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I just got my police scanner back from my brother two hours ago. The first thing I hear when I tune to our precinct is our address. The police pulled up and rang our buzzer a few minutes later. Turns out the rain triggered one of our building’s alarms.
Expecting some action, I ran downstairs to let the police in. They asked if I had called it in, and I explained I just happened to hear the call on the radio. They said I “probably shouldn’t tell people that” and gave me a thumbs up.
I am The Batman.
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“My Klout score is an 83, which makes me a Thought Leader. There’s a lot of pressure to stay relevant and forward thinking, when you’re that influential. A few sub-par tweets and I could be downgraded to Specialist. I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with being a Specialist… you’re not a Specialist, are you?”— McSweeney’s list of Ineffective Pick-Up Lines for the Modern Internet Persona
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“It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”— Anne Lamott
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First of all, let’s clarify what the NASA budget is. Do you realize that the $850 billion dollar bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50-year running budget of NASA?
And so when someone says, “We don’t have enough money for this space probe,” I’m asking, no, it’s not that you don’t have enough money, it’s that the distribution of money that you’re spending is warped in some way that you are removing the only thing that gives people something to dream about tomorrow.
You remember the 60s and 70s. You didn’t have to go more than a week before there’s an article in Life magazine, “The Home of Tomorrow,” “The City of Tomorrow,” “Transportation of Tomorrow”. All of that ended in the 1970s. After we stopped going to the Moon, it all ended. We stopped dreaming.
And so I worry that the decision that Congress makes doesn’t factor in the consequences of those decisions on tomorrow. Tomorrow’s gone. They’re playing for the quarterly report, they’re playing for the next election cycle, and that is mortgaging the actual future of this nation, and the rest of the world is going to pass us by.
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Vinalhaven
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Apple to Reduce Fifth Avenue Cube from 90 to 15 Glass Panes →
There’s no hard business reason to replace the Cube. It wasn’t falling down, tourists weren’t looking at it dismissively, and it won’t lead to an immediate increase in profits. Apple is replacing it for no reason other than that they found they could push the boundaries of glass and have chosen to manifest that innovation. That’s what we love, and soon—date TBD—that’s what Cube-goers will get to see.
The new designs look gorgeous. Fitting for the most photographed attraction in NYC.
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