May 2010
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The Delilah, or The White Lady
Hi Beth!
I don’t know you, and you don’t know me, but as a fellow Gemini (I’m just a few days behind you) I have to share this with you on your birthday today.
See, this is one of my favorite drinks of all time. It’s been a long time since I met someone who truly appreciated it and I have a feeling you are the person who will do just that. It’s a classic sour gin...
One Big Idea: The Dissertation
sasquatchmedia:
Tumblr’s fun, yall, but time to resume posts about the dissertation proper. When I first applied to doc programs, I was torn between two life-long passions: journalism and film. I even thought about combining the two and dissertating about depictions of journalists on film.
By the time I was leaving The Seattle Times to start my doctorate in 2006, the news business seemed to be...
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Melvins - “The Green Manalishi With The Two...
shanecyr asked: You got any cheese?
oh, hey great: So sorry for the delay - I know,... →
unsolicitedanalysis:
And I appreciate the extent to which you have completely kicked my ass in this debate. Mea maxima culpa, Oh Hey Great - you’ve got a much more comprehensive view of the issue and destroyed my argument so effectively that it disintegrated. Seriously. I’m not only convinced you’re right, but I’m convinced that I was out of line for attempting to build an argument in this...
texburgher:
Okay, I’ll play along for a spell.
I’m sorry, were you in Texas in the 1990s?
rnch-deactivated20100617 asked: YES I CAN ASK YOU QUESTIONS NOW
ONE SMALL QUESTION FOR RORY
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR OHHEYGREAT.TUMBLR.COM
ONE SMALL QUESTION FOR RORY
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR OHHEYGREAT.TUMBLR.COM
Hey, tip on getting rid of followers: Post long screeds arguing with people about healthcare.
TOTALLY WORKS
OOPS SORRY
Oh shit, I’m sorry. I put one of those “read more” divider things in but it didn’t show up. Well, that was long and probably annoyed a whole bunch of you.
I’ll post a photo of an animal or something later to make up for it.
So sorry for the delay - I know, you wanted more of this - but I do have a dissertation to write. Nevertheless, let me say a few more things:
unsolicitedanalysis:
As for 1, I read the article and cited it to begin with. JAMA’s study equated patients with “severe” depression using their scoring mechanism to 13% of patients with depression. That 13% is the only population to receive a...
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oh, hey great: unsolicitedanalysis: ... Of course... →
unsolicitedanalysis:
Fact:
Anti-depressants - brand, type, patient broadly controlled - have been repeatedly shown by scientific research as nothing more than effective placebos with harmful side effects.
We have research of sufficient quality to make high-level distinctions. This information is being provided to you by experts in a high-stakes environment of immense financial and social...
unsolicitedanalysis:
Anyway, this massive tumblrstorm all seems to be prompted by that Newsweek article. Depression really is the third rail of medicinal debate, isn’t it?
Anti-depressants have demonstrated some efficacy in studies. That said, the facts indicate that antidepressants have no statistically significant effect beyond placebo even in cases of severe depression. The rest of the...
New photoblog launches at msnbc.com →
jimray:
Things have been busy at work lately. My pal and colleague Martin McClellan designed and built this (along with the folks at Newsvine) and it’s just incredible. Quite an improvement over the previous iteration of our photoblog (I know because I built that one). I love the huge photos and clean design.
Mmm, photos and clean design. Almost as good as grilled cheese. Maybe even better.
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Watchemptyage:
48HR Magazine - a pocket documentary (by ricky montalvo)
[this is good] Thanks Ricky!
SCREW IT I’M ONLY FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO POST AND/OR LOVE PHOTOS OF AWESOME ANIMALS MY DASHBOARD IS GREAT RIGHT NOW
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The Swinger
From Music Machinery:
One of my favorite hacks at last weekend’s Music Hack Day is Tristan’s Swinger. The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it swing. It does this be taking each beat and time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half.
Hop over to hear some incredible examples. You’ve never heard “Sweet Child O’...
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Richard Thompson - "When The Spell Is Broken,"... →
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To every teacher who told me to give up on math...
whileyouweresleeping:
I just received my best grade so far in this nine-month science course.
91%.
In particle physics.
— From SF, vindicated.
When I was 13 and about to be a freshman in high school, my soon-to-be teacher for Intro to Physical Science, Chemistry, Physics, and more (basically everything in our small high school but biology and physiology) said to my parents:
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“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
– Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist (via quote-book)
When I was working on my master’s in American Studies years ago, my adviser David Yerkes once asked me if formal education makes you dumb. To this day, I’m still not sure if he was joking and just trying to be provocative or deadly serious.
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unsolicitedanalysis:
““Accidents happen” is perfectly valid if you assume that the existing risk management strategy is a sound ratio of risk and potential cost.”
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Unsolicited Analysis, defending Rand Paul’s not-so-empathetic reaction to the Massey tragedy and the BP disaster. He also writes, “BP is responsible. But I haven’t heard any argument demonstrating that the problem was preventable,...
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