July 2012
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Newspeak →
heartmindawakening:
“Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the novel, it refers to the deliberately impoverished language promoted by the state. Orwell explained the basic principles of the language in an essay included as an appendix to the novel. Newspeak is closely based on English but has a greatly reduced and simplified vocabulary and grammar....
June 2012
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“TV news is ultimately much more an arm of the entertainment industry than it is...”
– - Felix Salmon: “News Corp’s digital divergence” (via reuters)
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If you haven’t, I suggest reading Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves To Death” (from 1985) which discusses this idea that TV news is actually entertainment.
(via stoweboyd)
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Technoccult: How One Hacker Quit the Programming... →
technoccult:
Photo by Mike Linkovich
New one from me at Wired:
Some people believe that everyone should be a programmer. But Frank Duff is living proof this notion should be taken with a large grain of salt. In 2003, Duff quit his job as a software developer and went to work as a bike messenger.
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I’ve dealt with this as well. Not to say that I am a “programmer”...
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“Our Higher Self arranges time in such a way that we do not get what we want when...”
– Bashar (via lucifelle)
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“When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”
– Lao Tzu (via elige)
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“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
– Nelson Mandela (via andreathestumbler)
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“Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it...”
– Og Mandino (via lucifelle)
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“Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it...”
– Albert Einstein
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“A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a...”
– Oscar Wilde (via lucifelle)
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“Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later. I am learning everyday to...”
– Tracee Eliis Ross (via dearkristina)
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“Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn....”
– William Arthur Ward (via lucifelle)
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http://www.landmarkadvancedcourse.com/ →
Last night was the final session of my Landmark Advanced Course.
Wow.
I didn’t think this could top the Forum I took back in February, but I was wrong. The Forum is about personal transformation whereas the Advanced Course is about transformation on the level of Group. They chose this level as the focus because that’s where most human beings are disempowered. Ever notice that many...
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“You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.”
– Robert C. Savage (via lucifelle)
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“Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.
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– (via mysticmementos)
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“Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the centre.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via lucifelle)
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With Great Power comes Great Responsibility →
lucifelle:
Don’t let facebook fool you. it’s sole purpose is to collect as much information on everybody as possible. The fact that you can submit your blood type says it all (Japan) ~
You can also be sure that anything you delete will stay on the facebook servers forever. They don’t need the space, they need the information, that is their business model. So be careful what you present about...
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“All the Buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be —...”
– Osho (via lucifelle)
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“Kindness ejects indifference, hostility, irritability, ill humor, and dislike.”
– Dalai Lama (via lucifelle)
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“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (via whimsicalele)
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“A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives...”
– William Penn (via lucifelle)
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“The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.”
– Gabirol (via lucifelle)
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“The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.”
– Pasquier Quesnel (via lucifelle)
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Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to... →
starsinhereyes:
The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, without providing him with a search warrant and before the court hearing on the matter, reports Prairie Advocate News.
Behind the obvious violations of his Constitutional rights is Monsanto. Ingram was researching Roundup’s effects on bees, which he’s raised for 58 years. ...
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