• „hipster racism“ (racism „enlightened“ people do) http://t.co/SZhYHNWn „we prove we’re not racist by acting as casually racist as possible?“ #
• Maybe I’m the last to know, but: OpenOffice is dead, LibreOffice takes up the work http://t.co/hJyE5Guq #
• „Rebound Effekt“: Höhere Energieeffizienz führt zu mehr Verbrauch http://t.co/tnBprCuC Emissionsreduktion braucht also Wachstumsverzicht? #

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• NDR: Goldene Schürze und kleinen Chor für Kristina Schröders Buch und „Betreuungsgeld“ http://t.co/VCQtWowa #

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I enjoy reading economist Greg Mankiw because he often makes conservative political views understandable for me — even if rarely agreeable. He misses the mark completely in a recent NYTimes opinion on competition between governments. I am especially astounded how the counter-arguments are right there in his own article, but he fails to notice them. Let me start with his main statement:

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• Graph comparing drug harms to user and others from Lancet, 2010 http://t.co/PwSSyW8b Alcohol „leads“ clearly. http://t.co/UGlL8jc8 #

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• Graph comparing drug harms to user and others from Lancet, 2010 http://t.co/PwSSyW8b Alcohol „leads“ clearly. http://t.co/UGlL8jc8 #

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Einer meiner Lieblingswitze, d.h. eigentlich eine Serie von Witzen, den ich schon so oft googeln musste, dass ich ihn jetzt mal hier festhalte. Erklärt, was verschiedene Therapieschulen und andere soziale Berufe im Kern so machen in jeweils einem Satz.

Ein Passant fragt: „Wo geht’s denn hier zum Bahnhof?“ Es antwortet ihm ein:

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• Perpetuated inequality in advanced, rich societies: Hunger Games‘ „Panem“, „extractive economy“ & developing countries http://t.co/qr8QLkdl #
• #MathNerdFun what does the function y = x^x look like? I highly recommend thinking before clicking http://t.co/ONwDdr0n #

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• My new office PC has nice built-in speakers! Now I’m dreaming with the elephants at work… http://t.co/HSVJ1NRM gracias Patri! #
• Charles Murray (author of Bell Curve and a new book on White America coming apart) on Colbert Report http://t.co/KIrev5e3 somehow touching #
• Wow I think I need to start watching the community series http://t.co/LsAD8CQQ #
• Privacy vs security’s „nothing to hide“ refuted http://t.co/Z0csUvFy Kafkaesque instead of Orwellian view: info processing vs. gathering #

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