Common Folk Collective » Three a Day

Genocide, Texas, Worms

DCDan — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:14:40 +0000

Errol Morris discusses Josh Oppenheimer’s documentary The Act of Killing about a genocide you probably haven’t heard of executive produced by Morris and Werner Herzog.

Texas is really trying to move back in time. Keep Austin medieval might be their new mantra.

Fuckin’ worms how do they work? A worm that not only regrows a severed head but also retains its memories.

.Gov, Cookie, Loss

DCDan — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:25:27 +0000

Very cool to see a friend’s company get some positive press.

A nerdy but great post wherein cookies are hated on, I for one hate browser cookies for the same reasons.

The open source software community lost a great one today. Seth Vidal the creator of Yum was killed in a hit and run accident today. Yum is an easy and elegant way to make sure your servers are up to date and his software is used on millions of computers all over the world. As a biker and a software developer this hit very close to home.

If they park this poorly can you imagine how they drive?

Jazz, Hockey and Letters

DCDan — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 21:17:58 +0000

A list jazz records for people who don’t know shit about jazz. Bonus: for hip-hop

The Blackhawks have some class.

A letter that that is also probably relevant today

This street really exists.

Marriage, Rotation, Jackie

DCDan — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:14:34 +0000

As member of the clergy who is authorized to marry people I’m very pleased that the SCOTUS over turned the Defense of Marriage Act a victory for gay rights. (Though four of the justices dissented making them look like hateful asshats.)

Learn some science read about the Coriolis effect.

The trailer for the Jackie (of Treehorns fame) is now out.

Experts, Comments and SOCTUS

DCDan — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:28:33 +0000

This is why experts make the big bucks.

You shouldn’t read YouTube comments.

Isn’t this a text book example of why one should recuse oneself from a case?

Chips, cards and whiskey are all one needs to play a proper game of poker.

Wire, Riley and Royalties

DCDan — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:53:29 +0000

Some dude risked his life to cross the Grand Canyon. There were too many thank god during his walk for my taste.

Good Photoshop work of Regina King, Riley and Huey.

I crush your dreams of being a internet music rock star millionaire.

This show was a while back,

Encryption, Privacy Settings and Unintended Consequences

DCDan — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:20:30 +0000

Public key encryption was being thrown around by the gov at least 10 years earlier.

Facebook has new privacy settings

The unintended consequences of government snooping or what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

Eat a dick

PTSD, Jesse Jackson and Panic Attacks

DCDan — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:07:05 +0000

A quick story about PTSD.

Self Affirmations with Jesse Jackson.

Panic Attack, 70% of Americans are on a prescription drug.

Game of Fred Savage, Elephants and Slayer

DCDan — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:50:18 +0000

The Princess Bride explains The Game of Thrones.

Q:What is cooler than a war elephant.
A: Not a thing.

Slayer’s Angel of Death slowed down 800 times.

“War Pigs” is the most hardcore least hippie war protest song in ever.

Prison Industrial Complex, Reagan and STEM

DCDan — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:06 +0000

“Since 1980, the US prison population has grown by 790%. We have the largest prison population of any nation in the history of the world. One in three African-American men will go to jail at some point in his life. Imprisoning that many people, most of them for non-violent offenses, doesn’t come cheap, especially when you’re paying private contractors. The United States now spends $50bn on our corrections system every year.”

Guess who was elected in 1980?

Why STEM Education shouldn’t be overlooked.

From Wikipedia