August 2011
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, "Home" →
Alexi Murdoch, "Orange Sky Palestine" →
Rule of the Day
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“There was also a human cost in a larger sense, in that I think the [first world]...”
– On today’s Fresh Air Historian Adam Hochschild traces the patriotic fervor that catapulted Great Britain into war during the summer of 1914 — as well as the small-but-determined British pacifist movement — in his historical narrative To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918....
“After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and...”
– Veronica A. Shoffstall (via quote-book)
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Nike US Open of Surfing →
Gilmore, Bartels: shredding
RT if you love Radiohead.
“John Henry Patterson, who founded the National Cash Register Company in 1884,...”
– Bosses aren’t growing more horrible—employees just expect them to be more agreeable. (via theeconomist)
Excellent article