December 2011
November 2011
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Good advice, even when if you're NOT a teenaged... →
Holiday Gift Etiquette Surprise Ending
10. This isn't holiday-related, but we just have to ask: Should Kim Kardashian return the wedding presents?
A. Yes, it's the right thing to do.
B. No. It's hardly a shock that the marriage didn't last.
Answer: A.
"It's a slightly different world in that financial bracket she's in, but even still, it's important that she return them, " Lizzie Post said. "She doesn't need to return anything monogrammed and personalized, but the other gifts should be returned with a note saying, 'Thank you for your generosity.'"
“How do you attack consumerism without attacking consumers—or workers?”
– Class, Strategy And Shopping: What Happened At Occupy Black Friday | The Awl
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Finally, Again, Permanently, Stop Writing "Lede" |... →
This is the sixth Google result when you search “bury the lede.”
HOW DID I MISS THIS IN ALL ITS GLORY?!?
“With Ms. Cattrall and Mr. Gross in the roles, you don’t doubt that Amanda and...”
– Kim Cattrall Stars in ‘Private Lives’ - Review - NYTimes.com
Elisabeth and I might be seeing this this weekend.
“My economic colleagues worked in the building next door, but I had not...”
– Michael Lewis on the King of Human Error | Culture | Vanity Fair
Michael Lewis quotes Daniel Kahneman in this month’s VF. A more fun-to-read exploration into the psychology of cooperation and motivation than I get from my usual sources…recommended.
(via ethanb)
Love the excerpt. Can’t wait...
“I don’t know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned...”
– Maya Angelou (via arreter)
Oh, I haven’t seen “If I’d known better I’d have done better” in context before…thank you!!
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“Americans already work longer hours than in most countries, and as incomes...”
– Shop on Thanksgiving? No thanks - CNN.com
oh hey great: Eat the Change You Want to See in... →
ohheygreat:
Sorry if you follow me on both blogs but this felt important. Happy Thanksgiving!
leahreich:
I’ll get back to EHR, ethnography, and culture next week. This feels a little more important.
Last night I watched an episode of Chopped that made me cry. Four lunch ladies - who should…
READ THIS!
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“And parasites certainly try to get away with a lot. With their masterful search...”
– Free Ride: Digital Parasites and the Fight for the Business of Culture | Brain Pickings
I can’t express enough how much I admire Maria Popova.
The Keyframe Bias
jackcheng:
At the office we have adjustable height desks, the ones you can turn into a standing desk with the press of a spring-loaded lever. The guys have used sit/stand desks at previous jobs, and we’re all familiar with articles like this one in the Times touting the benefits of standing versus sitting.
An article like that can start a small-scale revolution, make you rise to your...
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“I think some artists don’t get the best out of Twitter or other social media...”
– The single best piece of advice on how artists can make the most of Twitter, courtesy of artist Michele Banks in an interview on Scientific American. Her biological watercolors are a gem. (via curiositycounts)
Yes.
“This is a profound statement about who law enforcement works for in this...”
– How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Wow. That nails it right there. There are more cops policing OWS than there are policing all of Wall Street as it operates. Holy moly.
(via rickwebb)
Rolling Stone is my favorite political news source.
“How identity is manufactured has always interested me from the first time that I...”
– Deyan Sudjic returns to Belgrade after 25 years | Art and design | The Observer (via jomc)
Identity construction auto-reblog. Nom.
I Believe In The Internet - The Content Industry...
markcoatney:
bradburnham:
I have always believed that the entertainment industry’s effort to stop piracy by asking search engines and ISPs to make it more difficult for their users to find pirate sites was the wrong way to solve the problem, but it could never put my finger on why I felt so strongly about it. After all, the entertainment industry argues that they are only targeting the worst...
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Mashable - Tumblr Numbers: The Rapid Rise of... →
blurintofocus:
allfanmade:
heller:
2% of users control 43% of total visits!
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This is awesome, and a good a time as any to finally announce that Fanma.de’s SXSW Music proposal WAS ACCEPTED!
Mark your SXSW calendars for — Reblog Culture: Tumblr and Social Music Fandom
A massive thank you to everyone who voted this summer to help push this along. I’m super excited to talk...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_homo →
motherjones:
Since a couple of you asked.
Have I mentioned I like Mother Jones?
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“But us? We can journey toward the far edges of story form and make our mark on...”
– Transmedia Manifest - Deus Ex Machinatio -
“Fab. I recommend Bitters to the Etsy set without reservation. But I also suggest...”
– The old-fashioned: a complete history and guide to this classic cocktail. - Slate Magazine
Elisabeth and I just might quote this article back and forth to each other all day.
today in Seinfeld plots that no longer make sense
turnabout:
Jerry bounced a check at the bodega and everyone knows because the bodega owner posted the bounced check by his register.
Bodegas took checks?
Did we miss this era of NYC living or did it never actually exist? Questions I sometimes ponder.
“[IFFT is] brilliant yet unsettling, evoking visions of the day when our online...”
– This column will change your life: automaticity | Life and style | The Guardian
notwithstanding the foregoing: Don't go, MacLeod.... →
turnabout:
So I have been watching all of Highlander: The Series on netflix. (Well, almost all of it. I skipped a lot of boring episodes that lacked Methos and had too much Richie or Tessa.) I was actually embarrassed to tell Tumblr about this, so there is a long series of emails to Megan. But now I got…
In which Elisabeth proposes a Highlander reboot.
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“There’s nothing partisan about a road or a bridge or an airport; Democrats and...”
– The New York Times, “Putting Millionaires Before Jobs.”
Yep. Specifically, Republicans. When they fight for no tax increases, they want you to believe that they’re doing so for all income levels. Nope. Just for the wealthy. Just for the fucking One Percent.
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Tell me again...
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“What to do when a Trending Topic turns a... →
Here’s the story of a tweet I sent last night. Thank you to everyone who retweeted and responded. We keep each other sane.