No surgery required to implant encoder onto the retina. One injection only. Giving vision to the blind will be easier than Lasik. #TEDMED

Summary of politics in 2012: punks are into farming and urban planning, grey-haired guys in suits are into smashing the government.

Anyone know a Javascript developer looking for work? (Not necessarily in SF, remote is preferred.) Get in touch.

@drgrist Instead of building a sustainable colony on the moon by 2021, we should try building a sustainable colony on Earth by 2021.

Prop 35 winning with 82% is shocking. That's a higher approval than kittens and rainbows, for a law that will have fairly evil consequences.

. @netflix has 20k titles to stream, and 100k on DVD. Until they expand their streaming selection, the new fees are gouging. #unimpressed

Oh wow. Just saw this from @sierra_club: U.S. national parks as a subway map. http://t.co/DobwC9Gn

Yikes. Two @suicidegirls related firsthand accounts of the Aurora shooting: http://t.co/AVog3BYH & http://t.co/xSyuFanx

I don't want a tax cut. I want an interest rate cut. Taxes pay for stuff I use daily. Interest pays for some rich banker's sex tour of Asia.

Aaaand no questions about climate change. Not even a mention of the wildfires that tore through the country this summer.

Hang on, there's a Sandy Hook "truther" movement? This may be the most vile conspiracy theory ever.  http://www.salon.com/2013/01/15/this_man_helped_save_six_children_is_now_getting_harassed_for_it/ …

I wish Twitter was more successful and had more cash on hand. They would have been a better fit for Instagram.

The President of the United States only finished paying off his student loans eight years ago. Let that sink in for a minute.

My new startup advice blog for entrepreneurs will be a daily post from me saying "stop reading this and get back to work" in all caps.

"Smithers, install this 'Race Against The Machine' and 'Cat Riot' onto my Zune at once." - @mittromney, earlier today.

Written by @jdfalk and published today, the last day of his life. http://t.co/g1z6dd1p Thanks for making all of our lives better. #RIP #IETF

I would like to meet the underpaid illustrator who was assigned to draw six figure income families with mournful faces.  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689604578220132665726040.html#articleTabs%3Dinteractive%26project%3DWEALTH0105 …

Never trust a PSD with "final" in the filename.

Theory: @peta is run by a major university for business school students as a laboratory for real-time, self-created PR disasters.

Tonight's debate drinking game: start drinking now. Keep drinking until the election is over.