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Bat Stache, do do do do do, Bat Stache! laughingsquid: The...

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:41:20 -0400

Bat Stache, do do do do do, Bat Stache!

laughingsquid:

The Bat-Stache, Facial Hair In the Shape of the Batman Logo

barackobama: A year ago today.

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:38:48 -0400

barackobama:

A year ago today.

discoverynews: How Al Qaeda Hid Secrets In a Porn Video The...

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:34:23 -0400

discoverynews:

How Al Qaeda Hid Secrets In a Porn Video

The terror group used the science of security through obscurity and hid messages in easy-to-ship porn.

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torbooks: (via Happy 22nd, Hubble! | Bad Astronomy | Discover...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:26:16 -0400

torbooks:

(via Happy 22nd, Hubble! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine)

torbooks: (via Your Summer Beach Reading List for 2012)

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:23:52 -0400

torbooks:

(via Your Summer Beach Reading List for 2012)

Public Radio Name Generator

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:23:12 -0400

Public Radio Name Generator:

nprmusic:

babesofnpr:

Always wanted to be a host on public radio but don’t have a name with the punch of Doualy Xaykaothao, Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, or Daniel Zwerdling? Not to Worry! Enter your name and we will suggest a new public radio-friendly version.

We LOVE this.

Sincerely, Phoebe Anan-Munoz

Is it weird that an NPR employee with a kinda NPR name (Lars Gotrich) tried this?

Sincerely, Soterius Suarez-Sesay

torbooks: (via Your Summer Beach Reading List for 2012)

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:22:58 -0400

torbooks:

(via Your Summer Beach Reading List for 2012)

theatlantic: The Invisible Borders That Define American...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:22:33 -0400

theatlantic:

The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture

One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.

Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]

theatlantic: This is the Memo That Killed Osama Bin Laden If...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:21:01 -0400

theatlantic:

This is the Memo That Killed Osama Bin Laden

If you can manage to decipher Leon Panetta’s chicken scratch, you too can read the final memo that launched the raid that killed America’s most hated enemy. The memo is part of Peter Bergen’s Time cover story on Osama bin Laden’s last days and Obama’s call to go ahead, despite Joe Biden and Robert Gates’ disapproval, with the Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden’s Abottabad complex. Here’s the transcription:

Received phone call from Tom Donilon who stated that the President made a decision with regard to AC1 [Abbottabad Compound 1]. The decision is to proceed with the assault. The timing, operational decision making and control are in Admiral McRaven’s hands. The approval is provided on the risk profile presented to the President. Any additional risks are to be brought back to the President for his consideration. The direction is to go in and get bin Laden and if he is not there, to get out. Those instructions were conveyed to Admiral McRaven at approximately 10:45 am.

Read more at The Atlantic Wire.

discoverynews: Shuttle Discovery Begins New Life as Museum...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:48:01 -0400

discoverynews:

Shuttle Discovery Begins New Life as Museum Piece

Sad day out at the Kennedy Space Center Monday for those of us who’ve been around the shuttle program for a while. Sure, we know the ships stopped flying last year, but watching preparations for Discovery’s final flight — in the horizontal, not vertical orientation — was sobering.

“I almost feel like I’m at a funeral and there’s the hearse,” said one of my long-time space reporter pals, Bill Harwood, with CBS.

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kqedscience: “Yo Hologram Tupac, I’m real happy for you and...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:47:00 -0400

kqedscience:

“Yo Hologram Tupac, I’m real happy for you and I’mmma let you finish but Obi-Wan Kenobi was one of the best holograms of all time!” (via @kanye)

discoverynews: The Final Flight of the Shuttle Discovery With...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:15:38 -0400

discoverynews:

The Final Flight of the Shuttle Discovery

With the end of the shuttle program last year, NASA is beginning to retire the fleet of its most iconic creations. We have a look at the final flight of the space shuttle Discovery as it is flown to its final destination at the Smithsonian Institution in Virginia.

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p.s. links fixed!

nprmusic: Ever wonder who took that iconic cover photo for...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:36:44 -0400

nprmusic:

Ever wonder who took that iconic cover photo for Queen II?

sarahcooley: this wins.

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:20:14 -0400

sarahcooley:

this wins.

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Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:19:43 -0400

wilwheaton: thedorseyshawexperience: Whoa. Woah. There’s...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:19:22 -0400

wilwheaton:

thedorseyshawexperience:

Whoa.

Woah. There’s sugar in that bottle of water?

Photo

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:19:05 -0400