Photo 24 Aug 1,337 notes tobeshelved: library closet

tobeshelved:

library closet

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Photo 18 Aug 297 notes humanscalecities: The animation was made by Urban Change using data from the Atlas of Urban Expansion, a project by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

humanscalecities:

The animation was made by Urban Change using data from the Atlas of Urban Expansion, a project by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

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Video 18 Aug 53 notes

npr:

Black Folk Don’t | A Web Series

Someone just shared this video from a series, “Black Folk Don’t…” with me and while I gather my thoughts about it, I share with you. — Tanya Ballard Brown

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It’s criminal that so little is asked of people who are getting so much. I don’t mind paying more. I really don’t mind paying more taxes. I’d rather pay for taxes than cut ‘Reading is Fundamental’ or Head Start or some of these programs that are really helping kids. This is the greatest country in the world; is it really that much worse if you pay 6% more in taxes? Give me a break. Look at what you get for it: you get to be American.
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Matt Damon (via lonelywerewolfgirl)

Matt Damon is the hero of the day.

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Matt Damon for everything.

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Text 2 Jul 1 note Changes

Google’s exceptional Google+ is a breathtaking response to Facebook and Twitter. I’ve been thinking about switching to Google-based Blogspot for some time, because I use Google’s Calendar, Gmail, Reader, search engine, translate, etc. so it just makes sense to have all of my accounts linked in one seamless platform from a company I trust (for the time being, anyway). 

This link should take you to my Google+ profile: https://plus.google.com/103443809849710315765/posts?hl=en&tab=wX 

Or it might now. Everyone is still trying to figure out all the features, since it’s barely 72 hours old. I’m sure you can also just search for me: Drew Tedlock. :) 

Photo 9 Jun 1,743 notes theeconomist: Daily chart: who spends the most on the military? America’s defence spending, at nearly $700 billion a year, is bigger than that of the next 17 countries combined.

theeconomist:

Daily chart: who spends the most on the military? America’s defence spending, at nearly $700 billion a year, is bigger than that of the next 17 countries combined.

via NPR.
Photo 25 May 275 notes This is great. There is a lot of current research examining happiness and its relation to GDP. Why is it that we measure GDP and not something else? Plenty of interesting discussion topics.  theeconomist: Daily chart: comparing well-being and wealth The OECD has launched the Better Life Index, which aims to compare quality of life across countries. It suggests that wealth is already a fairly good measure of happiness.

This is great. There is a lot of current research examining happiness and its relation to GDP. Why is it that we measure GDP and not something else? Plenty of interesting discussion topics. 

theeconomist:

Daily chart: comparing well-being and wealth The OECD has launched the Better Life Index, which aims to compare quality of life across countries. It suggests that wealth is already a fairly good measure of happiness.

via The Economist.
Quote 24 May 50 notes
If it is passed by voters, a local ballot measure in San Francisco will in effect make circumcision of babies illegal in that city.
— A federal law and various state equivalents ban female circumcision, whether performed as a religious rite or not. “Intactivists” are asking why the cutting of a baby boy’s foreskin should be any different. (via theeconomist)
Photo 18 May 54 notes theeconomist: Daily chart: the world’s biggest gamblers. High-rollers in Australia and Singapore make gamblers in both countries the world’s biggest losers. Despite the fame of the Las Vegas strip, America sits some way down the list.

theeconomist:

Daily chart: the world’s biggest gamblers. High-rollers in Australia and Singapore make gamblers in both countries the world’s biggest losers. Despite the fame of the Las Vegas strip, America sits some way down the list.

via The Economist.
Photo 3 May 53 notes theeconomist: Daily chart: public opinion on Osama bin Laden. Polling by the Pew Center shows that Mr bin Laden’s influence had been swiftly declining in many Muslim countries.

theeconomist:

Daily chart: public opinion on Osama bin Laden. Polling by the Pew Center shows that Mr bin Laden’s influence had been swiftly declining in many Muslim countries.

via The Economist.

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