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Churnalism Search

jmaxwilson — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:23:24 +0000

Cool online tool for detecting whether an article on the web may be copied largely verbatim from a press release, wikipedia, or another source: http://churnalism.sunlightfoundation.com/ More info about it here:...

New Family Structures Study: How different are the adult children of parents who have same-sex relationships?

jmaxwilson — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:22:50 +0000

Truth, Metaphor, and Race in the Marriage Debate

jmaxwilson — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:11:17 +0000

Those who support same-sex marriage often make comparisons to the civil rights movement and bans on inter-racial marriage. Robert Oscar Lopez was raised by two Lesbian women. He opposes same-sex marriage. He says that the real racial metaphor is that same-sex marriage inevitably objectifies...

The Great Ammunition Myth

jmaxwilson — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:48:25 +0000

There are reasons to be concerned about government agencies buying large quantities of ammo, but it isn't what the conspiracy theorists say. The amounts they are buying are normal and do not portend some kind of expectation of civil unrest. But the fact that the Department of Education thinks it...

New Revised LDS Scriptures

jmaxwilson — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:26:18 +0000

New revised editions of LDS Scriptures with edited footnotes, headings, and some textual changes. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865574523/LDS-Church-announces-new-scripture-edition.html

Sequestering Common Sense

jmaxwilson — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:28:28 +0000

http://goo.gl/LvBSC "You would think by this time that the urbane sophisticates in the news media would be totally hip to the “Washington Monument” strategy, whereby the Park Service closes the most popular attractions first in the event of budget constraints. It’s the oldest bureaucratic...

Video: Graphene Supercapacitors

jmaxwilson — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:19:38 +0000

Graphene Supercapacitors: http://vimeo.com/51873011 If this technology pans out it will be truly revolutionary. Batteries have not changed all that much in a long time. Battery technology has long been one of the biggest limitations in new technology. Plus Graphene is ORGANIC. Amazing stuff.

Video: Amazing footage of massive glacier movement

jmaxwilson — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:14:34 +0000

This is unbelievable: http://youtu.be/hC3VTgIPoGU Watch to the end to get an idea of the scale.

Enter The Haggis - Year of the Rat

jmaxwilson — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:42:54 +0000

One of my favorite bands, Enter The Haggis, has a new album coming out at the end of March & they are releasing a new song from the album every Monday in February for FREE-- High quality, no-DRM and free to copy and share with anyone. Today's song: *Year of the...

Bloomberg Billionaires

jmaxwilson — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:17:58 +0000

Great visualization tools about the world's richest people: http://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires