February 2010
42 posts
Poe's Law →
mjhoy:
Poe’s Law points out that it is hard to tell parodies of fundamentalism (or, more generally, any crackpot theory) from the real thing, since they both seem equally insane. Conversely, real fundamentalism can easily be mistaken for a parody of fundamentalism.
ShadyURL →
bestrooftalkever:
Sure, you can shorten your URLs, but that just leaves them mildly cryptic and foreboding. Use ShadyURL to make your URLs downright alarming.
Just check it out at http://5z8.info/horse-slaughter_h6m2_meinkampf.pdf
(via themattsmith | wondertonic)
“Negatively emotional material appears to be stubbornly resistant to deliberate...”
– Repression debunked
1 tag
“On Tuesday, the Icelandic parliament is expected to introduce a measure aimed at...”
– Iceland aims to become an offshore haven for journalists and leakers » Nieman Journalism Lab
Sri Lankan journalists! Please to make an orderly line for the nearest Icelandic embassy.
brouillon:
Nina Simone - Please Don’t Let Me Be...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7) →
Beck (44)
Neko Case (23)
Smog (18)
Neon Indian (18)
Isobel Campbell (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
January 2010
10 posts
“We might think of the culture as possessing a ‘symptom repertoire’ — a range of...”
– The Americanization of Mental Illness - NYTimes.com
“Giathra Fernando, a psychologist at California State University, Los Angeles,...”
– How the US exports its mental illnesses - opinion - 20 January 2010 - New Scientist 