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bookofsand

  1. On 2 days last week, Germany got half its electricity--20 nuclear plants' worth--from solar power. bit.ly/LYyah8 about 18 hours ago via web
  2. Americans wildly overestimate the percentage of gay people in the population: bit.ly/JUhrIQ 12:25 PM Jun 1st via web
  3. Listing for "Greek Drachma (Post Euro)" briefly appears, then disappears, on Bloomberg terminals: read.bi/KQgGSt 12:07 PM Jun 1st via web
  4. RT @UnstableIsotope @KagroX 32 oz sodas are the new incandescent light bulb 11:47 AM Jun 1st via web
  5. RT @FearDept See Something, Say Something, Leave Before the Drone Arrives #futureslogans 11:36 AM Jun 1st via web
  6. RT @paleofuture Reminder: today is the deadline to request permission to think about the Olympics™®© at any point this summer 10:06 AM Jun 1st via web
  7. RT @JohnFugelsang Go ahead & recall FL Gov Rick Scott but the only thing that really works is finding & destroying his Horcruxes. 10:05 AM Jun 1st via web
  8. & in other Canadian headlines: 6000 RIM JOBS ON THE LINE crackberry.com/6000-rim-jobs-… cc @evewrites 9:32 AM Jun 1st via web
  9. RT @evewrites Ha RT @romenesko CBC headline: "GARBAGE TRUCK LANDS ON SATURN." bit.ly/JXl9S7 9:31 AM Jun 1st via web
  10. RT @ggreenwald If you haven't read @tanehisi on this yet, you should: MT @mmhastings Obama's Kill List - The Atlantic is.gd/bIfIjE 9:28 AM Jun 1st via web
  11. RT @nasa [Image of the Day] Dragon Splashes Down go.nasa.gov/JyjH7p 8:54 AM Jun 1st via web
  12. RT @wiredscience Two new elements get named: say hello to flerovium and livermorium bit.ly/LaIQ9P 7:28 AM Jun 1st via web
  13. RT @GreatDismal Cinema was once mainly an aspect of memory, for most people. As are our dreams. 7:15 AM Jun 1st via web
  14. RT @greatdismal/@moleitau New-Aesthetic Batman doesn't need dude from Lost anymore he JUST SPEAKS AT CCTV CAMS & SKYNET PHONES HIM LIKE SIRI 7:09 AM Jun 1st via web
  15. RT @MaxxKlaxon Here's the FB event page for next week's special relaunch of @TheLostParade: on.fb.me/NlQ7pd 7:05 PM May 31st via web
  16. Took me years to figure this out. RT @capitalnewyork The end of NYC's confusing rooftop taxi-light system is near capi.tl/L5XO4p 2:49 PM May 31st via web
  17. @slicksean Glad you agree! 2:45 PM May 31st via web
  18. ATTENTION FELLOW NEW YORKERS: If you really need more than 16 oz. of soda, just buy 2. (Also: that's disgusting.) 1:57 PM May 31st via web
  19. @tromano Yeah... 2 = the magic number. & my new thing is not drinking more than 2 nights in a row. (Mixed success so far...) 1:55 PM May 31st via web
  20. Usually the case, I find. RT @tromano The third alcoholic beverage last night should probably have been skipped. 12:56 PM May 31st via web