Mid-Atlantic accent

http://good-mag.co/OldTimeyTalk

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The myth that welfare corrupts the poor

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/business/the-myth-of-welfares-corrupting-influence-on-the-poor.html?_r=0&referer=

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Bayesian statistics

http://allendowney.blogspot.com/2015/11/learning-to-love-bayesian-statistics.html?m=1

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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: the comic book

I never used to like this poem. Now I do.

 

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Happy (day after) 200th birthday, George Boole

The namesake of the Boolean data type.

He took his profession as a schoolteacher seriously, and developed all sorts of surprisingly modern theories about the importance of understanding and discovery (as opposed to rote memorization), and the value of tangible examples in areas like mathematics (he surely would have been thrilled by what’s now possible with computers).

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Tourist Destination Barcelona

Gaudi’s basilica nearing completion — only 11 more years.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/sagrada-familia-reaches-its-final-stage-of-construction/413476/?utm_source=SFTwitter

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Open Carry

http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/11/open-carry-mass-shooting-colorado-springs

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Chilling Effects announces new name

https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/763

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Link blog

Republicans block veteran benefits

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The Steve and Carly Show

How Steve Jobs fleeced Carly Fiorina.

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