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Climate-proofing cities: Not something conservatives are going to be good at
To prepare cities for climate change, we’re going to need government spending, government planning, and density. Right-wingers are unlikely to play along.
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The London Tube opened 150 years ago today — here’s its first complaint letter
The Tube must have run comparatively well, because it took over a month for the Times to get its first letter complaining about the service.
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These orcas are trapped in ice and need your help
Unless you're an X-Man, preferably Cyclops, your best bet to help them is to nag the Canadian government to dispatch some assistance tout de suite.
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Measuring What Matters
Confucius once said, “We are so busy doing the urgent that we don’t have time to do the important.” I haven’t been able to get that comment out of my […]
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Drinking a lot of diet soda is linked to depression
Here's another excuse to stay the hell away from diet soda.
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Who Should Pay the Costs of Climate Disasters?
By David Morris, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Who should pay the costs of climate disasters? In light of the current debate in the United States about federal assistance to Hurricane […]
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Chocolate syrup made by, from, and for assholes
Here, we present the only food product we have ever encountered that needs to just GET OVER itself
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This map of the London Tube is also a working radio
It's not a coincidence that this is possible. The guy who designed the original tube map had studied electronics engineering and purposely drew the map in the mode of a circuit board.
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This is what it looks like to get caught in a dolphin stampede
Are they having a race? Did they see a shark? Are they running away from Vogons?
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Who will serve on Obama’s second-term green team?
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire could head up EPA. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa could become transportation secretary. Who else? Find out.
