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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

scientists at osaka fire world's biggest laser.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sci_tech/technology/AJ201507280057

# posted by gt @ 21:06

Friday, July 24, 2015

Trick friends into thinking you have your shit together

http://imgur.com/gallery/5991n
I'm not sure I have friends, but I definitely don't have my shit together.

# posted by gt @ 17:54

Thursday, July 23, 2015

http://www.worldpath.net/~minstrel/hobosign.htm

# posted by gt @ 19:20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNaB2aQjV1k&feature=youtu.be

mango ice cream served inside a frozen mango in india

# posted by gt @ 18:40

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

[–]Jim_Obergefell [S] 1123 points 13 hours ago

# posted by gt @ 21:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhYn-b84MvE

from 1988, but still my favorite movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Wi3A3skb0&list=PLZbXA4lyCtqqNlc2L8idSyzAGbnKBlwkW&feature=iv&src_vid=yE0aTqijR3o&annotation_id=annotation_238319

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=26&v=emda_fIsz2o

https://twitter.com/hashtag/EarthGirlsAreEasy?src=hash

# posted by gt @ 19:57

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_elephant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_elephant

# posted by gt @ 18:38

was comparing ancestry notes with an 18th cousin.

Relationship Trails

1. Robbin is the son of Clare A. Stewart [unknown confidence]
2. Clare is the son of Clare A. Stewart [unknown confidence]
3. Clare is the son of Bernard A. Stewart [unknown confidence]
4. Bernard is the son of Martin V. Stewart [unknown confidence]
5. Martin is the son of Hiram Stewart [unknown confidence]
6. Hiram is the son of Jonathan Stewart [unknown confidence]
7. Jonathan is the son of Joseph Stuart [unknown confidence]
8. Joseph is the son of John Stuart [unknown confidence]
9. John is the son of Robert Stewart [unknown confidence]
10. Robert is the son of Walter Stewart [unknown confidence]
11. Walter is the son of Andrew T. Stewart [unknown confidence]
12. Andrew is the son of Alexander 5th Laird of Gartnafuaran Stewart[unknown confidence]
13. Alexander 5th Laird of Gartnafuaran is the son of Walter 4th Laird of Gartnafuaran Stewart [unknown confidence]
14. Walter 4th Laird of Gartnafuaran is the son of Andrew 3rd Laird of Gartnafuaran Stewart [unknown confidence]
15. Andrew 3rd Laird of Gartnafuaran is the son of Alexander 2nd Laird of Gartfuaran Stewart [unknown confidence]
16. Alexander 2nd Laird of Gartfuaran is the son of Andrew 1st Laird of Gartfuaran Stewart [unknown confidence]
17. Andrew 1st Laird of Gartfuaran is the son of James 1st of Baldorran Stewart [unknown confidence]
18. James 1st of Baldorran is the son of James Stewart [unknownconfidence]

At this point my history diverges from hers, but James is linked to Robert II of Scotland,

and from there it goes back to Walter Stewart and Robert the Bruce.

More here:

http://www.chuckspeed.com/balquhidder/history/Gartnafueran.htm

# posted by gt @ 06:22

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

my newest toy

# posted by gt @ 06:39

mounties shoot, kill, masked anon at dawson creek

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-man-killed-by-rcmp-identified-as-anonymous-members-quarrel-over-retaliation

# posted by gt @ 06:34

Monday, July 20, 2015

superhero supplies:
custom capes cheap.
https://everfan.com/hero-maker
mad scientist gear wholesale
http://www.sciplus.com/
acme products
http://www.acmemarkets.com/#2

# posted by gt @ 08:21

Thursday, July 16, 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/29/7-countries-where-americans-can-study-at-universities-in-english-for-free-or-almost-free/?tid=trending_strip_6

# posted by gt @ 09:40

Friday, July 10, 2015

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An old team at reddit (self.announcements)

submitted 4 hours ago by samaltman [A] to /r/announcements

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Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief (nytimes.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by caimen to /r/news

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Fan gets owned by Bryan Cranston at Comic-Con (x-post /r/breakingbad) (youtu.be)

submitted 3 hours ago by iT0xicEd1z to /r/videos

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Ellen Pao Resigns as Reddit Interim CEO After User RevoltBusiness(bloomberg.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by Tox77 to /r/technology

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Ellen Pao resigns [Megathread] (self.SubredditDrama)

submitted 4 hours ago * by pie-oh to /r/SubredditDrama

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Ellen Pao, CEO of Reddit, resigns (nytimes.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by phaedrus___ to /r/technology

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Ellen Pao steps down as CEO of Reddit.[ann

update https://www.reddit.com/r/circlejerk/comments/3cug92/we_did_it_reddit/csz3nas

# posted by gt @ 17:37

Wednesday, July 08, 2015

# posted by gt @ 22:24

Tuesday, July 07, 2015

til https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_ancient_Greece#Pornai

# posted by gt @ 18:11

Sunday, July 05, 2015

My ancestor Jean Bonnet had a tavern around 1780 where the two main roads in western PA meet.

I recently had lunch there and met the new owner. The inn was closed for the 4th of july holiday on my trip back, but I visited with the goats. The inn is mostly famous for being where the Whiskey Rebellion started and ended. A few miles further west Washington PA was getting ready for its Whiskey Rebellion Festival. http://www.whiskeyrebellionfestival.com/

The fireworks were about over by the time I got to Washington, but I saw some in Mt Pleasant.

On the way to Baltimore I'd taken a wrong turn near Mt Pleasant and wound up at an antique store out in the woods, where I haggled for this DuPont dynamite box, a different kind of fireworks. Not a great photo, but you an get the general idea.

# posted by gt @ 21:31

Friday, July 03, 2015

http://www.pnj.com/story/news/history/2015/07/03/declaration-independence/29679057/

# posted by gt @ 17:42

http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/how-a-conservative-billionaire-is-moving-heaven-and-earth-to-become-the-biggest-alternative-energy-giant-in-the-country

# posted by gt @ 07:50

Thursday, July 02, 2015

The good news is unemployment is down to 5.3%, lowest since the 2008 crash.
But that's because so many people have left the labor market.
I may, or may not, start half-heartedly looking for work this year.
Next I will check the stats for Indiana. 5.0 in April. "dropped to 5.1 in may" :)

# posted by gt @ 22:19

http://imgur.com/gallery/y6aIx 200 calories per photo

# posted by gt @ 22:12

http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/a-guy-says-he-found-a-note-promising-him-300-and-tons-of-peo#.ou1yDAXX6g

there's some drama going on at reddit as /u/chooter was fired, and some of the site has gone dark in protest. buzzfeed has nothing on it, but i did find the above story. ah here we go.

http://gizmodo.com/reddit-is-tearing-itself-apart-1715545184

update: it has a name, AMAgeddon.

update: reddit also fired Santa.

https://twitter.com/kickme444

# posted by gt @ 18:32

Wednesday, July 01, 2015

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/myanmar-fisherman-goes-home-after-22-years-as-a-slave/ar-AAcp47L?ocid=LENDHP

# posted by gt @ 19:35