Just thinking

Just random thoughts and stuff I like.

Permalink jtotheizzoe: The Amazon Rainforest Gets Half Its Nutrients From a Single, Tiny Spot in the Sahara Remember, even distant systems in nature can be deeply connected. We should all tread lightly. (via The Atlantic)
Permalink 100 days to go: Tight race, defining moments left BEN FELLER, ap.org WASH­ING­TON (AP) — A pres­i­den­tial race that’s real­ly close and deeply divi­sive is enter­ing the final 100-day stretch before Elec­tion Day in Novem­ber.The matchup between Pres­i­dent Barack Obama and Repub­li­can chal­lenger Mitt Rom­ney…
Permalink jtotheizzoe: Particle physics gives me a hadron.
Permalink McCain: Half-wit hockey mom with knocked-up teen daughter better candidate than Romney rss@dailykos.com (Kaili Joy Gray), dailykos.com Not as qual­i­fied as (haha­ha) Sarah Palin.This pret­ty much says it all, doesn’t it?Mitt Romney’s tax returns had nothing to do with Sen. John McCain’s decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, according to the Arizona…
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Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass

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Permalink parislemon: Dug this up. Wonder if the Jellybean update is available yet. (Taken with Instagram)
Permalink Google to fight homophobia with worldwide ‘Legalize Love’ campaign Rosa Golijan, msn.com Google is launch­ing a cam­paign called “Legal­ize Love,” which will fight homo­pho­bia and lobby against legal oppres­sion of homo­sex­u­als all over the globe.Some details of the pro­gram were out­lined by Google’s Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe at th…
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Professor Higgs: 'I have no idea what the God particle is for'

telegraph.co.uk

Professor Peter Higgs admits he has “no idea” what the discovery of the Higgs boson will mean in practical terms.

The British physi­cist whose the­o­ries led to the dis­cov­ery of the Higgs boson has admit­ted he has “no idea” what prac­ti­cal…

Professor Higgs: ‘I have no idea what the God particle is for’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9382004/Professor-Higgs-I-have-no-idea-what-the-God-particle-is-for.html

Permalink Wealthcare rss@dailykos.com (Jen Sorensen), dailykos.com (Click to enlarge.)Last week’s Afford­able Care Act rul­ing over­shad­owed the Supreme Court’s other recent doings, such as its reaf­fir­ma­tion of Cit­i­zens Unit­ed as it smacked down Mon­tana’s cam­paign finance law. If only th…
Permalink BiLLiAMKauffman: Obama takes more hands-ontwitter.com Obama takes more hands-on approach to stop­ping the depor­ta­tion of young His­pan­ics. #ObamaPhotoCaptions http://t.co/FVCqleSKObamaPho­to­Cap­tions http://twitter.com/BiLLiAMKauffman/status/219796832333733888/photo/1