Wild in the Streets

Nov 22

“The E.P.A. would rather look the other way than crack down on cities, since punishing municipalities can cause political problems,” said Craig Michaels of Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy group. “But without enforcement and fines, this problem will never end.” —

Sewers at Capacity, Pollution Spills Into Waterways - Series - NYTimes.com

Ugh, and apparently Philadelphia is one of the frequent offenders…

Nov 21

thedailywhat:

Threadless T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day: “Friendly Beasts” by Hillary White.
The Sesame Street Muppets as their potential Animal Kingdom counterparts.
Help make it happen by voting early and voting often. (One vote per person. Time of day irrelevant.)
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thedailywhat:

Threadless T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day: “Friendly Beasts” by Hillary White.

The Sesame Street Muppets as their potential Animal Kingdom counterparts.

Help make it happen by voting early and voting often. (One vote per person. Time of day irrelevant.)

[via.]

Nov 19

ca1ty:

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL!

That is a serious fan. But not matter how many listens, I can’t love this album as much as I’m told I should.

ca1ty:

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL!

That is a serious fan. But not matter how many listens, I can’t love this album as much as I’m told I should.

Nov 18

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe
Ummmm…no. I don’t even know where to start.

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

Ummmm…no. I don’t even know where to start.

Nov 17

Top 5 songs that keep getting stuck in my head

  1. The Clash, “Lost in the Supermarket”
  2. The Vapors, “Letter from Hiro”
  3. Sting, “After the Rain Has Fallen”
  4. Elvis Costello, “Veronica”
  5. The B-52s, “Funplex”

Nov 16

Book Review - 'What the Dog Saw - And Other Adventures,' by Malcolm Gladwell - Review - NYTimes.com -

Pinker on Gladwell, I don’t think it can get more masturbatory than this.

Nov 15

PHD Comics: I am going home
Sigh, the story of my grad school days…

PHD Comics: I am going home

Sigh, the story of my grad school days…

Nov 13

A fun morphology moment from last week's 30 Rock

Nov 11

Bon Voyage, Betty! And Other Meditations On Mad Men - Mad Men - Jezebel

Nov 08

Crumbs! Large Hadron Collider suffers snack-related bird mishap - Crave at CNET UK

LHC, you just weren’t meant to be functional…

Crumbs! Large Hadron Collider suffers snack-related bird mishap - Crave at CNET UK LHC, you just weren’t meant to be functional…