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Earth and Moon from 114 Million Miles (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington via Messenger website)

Joh Rabe is a movie based on the historical fact of the Nankin massacre perpetrated by the Japanese army on the Chinese during the second Wold War. John Rabe was a German businessman who stayed behind during the Nankin occupation to prevent the genocide.
via Life is 4989

“Every young person one day will be entitled automatically to change his or her name on reaching adulthood in order to disown youthful hijinks stored on their friends’ social media sites…”
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
This has been quoted in RWW and Gawker—in a derisive way. One of the follow ups: “I don’t believe society understands what […]

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Lawrence Liang
viaSteal This Film

Il y a 62 ans, le Conseil National de la Résistance, dans la clandestinité, a jeté les bases du système social français que la droite ultra libérale au pouvoir actuellement, démantèle avec obstination.

“people with lots of authority tend to behave like neurological patients with a damaged orbito-frontal lobe, a brain area that’s crucial for empathy and decision-making.”
—Jonah Lehrer is the author of “How We Decide” and “Proust Was a Neuroscientist.”
Wall Street Journal

Ethan Zuckerman

 Skateistan

the absurd notion of one’ from Nic Askew on Vimeo.
 Timothy Freke

Tony Hayward BP CEO.

Dead Fish
a dead fish means ‘there’s something suspicious, something wrong’- Dictionary of American Regional English

“In their effort to clean up the oil, BP sets fires on the surface… burning up everything in the area. In some reports that has included many oiled sea turtles. ”
 viaKris Krug

via Secondary sound
 understanding campaign

All Things Digital

Dropbox Startup Lessons Learned
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Dropbox

“Imagine going back 20 years and telling people they won’t make voice calls, but instead they’ll be sending tiny messages (SMS). It would sound insane. And these things cost $0.20 each! That’s an interesting question — why is this popular? It’s because it’s so lightweight, and it doesn’t have to interrupt you. We’re going to […]

Jeremy Rifkin

Seth Godin

‘Separation of Corporation and State: The 28th Amendment’
Marine biologist/conservationist, former commercial fisher, and Exxon Valdez survivor Riki Ott argues for an amendment to the Constitution to strip ‘corporation personhood’ from corporations.

“The crowded future stings my eyes
I still find time to exercise
In a uniform with two white stripes
Unlock my section of the sand
It’s fenced off to the waters edge
I clamp a gas mask on my head
On my beach at night
Bathe in my moonlight
Another tanker’s hit the rocks
Abandoned to spill out its guts
The sand is laced with sticky glops
Oh […]

Dearest Media,
My name is Leroy Stick and I am the man behind @BPGlobalPR. First, let me begin by explaining my name.
When I was growing up, there was a dog that lived on my block named Leroy. Leroy was a big dog with a disdain for leashes and a thirst for blood. He made a […]