November 2009
No names, no links: Writers give themselves a pass...
jayrosen:
Mark Cuban: Rupert Murdoch to Block Google = Smart
I love to tweak all the internet information must be free bigots. They get so damn religious about information on the net that they lose what little objectivity and awareness of the real world they had in the first place
Wherever it’s found, bigotry deserves to be called out— say, with a link?
eweek, When Legal Strikes—Chaos...
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copycats:
No Woman No Cry by Xavier Rudd...
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A new editor at BusinessWeek →
loudsmiles:
‘Bloomberg annouced today that we’ll have a new editor-in-chief at BusinessWeek. He’s 37 years old and has little background in business….’
JT’s a great editor and a good guy. And I know why, when you have a new boss coming in, you’d write something like this. Still, the lede of this post cracks me up:
Bloomberg annouced today that we’ll have a new editor-in-chief at...
Um, Hi There →
Long time, to be sure. More fun stuff to come, for sure, but for now, may I direct your attention here, for posts of journalistic substance, and here, for random things.
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Also, this.
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Dobbs Got $8 Million to Quit →
According to the NYP. To be fair, that’s only a 2 year severance package
inadvisable:
soupsoup:
Broken Social Scene...
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Today in songs we’re not ashamed to love.
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“@poniewozik:I think I just heard the Internet weep. Per Hollywood Reporter,...”
– Sigh. If I had to hear this sad news from anyone, I’m glad it was JP…
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NY TIMES: Studies show pigs are smart; plotting... →
inothernews:
In the current issue of Animal Behaviour, researchers present evidence that domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and will use their understanding of reflected images to scope out their surroundings and find their food. The researchers cannot yet say whether the animals realize that the eyes in the mirror are their own, or whether pigs might rank with apes, dolphins and...
RT @kurtsoller: Why Dov Charney is our generation’s greatest tycoon: http://bit.ly/2I9PYo
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tanya77:
evangotlib:
unsolicitedanalysis:
So I’ve got a wedding to go to tomorrow. That’s going to last like an hour, because I don’t really know or care for anyone there. Here’s the situation on the ground:
1.) I have an orange camaro.
2.) We’re stationed right in the heart of town on the 12th floor of the LAX Sheraton.
3.) We set this up ages ago and planned to be wasteful, so...
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copycats:
Poker Face by Eric Cartman originally...
whiskeyandgoatsmilk:
Lyle Lovett- If I Had A...
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“‘Pop culture is the arena for our hopes, our fears, our most cherished dreams....”
– Colson Whitehead, NYT Op-Ed today, The Year of Living Postracially (via loudsmiles)
True. Richard Corliss, Time’s film critic once told me he would never be worried about the U.S. economy as long as people in other countries thought American culture was cool.
We’re all #technicallyAmerican !RT @cshirky: Rovell/CNBC labels Keflezighi “technically” American http://bit.ly/28g2n2
USA TODAY: Remember "V"? Lizard aliens disguised... →
(via inothernews)
We have District 9 to blame for this…
