May 2015

Worldwide Wednesday: France vs. The Skip Dippers

ThinkProgress says France will ban supermarkets from tossing food in the trash, no doubt much to the dismay of gourmands who have even made haute cuisine cook books of dumpster derived delights. The news paints this as a victory against food waste, but Mikee says it is just an effort by the French government to discourage bin-diving, containering, shopping at the D-mart, dumpstering, tatting, skipping, or as they say in Australia “skip dipping.”… Read the rest

Techie Tuesday: Solar Freakin Roadways!

Have you seen this video for solar freaking roadways? It is all about replacing the roads with solar roads. They could generate triple the power needed to run the world as we know it, and with built in sensors and LED lights solar roads could be transformative, fun and safer than that ugly black tarmac we all love to hate. … Read the rest

Mother Earth Monday: Are Animals Persons?

Do you talk to you dog like it is a person? How about your bird? A new legal case for animal rights has been filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) on behalf of Hercules and Leo, two chimpanzees who are being used in locomotion research at Stony Brook University to explore how humans evolved to walk on two feet.… Read the rest

Mother Earth Monday: Ecuador Sets Tree-Planting Record

On Saturday, in often sweltering heat, more than 44,000 people in Ecuador reportedly sowed their way into the Guinness Book of World Records by planting 647,250 trees of over 200 species in one day. The effort was organized by the Ecuadoran government under an initiative called “Siembratón.”… Read the rest

Soapbox Saturday: A Lawsuit vs. All Homosexuals … what?

OK. So a lady thinks being gay is a sin. I suppose she also believes her God will punish sinners. But that isn’t enough. So she has hand-written a petition to the courts to determine, once and for all, if homosexuality is a sin. … Read the rest

Wild Friday: USA to Stop Texas Occupation

Thanks to Geoff for sharing this farcical response to pleas from Texas Governor Greg Abbott from the White House:

“We plan to withdraw all US military personnel and close all bases by December 2015”

In a brief statement President Obama said

“The US Occupation of Texas is over, the troops will finally be coming home after so many years.”

… Read the rest

Thirsty Thursday: Palindromic Week

OK. Is this a Thursday thing? I am not sure what to do with this one, but it certainly is interesting for numerologists and folks who just like to have fun with their days. And dates. This week every day is a palindrome, when written the correct way.… Read the rest

Worldwide Wednesday: Black in America, What Its Really Like in 2015

At Tuskegee’s 2015 graduation First (African American) Lady Michelle Obama was blunt about life for “folks like you and me, because while we’ve come so far, the truth is that those age-old problems are stubborn and they haven’t fully gone away.”… Read the rest

Techie Tuesday: Cell Phones and Brain Cancer, Not Just a Theory?

I never ever EVER use a cell phone by my head. I ALWAYS use the speakerphone. Why? Coach shares something worth reading. “Last year, French researchers found an almost three-fold increase in the incidence of brain cancer in people with more than 900 hours of lifetime cell phone use.… Read the rest

Mother Earth Monday: Seaturtle.org Wants Your Help!

We all love sea turtles, and if you want to help protect them, or if you see one, the place to turn is Seaturtle.org. They are having a fund-raiser right now, if turtles are you thing. 😉

What began as “Turtle Tidings” in 1996 and embodies a desire to support research and conservation efforts in the sea turtle community has morphed into a website and the Marine Turtle Newsletter.… Read the rest

Thirsty Thursday: Fair Use and the Dramatist

On a subject near and dear to Daily Revolution readers, fair use, comes today’s featured video, hot off the presses from The Dramatists Guild of America. Following a scuffle over Three’s Company spoof 3C, the lines on what is fair use were cleared up a bit. … Read the rest

Worldwide Wednesday: Holograms for Freedom

In Spain thousands of holograms paraded past the lower house of the country’s parliament last month says Fusion. The augmented reality protest was just the latest in activist groups’ campaign against a series of “citizen security” bills, which received final passage in March.… Read the rest

Techie Tuesday: Privacy Hangover, Is the Info-Party Over?

“We had this huge party, and now a hangover, what do we do?” That’s where we are with privacy says Do Not Track Me director Brett Gaylor. The new docuseries reveals How Big Data Tracks Your Evey Move on the Internet.… Read the rest

Mother Earth Monday: Elon Musk to save the world – just don’t ask how!

Don’t look behind that curtain, because over the weekend Tesla Motors and space entrepreneur Elon Musk showed how he intends to save the planet, sort of. He explained that fossil fuels are icky, as we all know. He explained that sunlight is abundant and free.… Read the rest

Wild Friday: The Truth About Conspiracy

Today I share the truth about conspiracy! Listen to this short web extra from my radio series Cosmic Significance 2012 and find out what really happens when people con-spire. Ooh!

… Read the rest

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