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A mesmerizing look at the programming that’s gone into creating Twitter.

Twitter Code Swarm from Ben Sandofsky on Vimeo.

Republicans want Hawaiians to know that their 40 years of government-run health care will not work.

It’s Friday and I LOVE this song!

A mashup of Stevie Wonder’s hit Uptight and R.E.M.’s Religion

via Miss Cellania

Try your hand at this addictive and fun geography game which donates 10 cups of water to poverty stricken people for every right answer. In the same vein as freerice.com (previously). Play @ freepoverty.com.

FreePoverty.com allows everyone to contribute in donating water to people from all over the world who live in extreme poverty. By letting users locate places on the map, their accuracy will determine how many cups of water will be donated on their behalf. Therefore, FreePoverty aims to:

- Provide clean drinking water to those in need
- Make users realize that they can make a difference
- Let users learn something about geography that they may have not known before

Please take a few minutes of your time to do this, because not only will it expand your knowledge but you will be providing water to people in need as well.

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