Category Archives: Cool Beans

That’s one small oops for man…

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…one giant oops for mankind: If you ever wonder who invented breakdancing, here’s a clue: It was a bunch of guys to whom zero- and low-gravity moves were second nature. PS: And speaking of oopses, here are some poopses.

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How to be a guy who gets it

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s really very simple. Just follow the example of these guys here: And oh yeah: Don’t be a harasser yourself.

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From plastic back to oil

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Akinori Ito has invented an amazingly simple (and small, and inexpensive to operate) machine that recycles plastic safely back into the oil from whence it came. In Japan there isn’t a lot of space to spare, much less for garbage … Continue reading →

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Who you callin’ an antisemite?

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This nice Jewish guy? Shame on you! The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, rebuffed the accusations of the Latin American Jewish Congress’s director, Claudio Epelman, who called him antisemitic because of the relationship Venezuela maintains with the people of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Le Spider-Man in Havana

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

You don’t see something like this every day…even in Cuba: French “Spider-Man” Alain Robert on Monday scaled the facade of the iconic Hotel Havana Libre in the Cuban capital, in what he said was a show of support for revolutionary … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Solidarity is EVERYWHERE, bitches

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, Venezuela was not the only place where people were demonstrating huge support for a certain much-loved president who wasn’t well enough to take his own oath of office (yet!): That was, of course, just one European city. Here’s what … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Solstice, you heathens!

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Isn’t it nice to be a pagan and a rude infidel? We get spared all this silly apocalyptic crap that wasn’t going to happen anyway. No end-of-world panic or Great Disappointments for us. We get to hoist a tankard of … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Ich mittendrin, und…

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Haben Sie eine Frage? Etwas, das Sie quält? Like, say, how this sounds in English? Here you go: Peter Gabriel had an excellent German translator; it’s almost word-for-word, which is very hard to do. (And I would know.) He sounds … Continue reading →

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Avast and belay, ye swabs!

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Arr, me hearties! Sing along with the parrot, now! Yes, it was International Talk Like A Pirate Day today. I hope you indulged a bit to keep your spirits out of Davy Jones’s locker.

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