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We’re Back! Here’s What We Missed

The site’s been stagnant for over a week now, an unfortunate side effect of a sole contributor who has a pesky thing like a day job.

Fortunately, the past week has been kinda slow. John McCain, of all people, introduced a bill to block net neutrality. If you haven’t seen it, here’s John Stewart’s take on it:

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McCain, Barr Supporters Lost Testosterone After Obama Election

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Duke University and the University of Michigan performed a joint study showing that the testosterone levels of male John McCain and Bob Barr supporters plummeted after the results of the 2008 election.

Females and Obama supporters did not show a change in hormone levels.

"This is a pretty powerful result," said Duke neuroscientist Kevin LaBar. "Voters are physiologically affected by having their candidate win or lose an election."

The tests were performed on 183 college-aged men and women on election night. They each chewed a piece of

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How Social Networks Won Obama the Election

2849999933_28894b17c9 John Mancini, of Infonomics Magazine and Digital Landfill, has posted an interesting presentation explaining how social networks helped Barrack Obama win the White House.

"They didn’t view their online presence as an adjunct to the campaign, it was the campaign," Mancini says.

Some staggering numbers from the presentation: