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xkcd: exoplanets


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do NOT hit snooze.

via sentient developments

narrow band


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asteroid discovery from 1980 – 2010

it looks awfully crowded up there...

nic marks: the happy planet index

as i listened to this talk, i was hurled back to a time when i was not only hopeful, but genuinely excited to see what the future would bring -- what we would find out, what we'd achieve.

while heroes struggle to unlock the mysteries that can not only save our species, but also produce wonders we have yet to even conceive, idiots are counting their virtual coins, bickering over their supernatural god-creatures and inventing new and improved methods to generate suffering and death.

there must be a way to help people wake up from their stupor and realize how marvelous existence can be.

hercules

hercules
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i saw this guy and took a shot -- the lady saw me and smiled. she said that it's his favorite spot for a snooze. i asked his name and she said iraklis [hercules in greece]. since she didn't seem to mind, i moved in closer and shot this.

©2010 helen sotiriadis

v.s. ramachandran at beyond belief 2006

v.s. ramachandran talks about the peculiarities of belief in split-brain patients -- including the situation where one half lobe believes in god and the other half doesn't -- at beyond belief all the way back in 2006. in 2 parts.


agora

agora
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etymology: greek -- assembly, the free marketplace of ideas
eventually evolved into the marketplace of goods as well.

at monastiraki in athens, greece. [geotagged on flickr]

[thanks, andreas!]
©2010 helen sotiriadis

is religion good for nothing?

AAI 2010: richard dawkins, in 6 parts...

HD 10180

the richest planetary system discovered, at ESO

in a country where they turn back time

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... and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket
so you have to stay on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know sometime you're bound to leave her
but for now you're going to stay...

- al stewart



strummin' outside monastiraki station in athens, greece [geotagged on flickr].
...trying to overcoming my fear of shooting street...



©2010 helen sotiriadis

rewind

by tryad

listen...

mankind
what is on our minds
are we running blind
what do we want to find
standing in these lines
waiting for a sign

rewind
will never turn back time
life is on the line
past is all behind

and i do
care as much as you
and try to make it through
what else can we do

be square.

be square.
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stopped traffic in pefki, athens, greece. it's geotagged on flickr.

more custom-shaped bokeh... and a tutorial [of sorts]!

©2010 helen sotiriadis

a get well soon video

for christopher hitchens



compiled/produced by the thinking atheist, via daily hitchens

genius of britain

with richard dawkins, in 4 parts:

profiled

profiled
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©2010 helen sotiriadis

of full moons and mars hoaxes

of full moons and mars hoaxes
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if i ever again express the idea of not getting a good night's sleep in order to drive all the way out to saronida (the location's geotagged on flickr) to photograph the moonset, just shoot me.
i've been incapacitated with a migraine all day -- just starting to recover.

now that i'm up, here are two interesting bits of info:

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item 1:

it spreads, it mutates, it refuses to die.

for the seventh year in a row, the mars hoax is infecting email boxes around the world. passed from one reader to another, the message states that on august 27th mars will approach earth and swell to the size of a full moon. 'NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN,' the email declares--always in caps.

news flash: it's not true.

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item 2:

yesterday's apogee full moon was smaller than usual, as explained and visualized by anthony ayiomamitis:


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©2010 helen sotiriadis

i ain’t afraid

'i'm afraid of what you do in the name of your god' - holly near and emma's revolution



via the radula

WABC: rabbi schmuley interviews christopher hitchens

aug 22, 2010. rabbi shmuley discusses cancer, religion, hitch22, and prayers with christopher hitchens. in 2 parts.