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2013-05-21 16:26:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

+The Colbert Report skit from last night where Stephen goes into a "Scandal Booth" to randomly pick a topic to pick on Obama on. Colbert is having a really good time with this segment. 

Later in the show, he calls the #TeaParty  a bunch of "pussies" for seeking permission from the government to form 501(c)(4)'s. 

#PoliticalHumor   #politics  

2013-05-21 16:16:55 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-05-21 07:50:59 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 24 +1s)

Volcanic Eruption

2013-05-21 05:26:22 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)

The Science of Metronome Synchronization

If you are impatient, jump ahead to the 2 minute mark to see why this video is freakin' awesome.

2013-05-21 05:04:16 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

56 Years of Tornado Tracks by F-Scale

Note that while the paths of tornadoes are not straight lines, at this scale they appear that way. 

Image sourced to http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/tornado-tracks_50291898244aa.jpg

#Weather   #Storms   #Tornado   #Maps   #Climate  

2013-05-21 04:50:30 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 21 +1s)

How Much Would YOU Be Making Right Now If Wages Kept Pace With Exec Salaries In The Past 20 Years?

Courtesy of +Sara Critchfield at +Upworthy 
http://www.upworthy.com/how-much-would-minimum-wagers-be-making-right-now-if-wages-kept-pace-with-executive-salaries-5

2013-05-21 03:56:46 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

Student Debt is a real problem, and it's getting worse

2013-05-21 01:25:38 (434 comments, 971 reshares, 2900 +1s)

I love this animation!

2013-05-21 01:05:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This is my local state rep. She has the mouth of Michele Bachmann. Of course, she voted against Marriage Freedom. 

2013-05-20 23:28:35 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Dolphin playing with his bubble

2013-05-20 22:53:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

2013-05-20 22:48:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The waning days of the legislative session, and some good things are brewing!

2013-05-20 22:12:29 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Corporate Greed Is Poisoning America — Literally

As long as there are insufficient checks and balances on big business and its powerful lobbies, we are at their mercy.

2013-05-20 21:41:12 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

Progressives Guide to Social Media

Last year, I published 9 articles about how #progressive  activists can better utilize #SocialMedia  for campaigns, issue advocacy, organizing, and messaging. While the rapid currents of Social Media change very quickly, there are likely a lot of tips and tricks in these that you will still find useful (even if some of the info is out of date).

More detailed guides with better visuals are available on the website I used to be an editor for: +NewsJunkiePost, but below are the G+ posts for each guide. This is the year to build and to learn and to expand. Next year we take these tools back to the game. 

Part 1: Intro https://plus.google.com/111051039748078110427/posts/R2SN6n6SKCB
Part 2: Reddit https://plus.google.com/111051039748078110427/posts/NJotRi2fGuY
Part 4: StumbleUponht... more »

2013-05-20 21:14:46 (19 comments, 7 reshares, 38 +1s)

I like almost every movie Ed Norton has ever been in. Fight Club might be his crowning jewel. 
#ns  

2013-05-20 20:58:25 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

As public service journalism remains imperiled, we must be willing not only to confront the abuses of the powerful but to acknowledge our own complicity.

2013-05-20 20:55:41 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Awesome video. "I Think for Myself" - Neil deGrasse Tyson with Stephen Fry

2013-05-20 20:51:21 (40 comments, 98 reshares, 156 +1s)

The Future of Our World... as told in a GIF

#GIFS   #cosmology   #science   #astrophysics   #Storytelling  

2013-05-20 20:32:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Renewable Energy Consumption by State

#Green   #RenewableEnergy   #Environment  

2013-05-20 18:45:25 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Please help us contact the country of Georgia via Facebook and Twitter to oppose their tacit approval of anti-gay violence in that country, where a mob of 20,000 people recently attack a small group of gay protesters.

2013-05-20 18:27:59 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

New Rule for Republicans:

If you voted FOR the unpaid Bush tax cuts, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, Medicare Part D, or to raise the Debt Ceiling 19 Freaking Times under the Bush Administration, then you are not allowed to vote NO on raising the Debt Ceiling now.

#fuckRepublicans  

2013-05-20 18:24:01 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

This week in New York City: delegates from all over the world will take part in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Find out about the issues to be discussed and events taking place here: http://j.mp/12gMqYc.

At the same time, an online campaign asks indigenous peoples to post their photos, videos and stories online. More details are available on the Proud To Be Indigenous Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/13dPGms

2013-05-20 18:14:20 (1 comments, 10 reshares, 27 +1s)

Abbey Road treadmill

#Beatles   #GIFs  

2013-05-20 17:40:25 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Big business is making its way around the world like a modern-day Attila the Hun, pillaging and despoiling the planet.

2013-05-20 17:32:40 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

Great tips for gearing up for the #2014midterms . Despite conservative gerrymandering on a national scale, we can make some gains if we get our shit together. State by state analysis inside with priority targets. 

#progressive   #politics  

2013-05-20 17:05:48 (9 comments, 7 reshares, 8 +1s)

56 Years of Tornado Tracks by F-Scale

Note that while the paths of tornadoes are not straight lines, at this scale they appear that way. 

Image sourced to http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/tornado-tracks_50291898244aa.jpg

#Weather   #Storms   #Tornado   #Maps   #Climate  

2013-05-20 16:55:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Top Science Circle

This select group post a high degree of fascinating science content to Google+. Most are diversified posters, but the science mixture in their streams brings out the chemist in me.

My other recently shared circles: 
The Top 50 Progressives Circle on G+
https://plus.google.com/111051039748078110427/posts/PETHgTMqpcD
Main Political Circle https://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/edAfZPZcqkQ
Visual and/or Fun content https://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/DbBUtg3f8q8
Progressive Media on G+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/1t3HVRfNhuC
Forward Thinking Journalists on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/4h7jniYWcxa
My Top Circler Circle https://plus.google.com/111051039748078110427/posts/cjSWip8ayqH

#circlesharing   #... more »

2013-05-20 16:41:52 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

I don't always watch Fox "News", but when I do, it's on the Daily Show

ht +Friday Foster +The Daily Show 

2013-05-20 16:28:08 (7 comments, 20 reshares, 32 +1s)

Iconic image of the real US Foreign Policy

/setting this image free to the public
ht +Kenneth Wogack 

2013-05-20 16:23:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

If you really want to see batshit crazy Bachmann not get reelected yet again, do something about it. Donate to her opponent Jim Graves. Follow him on social media and give him retweets/shares. Volunteer if possible. http://jimgraves.com/

Despite the polls, she is still out-fundraising him 6:1, mostly from out of state right wing extremists, and as sad as it is, money determines elections more often than not. Graves lost by 1% last time, so this is a winnable race, but it takes people actually doing something about it.

#politics   #Minnesota   #mnpolitics  

cc +Jim Graves 

2013-05-20 16:02:32 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

The Heartland Institute is nothing but a corporate front group designed specifically to brainwash stupid people into thinking that "there is still debate" about Climate Change. There is not. The scientific community is united. 

The only ones "debating" the issue are those who are raking in tens of billions of dollars each year from continuing to pollute. Quite an incentive to fund propaganda groups like Heartland. 

#science   #ClimateChange   #corporatepropaganda  

2013-05-20 15:57:41 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

/Corporations United. The sooner we start calling it by it's real name instead of the one made up by right wing think tanks carrying water for the corporations, the sooner people will understand that C-U has nothing to do with citizens, and that corporations are NOT people. 

2013-05-20 15:53:39 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

More than 100 million Americans—one-third of the population—live in poverty or a category called “near poverty.” Yet the stories of the poor and the near poor, the hardships they endure, are rarely told by a media that is owned by a handful of corporations

2013-05-20 15:34:34 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

International corporations have no national allegiance, they care only for profit. Meanwhile, people all over the world are becoming increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic.

Stand united against fascism!

2013-05-20 15:31:33 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

Looney Tunes episode from 1939 called ”Old Glory”. Notice something about the Pledge of Allegiance? No theocracy!

#Secular   #humanism   #atheism   #RealPatriotism  

2013-05-20 15:24:41 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

2013-05-20 14:56:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

2013-05-20 14:44:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Web pioneer reveals details of acquisition of blogging platform, as site's 26-year-old founder tells staff: 'Fuck yeah'

#ns #Tumblr #Yahoo  

2013-05-20 05:25:42 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Top SCIENCE Communities on Google+

I've been researching various groupings of #communities  since they were released late last year, and previously published compilations of the following:

ATHEISM http://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/VccJEfcEkHw
POLITICAL  http://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/T3XPejsZTgp

Now it's time for a collection of #science  communities from around G+. Note that I've attempted to share a diverse set here, but it is far from exhaustive, and if there are any major disciplines that have communities here on G+ that I missed, just leave it in a comment below. 

Science on Google+ http://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101996609942925099701
Science on G+ http://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/111298192566988133095
Science Sundayhtt... more »

2013-05-20 03:01:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Top SCIENCE Communities on Google+

I've been researching various groupings of #communities  since they were released late last year, and previously published compilations of the following:

ATHEISM http://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/VccJEfcEkHw
POLITICAL  http://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/T3XPejsZTgp

Now it's time for a collection of #science  communities from around G+. Note that I've attempted to share a diverse set here, but it is far from exhaustive, and if there are any major disciplines that have communities here on G+ that I missed, just leave it in a comment below. 

Science on Google+ http://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101996609942925099701
Science on G+ http://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/111298192566988133095
Science Sundayhtt... more »

2013-05-20 02:43:55 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 11 +1s)

The War On Science and Toxic Disinformation

#Science   #ScienceSunday   #Climate  

2013-05-19 23:37:44 (13 comments, 9 reshares, 63 +1s)

2013-05-19 23:32:23 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

2013-05-19 22:26:37 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

2013-05-19 22:39:59 (7 comments, 8 reshares, 17 +1s)

The Top SCIENCE Communities on Google+

I've been researching various groupings of #communities  since they were released late last year, and previously published compilations of the following:

ATHEISM http://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/VccJEfcEkHw
POLITICAL  http://plus.google.com/u/0/111051039748078110427/posts/T3XPejsZTgp

Now it's time for a collection of #science  communities from around G+. Note that I've attempted to share a diverse set here, but it is far from exhaustive, and if there are any major disciplines that have communities here on G+ that I missed, just leave it in a comment below. 

Science on Google+ http://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101996609942925099701
Science on G+ http://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/111298192566988133095
Science Sundayhtt... more »

2013-05-19 20:41:47 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Thank you to everyone who has made the #Community  of #Earth  such a special place. The high quality visual posts and engagement make this community awesome.

#Communities   #GplusCommunities   #GplusLandmarks  

2013-05-19 20:26:53 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 29 +1s)

Stars, stars and stars again...

2013-05-19 19:45:11 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 25 +1s)

2013-05-19 19:32:26 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Good morning/evening to all.
Share and be shared
#ForFriends #photo #EarthMyMother

2013-05-19 19:29:48 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

While I'm pleased with many of the new changes to the Google+ layout, design, and interface, there are a few problems that I really hope can get worked out. 

1.  First, and this is a big one, is the heightened memory and CPU requirements when browsing multiple tabs of G+. See the attached pic below where my CPU has spiked to over 100% and the memory has overclocked my machine (Macbook Pro). I changed my primary browser from Firefox to Chrome about 6 months ago specifically because of this problem, and now Chrome seems to be getting severely bogged down as well. This is a must fix, because it will have long term implications on the growth rate of G+.

2.  Second, I'm no longer receiving notifications of new circlers. The People/Circler interface on G+ has always been subpar, but at least I could browse new circlers in the former version and check for the number of mutualci... more »