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Nature revolts against artificial scarcity and “rights management” # BBC News – The world’s oldest clove tree
And just as corporations today seek to monopolise plant genes in the developing world, the Voc set about seizing total control of spice production. In 1652, after displacing the Portuguese and Spanish, the Dutch introduced a policy known as extirpatie: extirpation. All clove trees not controlled by the Voc were uprooted and burned. Anyone caught…
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I have wanted one of these for years ever since I worked out what the lyrics meant #SOMUCHWANT #TMBG #240VOLTRISTESSE
…but it has to be UK voltage and plug 🙁 As found on Pinterest with which I am experimenting. Who watches over yooouuuu He’s your only friend. He’s not your only friend. But he’s a little glowing friend. But really he’s not actually your friend. But he–nevermind, let’s not put too fine a point on…
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Note to self: Must wipe old Solaris system and redo with #SmartOS # SmartOS.org
SmartOS.org.
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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-24
Bollocks to writing. Sunshine. Therefore bicycle. # .@beachwordsmith – I promised to send some exemplary Lessig presentations, I suggest: http://t.co/11CQGpPe and http://t.co/U0FcP9cd # : Joy of Death Festival – Bournemouth UK # Oh, this sounds like fun… http://t.co/XKTlvK9N # : Cat plays Guitar. Earthquake results. #IAMYOURCATGOD #WHEREISYOURGODNOW ? http://t.co/WIzQ3L96 # : 80 years from now…
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80 years from now we can expect Doritos From Space
In 2008, Doritos embarked upon an “out-of-this-world” advertising campaign, literally beaming a 30sec ad for Doritos brand tortilla chips into a solar system 42 light years away. This project is in collaboration with EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard. The “You Make It, We’ll Play It” contest chose the winning advertisement that was transmitted on June…
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Cat plays Guitar. Earthquake results. #IAMYOURCATGOD #WHEREISYOURGODNOW ?
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Joy of Death Festival – Bournemouth UK # Oh, this sounds like fun…
Joy of Death Festival – Bournemouth UK. Who wants to “go”? The Bournemouth Joy of Death Festival returns the Grim Reaper’s gaze with curiosity, courage and mischief. Death is something we all have in common. We want to take the funeral industry out of the closet. Spending a weekend talking about our mortality is a…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-23
: Apparently Crack will have a bit-part in the new #Assange "TV movie" http://t.co/GaXN4ZLx # : TIL: There's a shark called the Largetooth Cookiecutter http://t.co/KKFiJakT # @stewarttownsend @abc3d ISTR Psion had an app to enable audio local area networking. Sounded like Frogs chirruping. # cannibal chimps at #TEDxHOP # #tedxhop is a caffeine-free wilderness. 200m…
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TIL: There’s a shark called the Largetooth Cookiecutter
Largetooth cookiecutter shark – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Apparently Crack will have a bit-part in the new #Assange “TV movie”
ie: in this. I had a message from their “tech consultant” whom I will keep anonymous unless he chooses to unveil himself.
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BearLove Good. Cancer Bad # Cancer / Wildlife charity collection currently sits at $209,500 #TheOatmeal
BearLove Good. Cancer Bad. via BearLove Good. Cancer Bad. — Indiegogo.
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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-22
: Things I like today: A Show with Ze Frank, and Something Positive. http://t.co/DdLgnZip # : ThinkGeek :: Doctor Who Bathrobes # I know some people these would work for. http://t.co/6snOEZt0 # : "Both his parents worked at the local potassium mine…" http://t.co/0Dydsq4T # If you’re interested in how the @TorProject approaches child abuse happening…