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Gosh, I need to pay up for the ability to make polls again. Eventually.

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This One Simple Graphic Explains The Difference Between Climate Science And Climate Politics

http://bit.ly/OYyL7U

How Ma Bell Shelved the Future for 60 Years

http://bit.ly/1ldnHyW

Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions

http://cnn.it/1jXOxt2

Restaurant menus may harbor more germs and bacteria than any other surface in foodservice locations. According to studies, menus can have bacteria counts as high as 185,000 per square centimeter-far more than a toilet seat.

The takeaway here, of course, is that toilet seats just aren't that germy.

http://bit.ly/1lutN0v

Palestinians threaten walkout in Mideast talks over Israel’s refusal to free prisoners

http://wapo.st/1ldlnI8

Nancy Drew and the mystery of the secret oil spill

http://grist.org/climate-energy/nancy-drew-and-the-mystery-of-the-secret-oil-spill/

In another signal that New York City’s long-suffering manufacturing sector might be on the mend, a new report claims that industry-wide employment is finally holding steady at roughly 76,000 total jobs.

http://bit.ly/1ldlALx

Companies Are Hiring Autistic Workers to Boost the Bottom Line

http://slate.me/1gNDpRM

World Not Ready for Climate Change, New Report Says
Upcoming IPCC report outlines the risks of climate change—and the lack of readiness.

http://bit.ly/1dYsqPJ

Underweight Even Deadlier Than Overweight, Study Says

http://bit.ly/1obSQXV

People who care about justice are swayed more by reason than emotion, according to new brain scan research. Psychologists have found that some individuals react more strongly than others to situations that invoke a sense of justice — for example, seeing a person being treated unfairly, or with mercy. The new study used brain scans to analyze the thought processes of people with high “justice sensitivity.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140328102909.htm

One-Third of Texas Was Running on Wind Power This Week

http://bit.ly/1dDtNZu

Subsidizing poverty in America

http://latest.com/2014/03/subsidizing-poverty-in-america/