• As much as I’m skeptical of „positive thinking“ psychology, Dan Gilbert’s „synthetic happiness“ research is great http://t.co/q9Rfutge #TED #
• DIY „conflict resolution“ (a.k.a. war) #kickstriker http://t.co/I3j9PqvN #KONY turned to the dark side for good now… #

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• This woman is doing science #IsThisFeminist http://t.co/zkIBS7DC „a phallocentric adherence to logic and mastery“ pure brilliant #
• „Personal responsibility“ finger-wagging is not a policy option http://t.co/nm3Dktrp public health, obesity, contraception, STDs, etc. #
• Colbert Maurice Sendak tribute http://t.co/bNmWvueG „Spooky PAC“ http://t.co/BOg0Z7Ub „New Jim Crow“ book http://t.co/9Gwnpd4I (drugs, too) #
• The cure for mobile phones distracting from face to face contact: „Phone Stack“ http://t.co/4Ib02wgI radical! #urbandictionary #
• My LOL of the day: sneakernet http://t.co/dA4kRcg8 #urbandictionary #
• „a younger generation is being born in which minorities are the majority“ http://t.co/MhuA0OIO US white births below 50%. Exciting! #
• How to revive citizenship and bring people back into politics http://t.co/PogUalKD What’s the right mix of professional & amateur politics? #

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• The world would be so much less exciting without double agents http://t.co/QDCj1p3Y infiltrating Al Qaeda #
• #ColbertReport Free market alternatives to ObamaCare: America’s actual „Debt Panels“ Instead of feared death panels http://t.co/73S0KuKd #

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• US rates of premature birth closer to developing nations than other Western countries http://t.co/9kkYLkZg #
• More on #kickstarter on #NYTimes http://t.co/0fZFQNSV is capitalism going democratic again after all? #
• New era of project funding through „the crowd“ http://t.co/CkTmBSWB and this project: better than a MacBook Air? #
• Der „Krieg gegen die Drogen“ ist gescheitert http://t.co/AodwIaeI Lateinamerikanische Staatschefs bringen Legalisierung ins Spiel #
• Lebensführungs-Klauseln in der Lehrerlaubnis für Islam-Unterricht in Niedersachsen http://t.co/8viTgQVx progressiver als katholische Kirche #

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• „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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