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"So what will happen if, as expected, Republicans win control of the House? We already know part of..."

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:54:18 -0400

“So what will happen if, as expected, Republicans win control of the House? We already know...

"If politicians can attain their objectives by portraying themselves as having attained them, then..."

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:13:27 -0400

“If politicians can attain their objectives by portraying themselves as having attained them,...

alexbalk: Huh. It’s been fifteen years.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:45:33 -0400

alexbalk:

Huh. It’s been fifteen years.

proofmathisbeautiful: fuckyeahmath: bobrox: Math Nerds do it...

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:14:58 -0400

proofmathisbeautiful:

fuckyeahmath:

bobrox:

Math Nerds do it better.

"Women aren’t from Venus after all: Popular culture tells us that women and men’s brains are just..."

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:48:13 -0400

“Women aren’t from Venus after all: Popular culture tells us that women and men’s brains are...

BREAKING: Activist Judge Does Awesome Activisty Thing!

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:53:40 -0400

matthewgallaway: langer: A source for NYMag just made my fucking day: According to a source who...

Girls Get Math! It's culture that's skewed!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:17:08 -0400

Girls Get Math! It's culture that's skewed!: proofmathisbeautiful: proofmathisbeautiful: “Just as...

sexartandpolitics: “I used to call people, then I got into...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:41:38 -0400

sexartandpolitics:

“I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone.”

nerdshares:

As much as this pings my Old-Person-Humor radar*…it, it is actually true.

*like a 1990s Woody Allen movie or any “Shouts and Murmurs” column ever

via daveholmes:mikehudack:arig

darlenecomics: bowfolk: charredcoal: guerrillamamamedicine: ...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:58:53 -0400

darlenecomics:

bowfolk:

charredcoal:

guerrillamamamedicine:

Human ovulation captured on camera | Doobybrain.com

whoaaa

*that*—-is some type of holy shit. the egg is gonna go into the fallopian tube, right? where is the tube? and is this a forced ovulation? or is this what all of our ovulations look like?

*wicked*

ps what’s the time process of these pictures? and aren’t those golden eggs so shiny and soft and golden looking?

"Two persons – one white and the other black – are playing a game of poker. The game has been in..."

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:26:21 -0400

“Two persons – one white and the other black – are playing a game of poker. The game has been...

Quick thought

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:46:57 -0400

sexartandpolitics: I’m starting to get tired of the way the term ‘people of color’ is used. All too...

proofmathisbeautiful: crookedindifference: Carl Sagan’s...

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:19:43 -0400

proofmathisbeautiful:

crookedindifference:

Carl Sagan’s Pulsar Map

Relative position of the Sun to the center of the Galaxy and 14 pulsars with their periods denoted. The lengths of the lines show the relative distances of the pulsars to the Sun.

The pulsar map and hydrogen molecule diagram are shared in common with the Pioneer plaques and the Voyager Golden Record.

caramelbaloney: abbyjean: It’s important to note here that...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:19:51 -0400

caramelbaloney:

abbyjean:

It’s important to note here that the vast majority of schools lose money off athletics. In 2008, less than a quarter of sports powerhouses made money off their athletics programs, and collectively these same institutions lost nearly $1 billion on sports. These funds must be made up by state taxpayers or student tuition bills. Find out how much your school spent with this handy database put together by researchers at USA Today. The aggregate impact of all this on American educational attainment probably isn’t all that big, but it’s not nothing either. (via Yglesias)

Time for a rant against collegiate athletics, though not of the expected “college is for education, not sports” variety. It’s somewhat silly to say that sports raise money for any school, because any profits from football and basketball are pumped back in to support other sports, not academics. Even Ohio State, which has an enormous sports program, only breaks even ($120m last year). Fortunately, our program is nearly self-sufficient, though most require increasing subsidies in the form of student fees and taxes.

And what do the students get for their money, while feeling crunched by rising tuitions? Probably nothing more than school spirit. Most of the schools with athletics programs are research universities; even without sports, their focus isn’t on undergraduate education. This graph doesn’t show, and it would be difficult to measure, the extent to which exposure from sports brings in alumni donations and corporate/government grants for graduate research. In grad school, we joked about the undergrads supporting us, and student subsidized sports may be another example of that.

What’s worse, when we look at individual sports, some college athletes are grossly UNDERPAID. Sure, they get a free ride (and a lot of additional perks) while other students struggle to pay tuition and keep grades up. But that is nothing compared to what they do for the school. They are supporting the other sports as well as providing a very prominent advertisement for the school. They bring in millions. But all they get in return is risk of injury, some exposure to the pros, and (maybe) an education. While the volleyball players might be interested in education, the football and basketball players are probably looking to go pro. If there were a minor league system in smaller cities (such as college towns), just as there is for baseball, then these players could at least have some salary, and those not picked up could continue playing beyond four years. If the Ohio State Buckeyes became the Columbus Buckeyes, these players would be much better off. And at smaller schools, the students would also be better off.

Caramel Baloney: Vote Splitting Is Not Necessary with Approval and Range Voting

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:16:09 -0400

Caramel Baloney: Vote Splitting Is Not Necessary with Approval and Range Voting:...

I write like David Foster Wallace

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:45:41 -0400

I write like David Foster Wallace: I would be more than happy to be known as the David Foster...

illegalsoul: sexartandpolitics: Dear Maureen, I hear you’re...

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:31:40 -0400

illegalsoul:

sexartandpolitics:

Dear Maureen,

I hear you’re back from your jaunt over in Saudi Arabia. Kudos to you for making it back from that big, bad place. Somebody get this woman the gin and tonic she deserves! […]

You talk about your first visit to Saudi, and how you wore your hot-pink skirt (with fringe) in presumable defiance of cultural norms with which you plainly disagree. But here’s a sociological truth, Maureen: it’s not defiance when you do it; it’s defiance when a Saudi woman does it. When you do it, it’s just good ol’ cultural imperialism.

Sara Haji, An Open Letter to Maureen Dowd - Muslimah Media Watch

via chuffedlittlebakedgood

I haven’t read the entire article yet, but this was reblogged in my dashboard three times in a row, so you should probably read it.

"Us black and Latinos often come from backgrounds in which our families’ primary reason for sending..."

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:09:27 -0400

“Us black and Latinos often come from backgrounds in which our families’ primary reason for...

"Jon’s not just a guy in a suit reading a prompter. His voice and vision shape every aspect of the..."

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:06:33 -0400

“Jon’s not just a guy in a suit reading a prompter. His voice and vision shape every aspect of...

"Beyond economic theory, however, is the deeper question: are we 300 million people who just happen..."

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:12:02 -0400

“Beyond economic theory, however, is the deeper question: are we 300 million people who just...

meldoesgradschool: greaterthanlapsed: When They Build with...

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:24:57 -0400

meldoesgradschool:

greaterthanlapsed:

When They Build with LEGO, Never Ask Them What It Is… - The Retroist

I will post this pretty much every time I come across it on the internet. I so wish advertising was more like this these days. As the mother of a 7-year-old, I have to say I am sick as fuck of pink. This little girl looks so happy and proud and comfortable in a way that is so uncontrived, it’s just…

Beautiful.