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Because a jury was asked to decide innocence or guilt on the basis of a badly-written law, and the U.S. doesn’t have a Fully Informed Jury act that would have told the jurors what their job, their powers, and their rights are in the legal system. Jurors don’t know about jury nullification, which is clearly what should have happened in this case; there’s some sign the jury would have taken advantage of it if they’d known they could.
It’s likely that, at some point, you’ll be called for jury duty. Before you are, visit the Fully Informed Jury Association’s website. Tell your friends to do the same. Your freedom and mine may depend on it one day.
Innocence won’t keep you safe.
” — coffeeem: Dr. Peter Watts: Threat, or Menace? (via jaybushman)
The awesomeness of The Hold Steady.
“In other words, while Viacom’s lawyers were issuing takedown notices, its marketers were putting clips up on YouTube to promote Viacom movies and TV shows. You’ve got to wonder what the judge will make of that evidence.” — YouTube Defense: Viacom “Secretly Uploaded” Content, And They Tried To Buy Us
from the new issue of spin
Seriously, I will never get tired of this shit. A+
(315): im in class. still drunk. wearing one sock. eating a breakfast sandwich and trying to make sure this bottle of whiskey doesnt fall out of my purse in front of my professor.
Ke$ha goes to school?!
bazinga.
“I was a young woman in love with American sounds but a little scared of what seemed like a hallowed history; Chilton was a seasoned knockabout who insisted on showing me — and everyone in the room — that history is simply what people make out of their damage and their rudeness, their lust and their ambitious beating hearts.” —
RIP Alex Chilton, American Music Man | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times
As usual, Ann Powers says it best.
“The band had been active in the 1970s, but they belonged to us, the kids fighting off the shadow of the Baby Boomers who’d been too dumb to realize how great it was”
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Fancy toaster ovens with convection heat have a one-touch “smart cookie” option so that store-bought dough can go from refrigerator to plate without a thought. Microwaves have graduated to buttons for pizzas, breakfast sausage and omelets.
That’s not to say that expensive knives, “Top Chef” cookbooks and home canning equipment aren’t popular in some circles. But the big money is made selling appliances designed on the assumption that cooking skill matters less than shopping skill.
Consider that in the $3.8 billion category called small kitchen electrics, sales were up almost 9 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to market research by the NPD Group. Meanwhile, sales of housewares — that includes knives, pots and pans — were down 11.5 percent.
” —Kitchen Gadgets Take the Fast-Food Mentality Into the Home - NYTimes.com
This article makes me incredibly, incredibly sad.
scissor sisters tomorrow night at the bowery ballroom. gonna sprinkle on some glitter and dance the night away.
<3<3 ana matronic!
Wtf’s A Bread Plate?: Place Setting Placemats - Geekologie
This appeals to the hostess AND the design nerd in me.
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“It’s difficult when they’re making millions of dollars and placating to the masses — it’s tricky to maintain that, but I think [Lady Gaga] tries. And even including someone like me is a part of that. The thing that was kind of interesting was that in between takes I was getting kind of annoyed because the camera guys were really kind of drooling and talking about “girl-on-girl action” and I said, “What about boy-on-girl action?” And she turned to me and said “Oh. Do you identify as male?” [Laughs] And I said, “Well, probably more than you do.” And she said “I’ll be sure to tell people that.” We just had this abstracted conversation about gender in the middle of this shoot, which I thought was really weird and pretty interesting: A) that she would take the time and B) that she would even ask me about that.” — Out.com Features | Heather Cassils: Lady Gaga’s Prison Yard Girlfriend
Clipped to just the part that makes me sigh and say “Yup.”
More often than not, a “brand” overshadows the “people” who make the brand work, but most people I know prefer interacting with other people online, not with corporate marketing strategies. Newsweek makes me laugh and pay attention because they allow certain personality quirks of the people who work there to shine through; which is such a simple and still underutilized thing.
“fuckyeahme!” — sometimes you just need to be your own cheerleader.
Young Manhattanites, old Manhattanites,EVERYONE be sure to answer the 2010 Census!Don’t be a lazy cock. It takes all of a minute to fill it out. Your representation in government, your children’s education, SO MUCH SHIT DEPENDS ON YOU FILLING IT OUT.
Correction: EVEN LAZY COCKS SHOULD FILL THIS SHIT OUT.
My roommate and I did it together. And then I come to tumblr, and feel like I’ve liveblogged the Census. Fuckyeahconstitutionalobligations!
The peer pressure is getting INTENSE. It’s not like I was going to skip it but now I want to turn it in EARLY. I’m NEVER early.