February 2012
48 posts
“My life was changed. The books she gave me opened my mind to the simple...”
– Stephen Carter (via BrainPickings)
“Can I tell you something quick? (In) the beginning of your program, the Earth is...”
– Dr. NEIL deGRASSE TYSON, to Jon Stewart, nitpicking about The Daily Show’s opening title sequence.
Heh.
(via inothernews)
The Celebrity Gifting Suite People Are Unhappy... →
This is pretty much the gold standard of “no, you mean libel. And this is most certaintly not libel. And your “attorneys” really don’t scare me because you have no idea what libel is”
In another universe, I run the massively popular “Off-the-record doesn’t mean take-backsies” and “No, that’s not what slander is” tumblrs.
Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth →
Jake Tapper, the White House correspondent for ABC News, pointed out that the administration had lauded brave reporting in distant lands more than once and then asked, “How does that square with the fact that this administration has been so aggressively trying to stop aggressive journalism in the United States by using the Espionage Act to take whistle-blowers to court?”
I just realized how weird it is that I just called...
Sorry English friends, my (work) phone only has a direct line to the mothership
“There’s also something unsavory releasing admittedly flawed data, and then...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates - Authors - The Atlantic
....With the fuuuuuuuuuur
(sorry, this happens to me every time I say the word “boots”. In any context.)
On Public Relations: This could be your parent (my... →
paulbogaards:
Of all the things I can tell you about my father – and there are many – the most important thing is this: he never quit on me. Or anyone he cared about. If you were a friend or loved one, Harry always stood in your corner.
There is one other thing about my dad: actuaries hate him.
Went to the Portlandia tour show last night
Was pretty funny but not at all what I expected. Also, mostly, I’ll just be listening to all the Sleater-Kinney and Wild Flag and having a crush on Carrie Brownstein, okay?
Public Service Announcement: Google Web History
tbridge:
Today’s the last day to remove your web history before Google releases it all to their other products. You might not want that, for various reasons, and mine, at least, dated back to 2006.
You can remove it.
EFF has more reasons why to do this.
“But delegates and governor’s staff were scheduled to meet Tuesday night to...”
– Virginia governor no longer fully supports ultrasounds before abortions - Washington Post
Things That Make Me Say “idiots!” aloud in the middle of the newsroom for $500, Alex. And people wonder why it is important to have women in government.
“Good reporting happens more regularly and more quickly when information is...”
– Laura Amico, co-founder and editor of Homicide Watch DC. Read more about why organizing beats is just as important as large investigations. (via onaissues)
(Not at all ashamed to link again to my year-end piece for Homicide Watch, because it is an amazing site)
"Hey Dustin! Getcha ass ova here! We buildin' bird...
This is pretty much how I felt as a small child making nature crafts as well.
“Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body...”
– Anthony Shadid of the New York Times has died.
And something about that sentence just made me lose it.
“The personal facts do not always impinge on the political conclusion....”
– I would HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend this article/profile about Maggie Gallagher, the founder of NOM (aka, boo gay marriage). It’s good, unflinching but fair journalism.
Surrounded by brilliant, crazy people
I realized (realised even) why I’ve felt in a work rut for the past few weeks (note: your mileage may vary on my definition of rut. I have been told it is not the same feeling). I hit six months at the job a week ago, and while - whoa that’s amazing - it’s become clear to me that the initial red-faced, blustery wonder of a new job (and this one in particular) has worn off. Not in...
“I used to feel that I got it straight, and I got an independent conservative...”
– Fox News ‘course correction’ rankles some - Keach Hagey - POLITICO.com
Sometimes Politico’s stories are a little too anecdote-friendly-to-make-a-point (cause they write approximately 30 stories a day on the same thing, all with slightly different ledes) but this is pretty...
“If your head explodes at the thought of Ibn Saud as a Founding Father, you’re...”
– Matt Ruff on Scalzi’s Whatever’s blog on his novel the The Mirage
Talk about a novel matching up with your interests.
Obama Punks the GOP on Contraception →
EXCITEDLUCILLE.GIF
notnadia:
Tumblr you are such a jerk tonight and totally ruining my totally cryptic excitement about something that just happened to me!
Wait what?
While no one is more happy than me that a Z-burger is now open IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO MY APARTMENT, I do question the wisdom of being open to 10pm near a Metro stop that is a DC government office building and a few apartment buildings.
Whatever, when the only other restaurants for a 1/2 mile were Subway and bistro-place that takes 3 hours to get served at, I’ll take it.
“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones on MIA’s middle finger and everyone else’s panties being in a bunch over it. (via iwantnothingless)
So good.
(via zurik)
“Here is the main reason they don’t release the All 22: The NFL and the...”
– What the NFL Won’t Show You - David Zweig - Entertainment - The Atlantic
Here's the Number That Matters in Facebook's IPO... →
