January 2011
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mom, this is how twitter works. | not just for... →
Okay, I admit it — I’m a twitter n00b. If you’re like me and still not sure of the nuances of effective twittering check out this guide by Jessica Hische.
“Girl leaves drab farm, becomes a fag hag, meets gay lions and men that don’t try...”
– John Waters on the plot of Wizard of Oz (via exbestfriend)
Watchpoptech:
Author of the Guardian’s weekly ”Bad Science” column and Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, British physician Ben Goldacre dismantles the questionable science behind an assortment of drug trials, court cases, and events of our time.
Add Ben Goldacre and Zackie Achmat to my list of heroes. We could all use more principled, intelligent voices standing up to Big...
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Merry Christmas™
“As drugs minister in the Home Office I saw how prohibition fails to reduce the...”
– Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: ‘Legalise and regulate drugs’ says UK’s former drugs and defence Minister
Jane Jacobs - Urban Idol
Jane Jacobs with environmentalist Spencer Beebe, 2004
I recently picked up a copy of the Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, and she is now my idol. It is astounding to think that this book was first published in 1961. I wonder what our cities would be like if we had heeded Jacobs words. Even here in the Portland metro area, where we like to congratulate ourselves for...
