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Hugh Howey’s self-published sci-fi thriller, Wool, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies as an ebook. Last fall, Howey signed a seven-figure, print-only deal with traditional publisher Simon & Schuster, and Fox and Ridley Scott have acquired the film rights.
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Start listening at around 3:00 … Avoid doing what's deadening; cultivate what is skillful; purify the mind. Huffduffed from http://www.zencast.org/
Good overview on current dysfunction in U.S. government: "the Budget, sequestration, and how it all began"
Good interview with Andrew Blum on his new book, Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, about the physical structure of the Internet.
Last story on this episode blew my mind.
Federal health guidelines recommend 30 minutes of moderate exercise — such as walking or jogging — every single day. But new research shows that even regular exercisers may not be doing enough to counteract the health hazards of sitting down at a desk all day long.
Really good interview. "Maddow's new book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power traces how U.S. national intelligence agencies have taken over duties that were once assigned to the military, and how this shift has increased the public disconnect from the consequences of war."
Great story.
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Wow. "In the days after a tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima power plant almost one year ago, a small group of engineers, soldiers and firemen risked their own lives to prevent a complete nuclear meltdown."
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Third Act is a really good: "In order to make foie gras - goose liver - the birds have to be treated inhumanely, strapped down and force-fed huge amounts of food. So when a chef named Dan Barber heard about Eduardo Sousa, a Spaniard who had supposedly found a way to make foie gras without mistreating the animals, Dan didn't believe it… until he went to Spain to investigate. Dan runs the New York restaurant"
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