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This picture of Obama with some German dude - taken before speaking to 200,000 people who can’t vote for him but would probably give their eye-teeth to see him elected - is inspiring to me, but not b/c I support Obama and like to see Germans support him too. It’s inspiring b/c when I really look at the guy, I can see he’s not all that special. He’s a pretty normal, decent, educated, young-enough-to-be-relevant American. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people like him in this country. I personally know a lot of people who fit that description. It’s exciting for me to imagine that these kinds of people might become the norm in US politics and foreign policy instead of people who look like they’d be better suited delivering mail or selling real estate.

This picture of Obama with some German dude - taken before speaking to 200,000 people who can’t vote for him but would probably give their eye-teeth to see him elected - is inspiring to me, but not b/c I support Obama and like to see Germans support him too.

It’s inspiring b/c when I really look at the guy, I can see he’s not all that special. He’s a pretty normal, decent, educated, young-enough-to-be-relevant American. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people like him in this country. I personally know a lot of people who fit that description.

It’s exciting for me to imagine that these kinds of people might become the norm in US politics and foreign policy instead of people who look like they’d be better suited delivering mail or selling real estate.

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“It always bothers me when technologies are launched with the positioning that the primary benefit is to the vendor rather than to the user.“
— Someone named Rick says exactly what I’m thinking about FC (in the comments)
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“A brutally simple mental model of the software that’s shared by all users turns out to be a better predictor of adoption and value than a completely crazy collection of features that ends up being slightly different for every user.“
— Clay Shirky
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Ecovative Design - packing materials made from mushrooms. We use recycled paper and cornstarch peanuts at elsewares.com, but if these are affordable I’d love to give them a try! They also might taste good with some hummus.

Ecovative Design - packing materials made from mushrooms. We use recycled paper and cornstarch peanuts at elsewares.com, but if these are affordable I’d love to give them a try!

They also might taste good with some hummus.

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Etsy + American Apparel aesthetic
Etsy + American Apparel aesthetic
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underpants-starbucks (via Marc Johns)
underpants-starbucks (via Marc Johns)
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“All The Sam’s Club And Home Depot Females!!! All Hot!” one man wrote. “You Are All So Hot, I Have Spent A Lot Of Money For No Other Reasons But To See You.“
— Film to Chase the Ones Who Got Away - NYTimes.com - our friend Mary’s work-in-progress
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“The next generation of services will need to have an impact on the real world and the real economy, not just an attention economy driven by self expression and discovery online.“
— Union Square Ventures invests in Meetup
 (via zachklein)
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Awesome. Midwest Teen Sex Show
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Bees Without Borders

therealjanelle:

johncarney:

youngna:

A new non-profit dedicated to the educating individuals and communities in beekeeping skills.

I got excited when I thought the title of this post was Beers Without Borders.

i mistakely read the same thing. related: i have been thinking about beekeeping at the house upstate.

Audrey, are you reading this?

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“Schools are a much more effective bang for the buck than missiles or chasing some Taliban around the country,” says Mr. Mortenson, who is an Army veteran.“
— Nicholas D. Kristof