December 2010
33 posts
'Capitalism and the assault on reason' by Slavoj... →
“In May 2010, large demonstrations exploded in Greece after the government announced the austerity measures that had to be adopted in order to meet the conditions of the European Union for the bailout money to avoid the state’s financial collapse. One often hears that the true message of the Greek crisis - and that of the more recent protests in France - is that not only the Euro, but the entire...
Manor of Northstead →
I just read about this procedure the other day, but in relations to the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham. Parliamentary procedure is strange.
bestofwikipedia:
The Manor of Northstead was once a collection of fields and farms in the parish of Scalby in the North Riding of Yorkshire in England. By 1600 the manor house had fallen into...
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mini. Quiet Babylon: Interrobang-ON‽ →
I can get behind this. In fact, I was already behind this before Tim posted it. The interrobang is my favourite glyph. Just don;t call it an, ugh, ‘quesclimation mark’.
quietbabylon:
Friends!
Computers are PRETTY NEAT
Everyone uses a computer nowadays. I bet you are using one right now! Computers are great. They can solve hard math problems, calculate artillery firing tables, and...
“Councillor Cesar Palacio, a member of the commission, argued in favour of declaring the TTC essential, saying Toronto cannot afford, or function, even one day without transit.”
That seems to me like a pretty good argument for putting more funding in to the transit system. If Toronto is that dependant on its under-funded, over-capacity crappy customer-service, not very reliable...
List of animals named after animals →
AKA giant list of names for shitty buzz-bands.
readmorewikipedia:
including:
Bee wolf
Fish crow
Kangaroo rat
Peacock goat
Zebra dove
(via opendaylight)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
That was close, you would have been up all night wondering what I was listening to while studying for my Law final.
jakemadison:
Thank god tumblr was fixed in time for me to know this!
beachjustice:
Handel (55)
Tchaikovsky (30)
BBC Radio 4 (14)
Prokofiev (14)
of Montreal (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
Handel (55)
Tchaikovsky (30)
BBC Radio 4 (14)
Prokofiev (14)
of Montreal (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Watchputthison:
After an offhand remark by Tim Gunn two nights ago that men’s jeggings exist, Conan O’Brien donned them for all of last night’s show.