Pakistan Militant Group Scraps Truce →
nytimes.com
That’s the opposite of good.
July 2009
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Unger is stepping down as Minister of strategic affairs →
alertnet.org
Which is I think mildly tragic. The world of good he was doing and could continue to do for Brazil, cannot be overstated. Let’s hope the corruption and directionlessness of Lula’s pre Unger government do not return.
Direct-Shift Gearbox →
en.wikipedia.org
Damn cool. Greater abstraction from shifting gears. Better in nearly every way. I can’t wait to try it out.
(via @frasier)
Colombian army killed many innocents, Uribe has no blood on his hands →
miamiherald.com
Which is frankly appalling. The man is either a fantastic liar, or horrendously myopic. Either way, to suggest that he is innocent or that the blood is not on his hands, is preposterous and nothing more than ethical gerrymandering.
Kodak winds last rolls of Kodachrome →
news.cnet.com
We all knew this day was coming, but it is still some what disappointing.
“I wasn’t drunk yet. I wasn’t thinking.”
—Norman (via hmartin)
“I don’t like this business of writing about your childhood, dragging your parents through the mud. I don’t know much, but one thing I do know - if you use art to settle accounts, it’s no longer art.”
—Christine Doinel (via totallymorgan)
Sarajevo Film Festival →
sff.ba
I am so stoked.
Gunmen kill Greek policeman who was guarding a narc →
washingtonpost.com
Don’t fuck with Greek Radicals.
Pittarak Expedition - Mongolia →
pittarak.blogspot.com
They Kite Buggied across the Gobi. What else is there to say?
Iran Activists Get Assist from ‘Anonymous’ and the Pirate Bay →
wired.com
Interesting times breed interesting alliances.
“The killing last weekend of a Catholic priest and two seminary students in southwest Mexico marked the first time that drug cartel hit men have purposefully targeted a clergyman”
—CNN.com
Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them. →
sivers.org
This explains why I seem to have limitless lack of follow through. I never fail to get too excited about a project, and tell everyone I know. And then proceed to ignore that project.
Via twitter
