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"But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:52:11 -0400

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But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people get done in eight hours (the average office worker gets less than three hours of actual work done in 8 hours) but because it makes for such a purchase-happy public. Keeping free time scarce means people pay a lot more for convenience, gratification, and any other relief they can buy. It keeps them watching television, and its commercials. It keeps them unambitious outside of work.

We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have. We buy so much because it always seems like something is still missing.

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- Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (via beccap)

Neuroscience: Ordinary Skin Cells Morphed into Functional Brain Cells

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:46:40 -0400

Neuroscience: Ordinary Skin Cells Morphed into Functional Brain Cells:

neurosciencestuff:

Scientists at CWRU School of Medicine Discover New Technique that Holds Promise for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and Cerebral Palsy

Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in…

unwrittennature: Wicklow Mountains National Park, County Clare,...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:30:43 -0400

unwrittennature:

Wicklow Mountains National Park, County Clare, Ireland by: Ste Cullen

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/04/12/176909542/altar-of-plagues-scalding-industrial-chants-from-ireland

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:03:36 -0400

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/04/12/176909542/altar-of-plagues-scalding-industrial-chants-from-ireland

Things are fleeting. Transience is the way of life, and that’s okay. I adapt and thrive. It would be...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:47:26 -0400

Things are fleeting. Transience is the way of life, and that’s okay. I adapt and thrive. It would be comforting though, to have something constant…

weirdvintage: Budweiser ad, 1910 (via Vintage Ad Browser)

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:19:59 -0400

weirdvintage:

Budweiser ad, 1910 (via Vintage Ad Browser)

fuckyeahvikingsandcelts: Ballybunion Castle - County Kerry,...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:12:58 -0400

fuckyeahvikingsandcelts:

Ballybunion Castle - County Kerry, Ireland

theanimaleffect: Bald Eagle Spreading Out Wings by Tom &...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:12:35 -0400

theanimaleffect:

Bald Eagle Spreading Out Wings by Tom & Pat Leeson

A lion decides he’s had enough of being photographed - and...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:46:16 -0400

A lion decides he’s had enough of being photographed - and tries to steal a photographer’s camera. The lion and his pride had been followed by a film crew in Okavango Delta, Botswana, for days - and obviously decided it was time to have his turn behind the camera. The lion broke away from the pride and ran up to the camera before trying to drag the camera and tripod away. The photo was taken by British photographer and tour guide John Sobey, who runs horseback safaris for photographers throughout Botswana. He said: “He had a good look down the lens and we watched, amazed. It was only when he decided to try and bite them camera that the film crew got worried, and shouted at the lion, scaring him away.”

funnywildlife: Wolf Quartet

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:44:20 -0400

funnywildlife:

Wolf Quartet

Photo

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:43:52 -0400

tamburina: Bruno Barbey, Street fighting against British...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:41:07 -0400

tamburina:

Bruno Barbey, Street fighting against British soldiers, Northern Ireland, 1971

muchastyle: St. Vitus Cathedral Stained-glass Window, Prague:...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:39:43 -0400

muchastyle:

St. Vitus Cathedral Stained-glass Window, Prague: final design for the central panels, featuring SS Cyril and Methodius

1931

berryflavoredfresca: Alphonse Mucha Studio photography

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:35:05 -0400

berryflavoredfresca:

Alphonse Mucha Studio photography

sciencenote: Nikola Rahme Budapest, Hungary Subject...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:21:07 -0400

sciencenote:

Nikola Rahme

Budapest, Hungary

Subject Matter:

Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae (parasitic wasp)

(21.2x)Technique:

Reflected Light

todaysdocument: The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:19:50 -0400

WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY, 03/1974 ARC Identifier 555275

WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY, 03/1974 National Archives Identifier: 555274

WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY, 03/1974 National Archives Identifier: 555274

OVERLOOKING THE HUDSON RIVER IN LOWER MANHATTAN, THE TOWERS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SOAR SKYWARD TO A HEIGHT OF 1,350 FEET, 05/1973 National Archives Identifier: 549915

Photograph of St. Paul's Chapel with the Towers of the World Trade Center in the Background, 05/1973 National Archives Identifier: 549918

ON THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY, LOOKING BACK TOWARD...LOWER MANHATTAN. TO THE LEFT OF THE CLUSTER OF BULDINGS ARE THE TOWERS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, 05/1973 ARC ID 549901

todaysdocument:

The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center officially opened 40 years ago on April 4, 1973. At the time of their completion they were the tallest buildings in the world.

These photos, taken shortly after the World Trade Center was completed in the early 1970s, are part of the DOCUMERICA series, a program sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency to photographically document subjects of environmental concern in America during the 1970s.

Find more images from DOCUMERICA at “Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project,” now open at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

funnywildlife: An eastern screech-owl hides in a tiny hole in a...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:16:06 -0400

funnywildlife:

An eastern screech-owl hides in a tiny hole in a tree in Providence, Rhode Island. Photographer Peter Green spent two years attempting to capture the moment after being tipped off by friends about the bird’s quirky behaviour
Photograph: Peter Green/Barcroft Media

newsweek: heyblockhead: newsweek: Morrissey: “As a matter of recorded fact, Thatcher was a terror...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:13:15 -0400

newsweek:

heyblockhead:

newsweek:

Morrissey: “As a matter of recorded fact, Thatcher was a terror without an atom of humanity.”

”If Morrissey says not to eat meat, I’m going to eat meat; that’s how much I hate Morrissey.” — Robert Smith.

“Robert Smith is a whingebag.” - Morrissey

ialghamdi: Back off ! (Explore 6/4/2013 #6) by ORIONSM...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:12:07 -0400

ialghamdi:

Back off ! (Explore 6/4/2013 #6) by ORIONSM This guy really wasn’t happy with my lens in his face. I think the look says it all. http://flic.kr/p/e9ahiC

what-floats-my-boat: “I’ve robbed the rainbow to make you...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:11:21 -0400

what-floats-my-boat:

“I’ve robbed the rainbow to make you gay”
1947
(via xraydeltaone)