May 2012
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In 100 Billon Years, Cosmology is Impossible →
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Ce que les jeunes cherchent à apprendre chez leurs collègues plus âgés est...
– Jean-Pierre Robinot, on natural wine.
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There are a lot of stories, so it’s difficult to tell it all in one sentence. Of...
– Katsumi Ishidathe, Japanese chef in Lyon, France
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I love the noises.
Near Montpellier, France.
July 2009.
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I don’t think enough wine collectors have put as much thought as they should...
– On Wine.
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In other words, Barack Obama and his franchise are emulating the Clinton’s, and...
– Naked Capitalism, one of the best blogs on the internet.
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Tu ne sais pas jusqu’où tu va pouvoir aller.
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The gentle breeze seems to have brought
your distant fragrance to my heart;
it...
– Omar Khayyam (118)
Translated by Juan Cole
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The only time I’m really happy is when I’m investigating something.
— errolmorris (@errolmorris) April 17, 2012
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Cannes 2012: Haneke v Audiard, but no shows from... →
I wish I were going to Cannes 2012. Michael Haneke, Jacques Audiard, Ken Loach, and Abbas Kiarostami are some of my favorite filmmakers. Just missing the Dardennes brothers and Terrence Malick. I truly cannot wait to see Haneke’s Amour. I ought to re-watch The White Ribbon.
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But what I think that sets me apart, even if people say I’m strange, I believe...
– Katsumi Ishidathe, a Japanese chef in Lyon, France
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Documents show for the first time that local... →
wilwheaton:
A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against wind farms and Barack Obama’s energy agenda.
A number of rightwing organisations, including Americans for Prosperity, which is funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, are attacking Obama for his support for solar and wind power. The American Legislative Exchange...
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n8han: An FRA-Compliant Bike Share Program →
n8han:
The shit has hit the fan with New York’s bike share pricing scheme. Whether or not you understand that bike share is for short trips—and that short trips are something less than 45 minutes or 30 minutes depending on your subscription—there’s no denying that we’re about to launch the most…
Very insightful.
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Everything a lie. Everything you hear, everything you see. So much to spew out....
– The Thin Red Line
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Miniscule production Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) from Germany’s relatively...
– Chambers Street Wines, one of my favorite wine shops.
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