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From Stephen Elliott
The Atlantic recently ran an article entitled “Why Americans Love Chain Stores: A Psychological Perspective,” and not only does it break down our metropolitan American tendencies, but it explains them in terms of our psychological issues.
Our ideals about American independence give way to our obsession with chain stores.
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Was today a good day?
In Bb is an interactive and collaborative music project that is more than a little bit mind blowing.
San Francisco was recently host to an unseasonable thunder storm, that is nothing compared to the 8 month long solar system record going on on Saturn right now.
...moreHow Metafilter beat the New York Times.
Tearing down freeways could be the answer to all your urban traffic woes.
In 2009 I’ve had the worst allergies of my life, still these pictures of pollen under microscopes are pretty dang awesome.
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