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@shyhoof: An ode to the journey of ó on a shipping label.

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OH HEY EVERYONE!

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WHAT EVEN AM I DOING

Blocking a certain chemical in mouse brains makes them live 10% to 20% longer.

I predict we will eventually find that humans have already pushed this life-extension mechanism to its limit. Mammals' life spans tend to be inversely proportional to their heartbeat rate, but humans are the exception, with a lifespan four times that of other mammals with the comparable heartbeat rate. This long life is the result of adaptations in whatever mechanisms could adapt easily. That means that simple means that extend the lifespans of other mammals have probably been used already in humans.

Too bad.

The San Francisco Gay Pride Parade's leadership says that expressions of support for Bradley Manning "will not be tolerated"; they are too busy supporting sleazy corporations that give money.

Greenwald shows in detail how the parade has been converted from an expression of real dissent into a bulwark of the establishment.

I’m in South Carolina for Converge SE this weekend. This is how I feel whenever I meet new people. If you see me, say hi!

Apple exploits the app developers mercilessly, aside from a few stars whose role is to give a misleading impression of what developers can expect.

I can't sympathize much with those app developers, since they are making proprietary software. They all deserve to fail. However, that doesn't excuse the way Apple treats them.

US sanctions have made it impossible to send aid to help Iranians made homeless by earthquakes.

The sanctions are not supposed to block food and medicine, but the UK is blocking Shell from paying a debt by shipping food or medicine to Iran.

This shows that the blocking of food and medicine is an intended result, and US claims to the contrary are dishonest.

In principle, economic sanctions can be legitimate, but their main effect now is to give Iranians a reason to rally behind their government.

People have been talking about switching to Linux to escape Windows 8, guess Microsoft has been trying to change their minds.

Submitted by: lightninggirl99

Previously, previously.

Putin is taking control of the Russian social network VKontakte while persecuting its founder.

The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded, probably accidentally, had not been inspected in five years.

The infrequency of inspection reflects the political power of business, which does not want annoying things like inspections because it does not want to follow annoying safety rules designed to prevent problems such as explosions.

I am going to make a prediction. My prediction is that this explosion will get much less media and political attention than the Boston explosions, even though the number of killed and the number of injured are considerably greater in Texas.

The reason I expect this is that attention to the Boston explosions tends to encourage increased ineffective security measures against ordinary people, and increased surveillance of everything we do, whereas attention to the Texas explosion would encourage increased effective security measures against businesses. The powers behind the media and the politicians want the former and don't want the latter.

Ammonium nitrate has caused bigger explosions before.

Meanwhile, a suicide bomber in Baghdad killed 26 people. It wasn't the only bombing in Iraq this week.

Imagine offering as much compassion to a victim of US bombs as to a US victim of bombs.

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