March 2011
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Watchdatwon:
It’s only fitting that this be my 200th Tumblr post. Shout to RapRadar where I spotted this joint.
This is all kind of awesome.
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NBA Referee Allegedly Tells Player To 'Stop Being... →
Honestly if this is the worst thing an NBA ref ever said to a player I’ve got newfound respect for the zebras…
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and the sentence isn't even finished, and we don't...
davidquigg:
From Roberto Bolaño’s 2666:
To the south they discovered rail lines and slum soccer fields surrounded by shacks, and they watched a match, without getting out of the car, between a team of the terminally ill and a team of the starving to death …
This book was painful. And not in a good way.
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Girl Scout Cookie Pop-Up Shops! →
thecorcorangroup:
Are you jonseing for some Thin Mints, Tagalongs or Samoas (our favorite, especially when frozen)? Or, did you forget to place your order with your friend’s daughter? Problem solved…visit one of the Girl Scouts of Greater New York Cookie Pop-Up Shops! There’s one in each borough and they’re open a few days during the week selling your favorite cookies at $4.00 per box.
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Mapping America with 2010 Census data
washingtonpostinnovations:
It’s census time! Newsrooms across America have fired up their mapping tools to explain to us the changes in population and demographics shown in the newly released census data. Finding information such as racial makeup and population density of neighborhoods across the U.S. is as easy as clicking over to the maps produced by The Washington Post, New York Times,...
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“As Betabeat tapped notes on an iPad, Mr. Black leaned back on a gray sofa and...”
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Magazine Icon Roger Black: The iPad is Not a Magic Pony | Betabeat
This is fascinating, because it was only nine months ago that I was contacted by a group claiming to be working with Roger Black who wanted to create a whole series of tablet (iPad, really)-based magazines.
filigree asked: Is Tumblr tying its Red Cross donations to Japan relief, or are they just general donations to the Red Cross?
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“Take, for example, what comes from an increasingly shrill conservative chorus....”
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An inspiring former teacher of mine takes on anti-union sentiment in Truthdig. (via cmonstah)
Honestly, why isn’t this guy running for Senate somewhere?
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A Sad Realization
soupsoup:
hipsterdiet:
I’m completely bummed that not one of the companies, or publications I follow on Tumblr have donated to the Tsunami relief effort.
I know there’s corporate protocol to follow (in another life I worked in social media for a very large brand) and they all probably have other ways to contribute (and I’m sure they have), but the way I see it what’s at stake here isn’t guilt...
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Facebook drops uprising page after Israel protest →
today:
Facebook removed a page calling on Palestinians to take up arms against Israel, following a high-profile Israeli appeal.
Interesting
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“Kit Bramblett, the county attorney for Hudspeth County in West Texas, where Mr....”
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Willie Nelson May Be Able to Sing His Way Out of Pot Bust - NYTimes.com (via bonnerj)
Really? Not “Nothing I Can Do About It Now”?
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In Which This American Life Misses an EXTREMELY...
The other day, while listening to the very nice TAL episode “Original Recipe”, in which the show reveals the original recipe for Coca-Cola, Ira Glass notes that because Coca-Cola is made from coca leaves, a controlled substance in the U.S., all the leaves Coke uses are first shipped from South America to New Jersey, where the Stephan company removes the cocaine and ships the rest off...
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Listen to the new album 'Blood Pressures' by The... →
Oh yes.
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Watchstaff:
We had a great time at Tumblr Reads About Music! Thanks to the community and all the performers for coming out on Friday. Stay tuned for info on upcoming readings in Chicago and LA!
So sorry to have missed this…
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“We don’t cast spells. That’s not witchcraft. That’s black magic or voodoo or...”
– Former TSA worker Carole Smith, a Wiccan, denying allegations that she put a spell on a coworker’s car heater, causing it not to work. Smith was fired from the TSA. (via officialssay)
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Report: AT&T sent cupcakes to the FCC →
shortformblog:
producermatthew:
The largest land-line and mobile phone provider in the United States sent 1,500 Georgetown Cupcakes to the headquarters of the Federal Communications Commission, the New York Times reported over the weekend. “Operation Cupcake” came at a time when the FCC debated whether or not internet service providers should be subject to so-called “net neutrality”...
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Shaka Smart's Speech Before VCU Basketball Took On... →
Honestly, as much as I dislike VCU right now, this is the St. Crispen’s Day speech of basketball pep talks.
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Watchnukuler:
This is a ukulele Tumblr Love Song. I’ll be playing this silly little ditty at the Tumblr Reads About Music! event this Friday.
How many different Tumblr references can you catch in it?
OK, this is pretty great. And yet another reason to spend your Friday night at Tumblr Reads…
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iPhone drops 1,000 feet and doesn't drop one call... →
msnbc:
Can you hear me nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww?
Really? You mean that’s all I have to do to get this &#%#@ing thing to work?
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“Leland Scruby of Brooklyn, the 30-year-old doe-eyed editor of the Daily Pym blog...”
– For novelist’s fans, a mixed bag - The Boston Globe
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Pastor loses job after questioning hell's... →
Really interesting story, and a reminder of one of my favorite This American Life pieces, about pastor Carlton Pearson, who lost his megachurch after he started preaching the same thing.
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Dear James O'Keefe—is it possible to make a... →
TPM: James O’Keefe asks supporters for $50,000 to pay off credit card debt.
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“Editor: “We should be tweeting more of the Tumblr content.”...”
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At Neon Tommy, the reporters are responsible for delivery too - latimes.com
They’re also responsible for a really great Tumblr….
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Watchthe20newyork:
The 20: Subway Snacking. Courtney Reimer talks with Tom Llamas about subway eating etiquette.
In DC you’d be severely sanctioned for this…