June 2010
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Black Hawk, Colorado: “the only community in the country that has enforced a complete ban on bicycling”
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“I’m not saying there aren’t experts or that training is useless. I’m glad our...”
– Joel Johnson, in so far my favorite piece from 48HR Magazine
(via bobulate, who has more to say)
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A recent DOE study suggests the intermittent nature of solar and wind power may not be such a big problem, provided you pool resources across a large geographic area, and it’s all on Mountain Time.
Gulf spill shows the true costs of our oil... →
The Mercury News gets it right. Republicans (and too many Democrats) call cap-and-trade a “job-killer” - tell that to the Gulf Coast.
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The Pizza Farm in Stockholm, WI →
Via wr3n: “It’s a farm where they grow all the ingredients on the pizza, even the crust. They are only open one night a week, on Tuesdays. They have no table service (grab your pizza and find a spot on the grass). They don’t serve drinks, or have plates, or utensils, or even napkins — and the toilet is an outhouse. And they have no signage, so good luck getting there.”
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Estimates of Oil Flow Jump Higher - NYTimes.com →
Now 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day. That’s at least one Exxon Valdez a week.
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“The spill is going to cost fishermen, it’s going to cost the ecosystem, and it’s...”
– Ezra Klein, “The True Cost of the Oil Spill”
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Parasites →
Kate’s got a new job telling kids about science, and I keep thinking about this story from isopod, which you should go read.
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WatchThe end of Rob Carter’s “Metropolis,” a stop-motion aerial history of Charlottesville (via Shareable)
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Boycott BP! Because it's so much better to give... →
This is pretty much my take on the boycott, but with more facts.
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“Israel is falling victim to “cultural terrorism,” a top music...”
– Hazel Ward (AFP) (via alicublog)
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US researchers claim to have identified a new... →
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“The reservoir of oil slowly draining into the gulf… contains no more than...”
– Andrew C. Revkin, “For Five Days of Oil”
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“I still believe songs occasionally mean something to people.”
– David Byrne on his lawsuit against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (via Eyeteeth)
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“There may be no sitting justice who better exemplified the difference between...”
– Dahlia Lithwick and Sonja West, “The Unsung Empathy of Justice Stevens”
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Dream Less? →
“This morning, while waiting at the light at Marshall and Cretin, I watched a gentleman hop across the street on one crutch and stop beside the utility pole on the northwest corner of the intersection. I assumed that he was going to wait for the bus, but then he lifted up his crutch and appeared ready to hang it on the “Dream More” sign that has been attached to that pole for several months...
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“I call the Grand Isle police requesting a press liason, only to get routed to...”
– Mac McClelland, “‘It’s BP’s Oil’”
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