June 2012
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Renewable energy subsidies: lessons from Spain →
jakke:
In January, the cash-strapped Spanish government stopped subsidies for new renewable-energy projects. Previously, the subsidies had led to the country becoming a world leader in wind and solar energy, with up to half the national energy requirements met by wind and solar. What’s been happening since the subsidies were cut?
Wherein jakke comes off as some kind of dreadful leftist. But...
May 2012
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I had always been pretty sure that comedy was about producing a laugh and not a...
– Rachel Dratch
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Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting... →
neonrad:
Dudes. Imagine life here in the US — or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the Western world — is a massive role playing game, like World of Warcraft except appallingly mundane, where most quests involve the acquisition of money, cell phones and donuts, although not always at the same time. Let’s call it The Real World. You have installed The Real World on your computer and are about to...
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Maman died today.
– Mersault in the first line of Albert Camus’ The Stranger
The New Yorker on Matthew Ward’s translation of The Stranger
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Merchandise’s Children of Desire LP is already sold out. :(
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Final two tests of my academic career today and all I want to do is listen to music and go outside.
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Why hasn't this aired yet?
“Production for “Stuck on Dirty” wrapped just weeks before ODB collapsed and died in a Manhattan recording studio. The show, based on a fan living with Dirty and electronically connected to him for five days, will air in early 2005.
The premise is that the fan cannot stray more than 10 feet from ODB. An electronic device connecting the two sounds if and wen he does, and the...
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Last night my boyfriend said he’d be down for a threesome with Hugh Laurie. Important information.