If you needed something to stoke your outrage at BP’s handling of the oil disaster, there’s this: Clean-up workers are getting sick from exposure to oil and dispersants and BP is reportedly threatening to fire them if they wear respirators. More »
BP – United States – Law – Workers’ Compensation – Services
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It would be the only way these low-cost, low-consumption, small-footprint little cars would have success in the land of the free, the pickups, the minivans, and the Hummers. More »
United States – Image Cache – New York – Times Square – The New York Times
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Yep, just practicing my long-exposure light photography. Should be super cute, nothing to it really, just—aw man, seriously Derrick? [Reddit via The High Definite] More »
United States – Government – Department of Health and Human Services – Executive Branch – Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
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It looks like somebody took Joel’s advice about scuba diving to heart! [CannibalComfort via Blakeley] More »
Scuba diving – Recreation – Outdoors – Oceania – United States
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Adam Carolla of The Adam Carolla Show fame deals with lousy batteries the same way we do: Angrily. What’s wrong with them? Why are we still having to charge stuff every day and deal with dead devices? Carolla explains. More »
AdamCarolla – Podcast – Adam Carolla Show – Radio – United States
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Clever use of icons, sure. But I can’t help but think that this displays a distinct lack of self-awareness. [Tweetphoto; Thanks, Habs!] More »
Image Cache – Macintosh – Graphics – United States – Times Square
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It’s turning out to be a big day for YouTube: first they unleash their monster mobile site upgrade, and now they’ve hatched Leanback, the most effective way yet to keep you from turning that internet dial. More »
YouTube – Google – Business and Economy – Arts – United States
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If people had talked this much about Kin while it was still alive, it might have stood a chance. Oh well! The battle continues to rage over who gets the write the final chapter in Kin’s history. More »
Violence and Abuse – Road Rage – United States – Prevention – Brit milah
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Can you see it? It’s inside the gold ring between the United States Cyber Command and the American bald eagle. A secret hexadecimal code. The key to all America’s secrets. Or their favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song. More »
United States – Cryptography – United States Cyber Command – Math – Communication Theory
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The great thing about North Korea is that you never know what’s fake and what’s not. I think that the subtitles to this video are a joke, but with the genius of Kim Jong-il, you never know! More »
North Korea – Asia – Kim Jong-il – History – United States
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