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For me, anyway. Facebook never really worked for me anyway; but on top of that, there are lots of serious privacy concerns — see, for example: Facebook gives your info to advertisers, gets caught in the act, promises to stop; EFF’s Bill of Privacy Rights for Social Network Users; MoveOn’s “Did you see what Facebook [...]

My son Oz (in 4th grade) brought home some homework covering the study of matter in his 4th grade science lesson. Here’s a couple of lines from the narrative page “explaining” atoms and matter:

And on the next page, they quizzed him, to make sure he’d accepted the anti-materialist dogma.
When I asked Oz what [...]

If you think ‘Publicans are pretty normal, you might want to check out a really scary poll of self-identified Republicans here, commissioned by Daily Kos. Here are some of the highlights:
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 1/20-31. Self-identified Republicans. MoE 2%
Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?
Yes 39%, No 32%, Not Sure 29%
Do you think [...]

Commoncraft’s “In Plain English” intro videos on tech/net topics

“That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969

Sen. Jeff Sessions says he’s going to do some crack cocaine.

Jerry Springer Show as hosted by Noam Chomsky (via Leiter)

Visual Economics: Where the paycheck goes

YouTube’s “Screening Room” has excellent short films, like “Spider”

The C-word is very old