by Michael Pollan
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy.
“In the social-networking business, a bad first impression spells death.”
— Words to live market by. Via Slate, Google+ is Dead.
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by Michael Pollan
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy.
Earlier this afternoon, Republicans in the Senate filibustered the Rebuild America Jobs Act. It would have invested $60 billion in projects to rebuild roads, airports, and bridges and put a lot of people back to work. If you’re as sick of GOP obstructionism as we are, take a minute to find your Republican senator on Twitter today using our Tweet for Jobs tool and tell them we can’t keep waiting for action on jobs.
OKTHANX! A Thanksgiving playlist. -
Everyone started talking about making holiday playlists, but no one was including Thanksgiving.
Tracklist:
Ima Robot – Let’s Talk Turkey
Blondie – Eat To The Beat
Talking Heads – Stay Hungry - 2005 Remastered LP Version
UB40 – Red Red Wine
Screaming Females – Electric Pilgrim
Wolf Parade – Dinner Bells
The Kinks – Hot Potatoes
Ben Folds – All U Can Eat
Alanis Morissette – Thank You
I Break Horses – Empty Bottles
Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
CSS – Alcohol
Karen O And The Kids – Food Is Still Hot
Girls – Vomit
JAY-Z – Thank You - Explicit Album Version
Mötley Crüe – Slice Of Your Pie
M. Ward – Get to the Table On Time
Imperial Teen – Sweet Potato
Elton John – Indian Sunset
Jenny Wilson – Pass Me The Salt
Tokyo Police Club – Favourite Food
Iggy Pop – Football
Heart – Cook With Fire
“Effective social media content is educational or entertaining. People don’t really want to hear about your products. Your website already does that.” — Nevermind Radian6’s hamburger analogy (it is World Vegan Month, after all).
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“Brands also have a different way to communicate with fans than they do on Facebook, where messages are spliced into a users’ News Feed. On Unthink, there’s a separate section on users’ profile pages just for communicating with businesses. Users decide what companies they want to communicate with, what type of messages they want to receive and how often they want to receive them. Then, when they choose to interact with a brand, they’re rewarded for their engagement with points that can be used towards discounts and offers from the brand in question.” —
I unthink this could be very cool.
Unthink launches in beta to the public.
In case you were wondering.
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“There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic. It must be like having a comet in your backyard, a piece of the universe that is dazzling and untouchable right outside your door. But animals live and die and breed and feel pain and can inflict pain. There is no excuse for any individual to own them, period.” — Great New Yorker post on the Zanesville animals by Susan Orlean. Read the rest here.