May 2013
43 posts
Teens Are Turning Away from Facebook Because... →
Teenagers really are over Facebook. In a deep report published on Tuesday, Pew Research explains that teenagers departing the social network’s blue confines are looking for something more… authentic. Which, ironically, was the initial draw of Facebook, and has become something of a calling card for Tumblr and Twitter. Somewhere, Marissa Mayer is smiling.
Map charts killer tornadoes in U.S. since 1950. -... →
“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign...”
– Karl Popper
(via scienceisbeauty)
Bachmann Threatens to Leave Minnesota Over... →
Goodby Michell, we will be so revealed not to have your name connected to Minnesota anymore.
“We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no...”
– Richard Feynman, born on May 11, 1918, on the role of scientific culture in modern society – timeless, remarkably timely read.
Pair with how ignorance drives science.
(via explore-blog)
This is my guy. Thanks for the inspiration Dr. Feynman.
(via jtotheizzoe)
“By and large, we accept the use of animals as objects and tools. Sixty-two...”
– Emily Anthes, pondering several questions about what really bothers people about genetic engineering. We live in a world where we can make goats that can produce antimicrobial milk, clone farm animals and pets, buy aquarium fish that are part jellyfish, and raise genetically-mutated mice to model...
“Logic is the anatomy of thought.”
– John Locke
(via scienceisbeauty)
“If gun culture is going to be the foundation for the kind of gun politics we...”
– Chris Hayes (via msnbc)
April 2013
63 posts
THE NEWGARDE: Design Glossary (work in progress) →
newgarde:
Collaborate: “I don’t have the skills to do this on my own nor can I pay for it, so let’s collaborate.”
Brainstorm: An opiate-like feel good love-in where there are no stupid ideas, except for the stupid ones. Also a gateway drug to “collaborations”.
Design: An additive that…
