.com/read/remembering-douglas-adams-neil-gaiman-the-view-from-the-cheap-seats

Old Man Of The Sea Jean Bulot, Captain Storm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBCPvY5Ghhk

The Old Mare Originally shared by Timothy Street No country for old men - "Sailing to Byzantium" , W.B. Yeats The waters of the Iroise are located in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Brittany, France - an infamous area for sailors. Those familiar with the Hornblower novels of C.S. Forester will recognize the setting of Hornblower and the Hotspur , in which the writing excelled with descriptions of ship handling, navigation, and seamanship. This short of the lighthouses of the Iroise enduring storms reiterates the danger of taking to the sea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eiXC3_Sm7Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eiXC3_Sm7Y

No Time For you, G.K. Nelson... Hober reeber sabasoben Hobaseeba snick Seeberraber hobosoben What did you expect? (stolen from Bill Cosby's "A Nut In Every Car") https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aYn03_tmZn8

One Percent Wrong Dan Jenkins once said this about Tiger Woods: “He is a hell of a talent,” Jenkins told me. “He just happens to be an asshole." I'm beginning to think the same thing about Dan Jenkins. He's still funny, though. Note To Self: Nobody does bitter and hateful like Old Guys. http://www.golfdigest.com/story/dan-jenkins-vs-john-feinstein-the-utterly-outrageous-golf-digest-political-blog

Anti-Romantic “Dan always had a different slant on things than most everybody else, and 99 percent of the time he was right,” said Jack Nicklaus. “I can’t even think of the 1 percent he was not right.” “I love Fort Worth,” Jenkins said. “I always have. I think it was because it was funny.” The city begat the prose. Jenkins indulged Fort Worth’s affinity for compound words. Money-whipped. Overgolfed. Man-tailored. Hurt-somebody — an adjective: “hurt-somebody party-queens.” Outlung — which means to have bigger breasts than someone. From Semi-Tough: “Barbara and I could outlung that girl, anytime." http://grantland.com/features/dan-jenkins-pga-majors-masters-ben-hogan-golf-sports-writing/

Badda Boom http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3290/what-s-that-mysterious-booming-sound

Rip The Calico I'm pretty sure that I first learned about this from Cecil, who has been fighting ignorance since 1973... http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/363/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence Originally shared by Damn interesting On this day in 1857, a singularly talented flatulist was born. https://www.damninteresting.com/professional-farters/

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What's Ban-Lon Got To Do With It? "They were meant to be costumes: look-at-me uniforms to wear to the revolution. They were never practical. They still aren't. If you look at the best of the current collections inspired by these eras, you'll discover that Xeroxing from the archives is an illusion." http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/27/style/what-s-ban-lon-got-to-do-with-it.html via Cara Evangelista Originally shared by Amanda Gordon Bright green knitted Ban-Lon with a matching bra top beneath, and black/white dotted spandex shorts by Cole of California | 📷 George Barkentin | Mademoiselle magazine | 1963