I blog about atheism, religion, politics, technology, and whatever interests me during the day.Tumblr (3.0; @netfreethinker)http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/88d0ae8c10af00d0672b63d8fa183e27/tumblr_mfm12aCuIq1r1b429o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcommandante1/8308889400/" title="white Christmas">white Christmas</a> on Flickr.</p>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/38821687370http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/38821687370Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:25:21 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/88d0ae8c10af00d0672b63d8fa183e27/tumblr_mfm12a2PPS1r1b429o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcommandante1/8308889400/" title="white Christmas">white Christmas</a> on Flickr.</p>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/38821687280http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/38821687280Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:25:21 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/88d0ae8c10af00d0672b63d8fa183e27/tumblr_mfm11l4BGL1r1b429o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcommandante1/8307838791/" title="white Christmas">white Christmas</a> on Flickr.</p>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/38821659276http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/38821659276Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:24:57 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mej5t5R15F1r1b429o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcommandante1/8244987535/" title="another great grandfather and great grandmother's graves">another great grandfather and great grandmother’s graves</a> on Flickr.</p>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37219193886http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37219193886Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:41:29 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mej5bxqWPe1r1b429o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcommandante1/8244968221/" title="my great grandfather and great grandmother's graves">my great grandfather and great grandmother’s graves</a> on Flickr.</p>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37218396134http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37218396134Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:31:08 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mej51fcfbk1r1b429o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcommandante1/8244955023/" title="my dad's grave">my dad’s grave</a> on Flickr.</p>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37217938559http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37217938559Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:24:50 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mej4ghjHJ71r1b429o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcommandante1/8245995870/" title="2nd great grandfather">2nd great grandfather</a> on Flickr.</p>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37217039591http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/37217039591Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:12:17 -0600<a href="http://59ways.blogspot.com/2012/07/inattentional-blindness.html">Unnatural Acts that can improve your thinking: inattentional blindness</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/28282816483http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/28282816483Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:20:47 -0500See on <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2268642651/how-companies-will-googlefy-your-career">Scoop.it</a> - <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld">DansWorld</a><br/><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2268642651/how-companies-will-googlefy-your-career"><img src="http://img.scoop.it/Tv5YOTz-bvlRVC7ssNkqEzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt"/></a><br/><p>&#8220;Big data increasingly defines how you get hired, fired and promoted.&#8221;</p> <p>Fascinating - and depressing - article on how Big Data will affect your career.</p> <p>Via @dr_morton</p><br/><a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/your_hireability_and_promotabi.html">See on blogs.hbr.org</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/28281444600http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/28281444600Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:59:15 -0500<p>See on <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2254441139/oh-mitt-those-romney-gaffes-in-full">Scoop.it</a> - <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld">DansWorld</a><br/><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2254441139/oh-mitt-those-romney-gaffes-in-full"><img src="http://img.scoop.it/n6jaxCV9vGEuISYV1JQ1gzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt"/></a><br/></p><blockquote> Boobs, blunders, clangers – whatever you call them, Romney likes to drop them.</blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2012/jul/26/mitt-romney-britain-gaffes">See on guardian.co.uk</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/28154105604http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/28154105604Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:31:25 -0500<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tony-robbins-firewalk-experience-wrong-screams-agony-21-burned-walking-hot-coals-article-1.1119148">Tony Robbins ‘Firewalk Experience’ goes wrong: ‘screams of agony’ from 21 burned walking on hot coals - NY Daily News</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27714189560http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27714189560Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:15:28 -0500<p>See on <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2210214277/black-bloc-the-cancer-in-occupy-occupy-wall-street">Scoop.it</a> - <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld">DansWorld</a><br/><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2210214277/black-bloc-the-cancer-in-occupy-occupy-wall-street"><img src="http://img.scoop.it/NcwB2XQcNWvvDy_hnKl3KDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt"/></a><br/></p><blockquote> Black Bloc adherents detest those of us on the organized left and seek, quite consciously, to take away our tools of empowerment.</blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/154028/black_bloc:_the_cancer_in_occupy?page=4">See on alternet.org</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27648972706http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27648972706Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:58:35 -0500<a href="http://mikebeauchamp.me/post/27503159130/need-to-know-july-18-2012">Mike Beauchamp: [Need to Know] July 18 2012</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mikebeauchamp.me/post/27503159130/need-to-know-july-18-2012">mikebeauchamp</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong>Social Media</strong> –</p> <ul><li><span><span> </span></span><span>Considering your options for advertising on Facebook and Twitter? The latest report from </span><a href="http://www.tbgdigital.com" title="TBG Digital" target="_blank">TBG Digital</a><span> looked at more than 400 billion ad impressions in more than 190 countries, comparing traditional desktop/web ads with those on Facebook and Twitter. The results?…</span></li> </ul></blockquote>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27507030590http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27507030590Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:29:30 -0500<p>See on <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2195426820/these-are-the-worst-people-to-ever-use-instagram">Scoop.it</a> - <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld">DansWorld</a><br/><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2195426820/these-are-the-worst-people-to-ever-use-instagram"><img src="http://img.scoop.it/3WFMtqlOIcvxrAOvJkhXdTl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt"/></a><br/></p><blockquote> It takes a lot to find something new on the Internet that makes you hate our entire species, and yet, this: dozens of brats who use Instagram as nothing but a way of showing off money they didn&#8217;t earn.</blockquote><br/><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5926974/these-are-the-worst-people-to-ever-use-instagram">See on gizmodo.com</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27489772152http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27489772152Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:06:10 -0500<p>See on <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2182807784/the-man-who-found-his-car-on-ebay-42-years-after-it-was-stolen">Scoop.it</a> - <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld">DansWorld</a><br/><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2182807784/the-man-who-found-his-car-on-ebay-42-years-after-it-was-stolen"><img src="http://img.scoop.it/ryGfdKUXtwrXgjll-xy1NDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt"/></a><br/></p><blockquote> A Texas man never gave up on recovering his beloved &#8216;67 Austin Healey sports car.</blockquote><br/><a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/230606/the-man-who-found-his-car-on-ebay-42-years-after-it-was-stolen">See on theweek.com</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27357843509http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27357843509Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:41:18 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/the-moral-case-for-drones.html?smid=tw-share">The Moral Case for Drones - NYTimes.com</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27318571620http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27318571620Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:53:27 -0500<a href="http://freethinker.co.uk/2012/07/11/giant-jesus-fails-to-turn-a-rising-tide-of-secularism-in-poland/">Giant Jesus fails to turn a rising tide of secularism in Poland</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27318403411http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27318403411Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:49:32 -0500<p>See on <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2169098113/scientists-place-500-million-year-old-gene-in-modern-organism">Scoop.it</a> - <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld">DansWorld</a><br/><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2169098113/scientists-place-500-million-year-old-gene-in-modern-organism"><img src="http://img.scoop.it/4v4nKY22-75EGdRdvpSKoTl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt"/></a><br/></p><blockquote> It&#8217;s a project 500 million years in the making. Only this time, instead of playing on a movie screen in Jurassic Park, it&#8217;s happening in a lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.</blockquote><br/><a href="http://phys.org/news/2012-07-scientists-million-year-old-gene-modern.html">See on phys.org</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27165662470http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27165662470Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:19:48 -0500<p>See on <a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2155300212/weimar-america-four-major-ways-we-re-following-in-germany-s-fascist-footsteps">Scoop.it</a> - <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld">DansWorld</a><br/><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/dansworld/p/2155300212/weimar-america-four-major-ways-we-re-following-in-germany-s-fascist-footsteps"><img src="http://img.scoop.it/GOiu-h30qFQS6yTVTUdtzzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt"/></a><br/></p><blockquote> What happens when a mature industrial nation turns its back on democracy and lets its right-wing elite destroy the middle class? We&#8217;ve seen this movie before.</blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/156078/weimar_america:_four_major_ways_we" re_following_in_germany>See on alternet.org</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27000276665http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/27000276665Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:02:02 -0500<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304708604577503190953767780.html">Matt Ridley on Getting Crops Ready for a Warmer Tomorrow | Mind & Matter - WSJ.com</a>http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/26921107946http://netfreethinker.tumblr.com/post/26921107946Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:30:07 -0500