• Birth of BASIC (2014) [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYPNjSoDrqw 11 comments 11/12/2023
• Birth of BASIC (2014) [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYPNjSoDrqw 36 comments 14/7/2020
• It’s BASIC: Arnold Spielberg and the Birth of Personal Computing http://www.gereports.com/post/117791167040/its-basic-arnold-spielberg-and-the-birth-of 2 comments 1/5/2015
• The Birth of Visual Basic (2006) http://www.forestmoon.com/BIRTHofVB/BIRTHofVB.html 59 comments 10/10/2014

• Marriage holds key to Japan’s falling births - In its most recent forecasts, Japan’s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research had expected the number to fall to 755,000 in 2035. It is now basically there a good decade ahead of schedule. https://www.ft.com/content/8e198165-546f-46df-a6e2-a0cdfa45f006 217 comments 18/3/2024 futurology
• Birth of BASIC https://youtu.be/WYPNjSoDrqw 14 comments 25/2/2023 programming
• A pregnant woman or newborn dies every 11 seconds, new estimate shows: " A skilled pair of hands to help mothers and newborns around the time of birth, along with clean water, adequate nutrition, basic medicines and vaccines, can make the difference between life and death: https://www.healio.com/pediatrics/practice-management/news/online/%7B931e9705-1a29-4dd2-843c-393bb04f3cfa%7D/a-pregnant-woman-or-newborn-dies-every-11-seconds-new-estimate-shows 11 comments 25/9/2019 worldnews
• Proposal to give “basic income” to all people birthed during Nixon administration springs back to life http://www.denverpost.com/2016/10/08/universal-basic-income/ 10 comments 9/10/2016 economy
• Birth Order Is Basically Meaningless: Any differences in personality are so small that they barely matter, new research says. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/birth-order-is-basically-meaningless/411577/ 6 comments 22/10/2015 science
• The Birth of Visual Basic http://www.forestmoon.com/birthofvb/birthofvb.html 9 comments 10/10/2014 programming
• Birth control is not a religious issue; it is a basic health-care issue - "Today (March 25) the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Hobby Lobby vs. Sebelius and Conestoga Woods vs. Sebelius, which will decide if your boss’s religious beliefs can trump your access to birth control." http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2014/03/birth-control-not-religious-issue-it-basic-health-care-issue 391 comments 25/3/2014 politics
• 'Birther' Orly Taitz on release of Sen. Ted Cruz's birth certificate: He has 'basically the same issue as Obama' http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/08/19/birther-orly-taitz-ted-cruz-has-basically-the-same-issue-as-obama 15 comments 19/8/2013 politics
• Chris Christie is spending $12,000,000 on an unnecessary special election but but he won't spend $7,500,000 to help uninsured women who need birth control, life-saving pap smears and breast cancer screenings, or other basic medical services. http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2013/06/calling_christies_bluff_on_wom.html?utm_campaign=curated_content&utm_medium=argyle%2Bsocial&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2013-06-18-17-24-08 63 comments 19/6/2013 politics
• Do Conservatives Understand How the Female Body Works? The Myth Fueling the Right-Wing Freak-Out Over Birth Control: The Republicans' chosen narrative about Obama's contraceptive coverage betrays a total lack of understanding of the most basic realities of human reproduction. http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/154142/do_conservatives_understand_how_the_female_body_works_the_myth_fueling_the_right-wing_freak-out_over_birth_control/?page=entire 33 comments 15/2/2012 politics
• Birth a deadly challenge in Afghanistan - A chronic shortage of midwives and basic health services makes having a baby one of the most dangerous things an Afghan woman can do. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-26/afghanistan-dangers-of-childbirth/2811428?section=world 8 comments 26/7/2011 worldnews
• By smashing gold particles together at super-fast speeds, physicists have basically melted protons, creating a kind of "quark soup" of matter that is about 250,000 times hotter than the center of the sun and similar to conditions just after the birth of the universe. http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100215/sc_livescience/bigbangconditionscreatedinlab 37 comments 15/2/2010 science
• Some of Barack Obama's birth records have been public for years. Anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage licenses and open a baby-blue government binder containing basic information about his birth. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/some_of_barack_obama_birth_rec.html 3 comments 23/4/2011 politics