Bureaucracy is the stand-in for grief. Now fill out this form.

Fantastic news! Cloud Atlas to be filmed in Berlin http://t.co/ywdB3hd via @guardian

This is amazing! Average color of the New York sky, updated every 5 minutes http://t.co/GHH0CE4 via @mikebodge

I have just invented an ice cream flavor. Body and Blood: Sweet cream ice cream mixed with communion wafers and a wine swirl.

The whole of marine degradation is greater than the sum of its parts | Oceans in distress foreshadow mass extinction: http://t.co/1W4XKzK

Sorry for the radio silence, friends. My mother died over the weekend. Lots to think about and do.

Yum! Peach Honey Chamomile Ice Pops (With Bourbon) http://ow.ly/5kOOP

The sanest way to think about your “problems.” Do you have a problem in your life? http://t.co/5mbLR6f

“It’s well known that the human genome is 98% chimp, and it’s less well known that it’s 35% daffodil.” (thanks for this, @the_eco_thought )

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