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"Geolibertarians consider land to be the common property of all humankind. They say that private property is derived from an individual's right to the fruits of their labor. Since land was not created by anyone's labor, it cannot be rightfully owned. Thus, geolibertarians recognize a right to secure possession of land (land tenure), on the condition that the full rental value be paid to the community. This, they say, has the effect of both giving back the value that belongs to the community and encouraging landholders to only use as much land as they need, leaving unneeded land for others."
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Loads of old photos of Cape Town.
... which got me looking at this old map too
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Offering smokers a reward of $800 to quit is successful in about 15% of cases. Since nicotine is just about the most addictive drug known to science, this is actually a pretty impressive result.
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"while 17 percent of the traditional sex education programs lowered rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, 80 percent of the programs that address gender and power lowered rates. All told, programs that addressed gender or power were five times as likely to be effective as those that did not." NPR
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Fascinating results on what women search for in porn. Girl-on-girl and boy-on-boy material tops the list. Women also much more likely to search for solo male, group sex and "rough sex" than men. (despite being Pornhub link is SFW)
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Lots of these are great. Foot fetishists seem to be highly concentrated in the Middle East, a region known for strong purity taboos around feet (hence hitting someone with your shoe as a sign of disrespect)
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Scientists devise means for cheap, decentralised manufacture of safe opiates; immediately narc on themselves.
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"It has proven to be such a valuable psychotherapeutic adjunct, I truly believe it will persevere in therapeutic use for a long time to come, despite the structuring of the law that has come about in many countries to prohibit its use and discourage its study. As one psychiatrist put it, "MDMA is penicillin for the soul, and you don't give up penicillin once you've seen what it can do.""
- Alexander Shulgin, PiHKAL
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“The problem of migration, of desperate people, will not be solved with these [military] measures. It will assume other forms. They will try to find other ways.” Guardian
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"In the first half of the 20th century, rules began emerging for pink and blue, but they were loose, with some seeing blue as a girl's colour because of its association with the Virgin Mary. The rules often had nothing to do with gender. "I've seen paper dolls up through the 1920s and 30s," says Paoletti, "where the pattern was blue for blue-eyed children, and pink for brown-eyed children. There were lots and lots of little brown-eyed boys who got pink presents for their first birthday."" Guardian
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Good summary of the events surrounding the Marikana massacre, including all the evident that emerged from the Farlam commission. Some shocking details of police complicity with the Lonmin mine owners, and the degree to which they planned for the use of deadly force
"Geolibertarians consider land to be the common property of all humankind. They say that private property is derived from an individual's right to the fruits of their labor. Since land was not created by anyone's labor, it cannot be rightfully owned. Thus, geolibertarians recognize a right to secure possession of land (land tenure), on the condition that the full rental value be paid to the community. This, they say, has the effect of both giving back the value that belongs to the community and encouraging landholders to only use as much land as they need, leaving unneeded land for others."
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Loads of old photos of Cape Town.
... which got me looking at this old map too
>>><<<
Offering smokers a reward of $800 to quit is successful in about 15% of cases. Since nicotine is just about the most addictive drug known to science, this is actually a pretty impressive result.
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"while 17 percent of the traditional sex education programs lowered rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, 80 percent of the programs that address gender and power lowered rates. All told, programs that addressed gender or power were five times as likely to be effective as those that did not." NPR
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Fascinating results on what women search for in porn. Girl-on-girl and boy-on-boy material tops the list. Women also much more likely to search for solo male, group sex and "rough sex" than men. (despite being Pornhub link is SFW)
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Lots of these are great. Foot fetishists seem to be highly concentrated in the Middle East, a region known for strong purity taboos around feet (hence hitting someone with your shoe as a sign of disrespect)
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Scientists devise means for cheap, decentralised manufacture of safe opiates; immediately narc on themselves.
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"It has proven to be such a valuable psychotherapeutic adjunct, I truly believe it will persevere in therapeutic use for a long time to come, despite the structuring of the law that has come about in many countries to prohibit its use and discourage its study. As one psychiatrist put it, "MDMA is penicillin for the soul, and you don't give up penicillin once you've seen what it can do.""
- Alexander Shulgin, PiHKAL
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“The problem of migration, of desperate people, will not be solved with these [military] measures. It will assume other forms. They will try to find other ways.” Guardian
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"In the first half of the 20th century, rules began emerging for pink and blue, but they were loose, with some seeing blue as a girl's colour because of its association with the Virgin Mary. The rules often had nothing to do with gender. "I've seen paper dolls up through the 1920s and 30s," says Paoletti, "where the pattern was blue for blue-eyed children, and pink for brown-eyed children. There were lots and lots of little brown-eyed boys who got pink presents for their first birthday."" Guardian
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Good summary of the events surrounding the Marikana massacre, including all the evident that emerged from the Farlam commission. Some shocking details of police complicity with the Lonmin mine owners, and the degree to which they planned for the use of deadly force
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