January 2012
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MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
December 2011
5 posts
The Battles of Dan Malloy: Part 1 →
My series for Hearst has launched: an insider account of a year inside the administration of a small state’s governor, coping with deficits, labor unions, and the complications of being himself.
“Ultimately, I know what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. I’m trying to be a...”
– Ian MacKaye (via pitchfork)
November 2011
6 posts
“If you had four genius guys in Pavement that were writing tunes, we could’ve...”
– Stephen Malkmus via GQ. (via pitchfork)
Lead singers. Such nice guys, always.
October 2011
11 posts
Weekly “executive branch actions.” Ah, the What-Does-This-Button-Do stage of a desperate candidacy. http://j.mp/nrEbhw
How the Media Will Cover the Ohio Zoo-Animal...
vanityfair:
In memoriam, animals! How you’ll probably be eulogized:
“Ohio Slaughter a Metaphor … But for What? Several Possibilities Loom” By Bill Keller “OMFG So Sad!!!!!! R.I.P. Animals!!!” By Perez Hilton
“Terrorist Lion Traced to Obama’s Kenyan Village” By the National Review Online
“Where’s Ohio? Locating Animal Safari Some-Such on a Map” By The Robb Report “A Rare Miss from Animal...
The Guardian: Jarvis Cocker →
Music’s changed in that way. People still listen to it, but it’s not as central, it’s more like a scented candle. It sets the mood. Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you’ve got a bit of music on in the background and the lyrical content is making you want to listen to it, then…
N.B. Please don’t read the lyrics whilst listening to the music.
In which our political reporter Phil Rucker finds...
Phil: So what is Rick Santorum doing to prepare for the debate?
Rick: Candidly? Nothing.
Phil: Mock rehearsal?
Rick: I've never done one in my entire political career.
Phil: Dreaming up new zingers?
Rick: I try not to script at all.
Phil: Huddling with consultants and aides?
Rick: I don’t have consultants. ... I travel by myself. I like it that way. I’m not afraid of reporters. I should be, but I’m not.
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Obama administration greenlights 500 oil drilling... →
climateadaptation:
Drilling will commence summer 2012 in the Chuckchi Sea, where Alaska and Russia meet. Environmental groups fume. Shell pleased. Rare species at risk.
Here is a round up:
Approves former President Bush’s stalled plans to drill in Arctic
Earth Justice sues
Native Alaskans are pissed: “We have a right to life, to physical integrity, to security, and the right to enjoy the...
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September 2011
7 posts
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Every political book should roll out this way →
being pre-spun by Roland Hedley in “Doonesbury”
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Everything you need to know about NASA's GRAIL... →
theweekmagazine:
NASA’s latest lunar exploration will give us a never-before-seen glimpse of the moon below the surface
Though the moon is our closest neighbor in space, there’s much we don’t know about it. For instance: Did a second moononce crash into our moon, destroying the second moon and leaving our moon pockmarked with craters? NASA hopes to shed light on this and other questions as...
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August 2011
1 post
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June 2011
9 posts
Literal White People Problems
boobsradley:
- being higher in starch than whole wheat people - showing dirt more easily than plaid, floral, or Aztec-patterned people - having feet after Labor Day - getting hit by cars in snow storms - glowing in laser tag arenas - sunburn
“You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, fuck it, I...”
– Republican New York State Senator Roy McDonald comes out for gay marriage, tells opponents he’s tired of Republican-Democrat politics. “They can take the job and shove it.” (via theweekmagazine)
May 2011
5 posts
Today in freedom →
theatlantic:
During a March 9, nearly a month after Hosni Mubarak resigned, the Egyptian military targeted the demonstrators in Tahrir Square, arresting nearly 149 people. An Amnesty International report published weeks later claimed female demonstrators were beaten, given electric shocks, strip-searched, threatened with prostitution charges, and forced to submit to virginity checks.
Maj. Amr...
titivil:
OK, dig this. After stumbling across the phrase “a million seconds” in a Vernor Vinge novel, I decided to do the math. And a million seconds, even though it sounds like an astonishingly long time, is only a little more than eleven and a half days.
A million just let me down.
February 2011
2 posts
November 2010
2 posts
Tuesday reporting theme song →
Fatal Film is our copilot.
August 2010
4 posts
