August 2011
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S.F. subway system admits cutting cellphone... →
“In a controversial move that has riled up free speech advocates, San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) subway system said it cut off cellphone signals at “select” stations in response to a planned protest this week.
“BART temporarily interrupted service at select BART stations as one of many tactics to ensure the safety of everyone on the platform,” the transit agency said...
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Stuff white people like: denying climate change →
stfuconservatives:
There’s a study running soon in the journal Global Environmental Change called “Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States.” It analyzes poll and survey data from the last 10 years and finds that … are you sitting down? … conservative white men are far more likely to deny the threat of climate change than other people.
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“More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of...”
– Albert Camus, Between Hell and Reason (1940)
“Many of them have said: they like war, they like the notion of staying in war,...”
– Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
preach
(via thelifetimenetwork)
“It began as a series of peaceful protests calling for reform of the Chilean...”
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“Several internet service providers across the United States are using an online...”
– Researchers: U.S. Internet Service Providers Are Hijacking Customers’ Searches
The providers in question are: Cavalier, Cincinnati Bell, Cogent, Frontier, Hughes, IBBS, Insight Broadband, Megapath, Paetec, RCN, Wide Open West, XO Communication.
(via ryking)
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