January 2011
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The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Eat,... →
Now THIS is some funny shit.
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You know, a Tumblr dashboard is a lot like an LSD...
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“Helplessness Blues”// Fleet Foxes
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“I’m very aware that this material is far less popular and accessible than the...”
– Sufjan Stevens talks to us about his polarizing Age of Adz album and tour. Read the feature interview for more, including how the singer was inspired by Michael Jackson and why we won’t have to wait five years for his next album. (via pitchfork)
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“The world’s poorest will not be visiting government leaders to make their case,...”
– 2011 Annual Letter from Bill Gates
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SLATE: Six Al Jazeera reporters arrested in Cairo,... →
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Today, we'd like to take a moment to celebrate...
I think I’m a “Fuck Me” kind of guy. Not as a command, obviously, but in a “I’m fucked, my life sucks,” sort of way, because it has an added bump of shock value when compared to your average swear. Plus, if said around the right people it easily devolves into a contest of Exorcist impressions, though her “fuck me” is different in meaning.
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DoNothingFor2Minutes.com →
Heh. This is surprisingly amusing.
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Get the facts about Egypt
foreignaffairsmagazine:
Get the background you need on Mubarak and Egypt—from Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Egypt in the Post-Sadat Era to CFR Fellow Steven Cook on Mohamed El Baradei’s chance for reform.
Also check out our ‘must reads’ from this Egyptian politics reading list.
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“Maybe we become New Yorkers the day we realize that New York will go on without...”
– Colson Whitehead, The Colossus of New York
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Check it out, yo. Runnin' Scared has a Facebook... →
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“We support the universal rights of the Egyptian people including the rights to...”
– Hillary Clinton (via soupsoup)
‘Atta girl.
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“If you can’t write like New York, you have no business living in New York and...”
– James M. Cain (via theparisreview)
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“The other thing to worry, or at least wonder, about is how revolutions inspired...”
– Nicholas Thompson, in his post on Twitter and the Cairo riots (via newyorker)
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“Classified job ads in the [New York] Times were segregated by gender, a practice...”
– Louis Menand, in The New Yorker feature, Books as Bombs on “Why the women’s movement needed “The Feminine Mystique.” (via mookerjee)
Wednesday: Social historian Stephanie Coontz, on The Feminine Mystique’s enduring legacy.
(via nprfreshair)
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“A few moments before 4 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, nine men ages 25 to 67, filed...”
– These are the Men of Tears (via: SFGate)
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“The biggest problem with 3D, though, is the “convergence/focus” issue. A couple...”
– Why 3D doesn’t work and never will. Case closed. - Roger Ebert’s Journal (via switchedblog)
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““We love musicals, and we love Mormons,” Parker says. “I think if any Mormons...”
– - South Park’s Creators New Comedy-Musical: The Book of Mormon (via Vogue)
This show just keeps getting better and better. (via thatgirlallison)
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“We’re free, but we might just get you high.”
– Village Voice (via rubenfeld)
Oooooh yeaaaahhhh
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“Now, with most online publications allowing readers to comment beneath stories,...”
– Jeff Pearlman (via soupsoup)
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“Last night I finally saw Black Swan. Not impressed, guys. Watching it was kind...”
– Amy Blair (via peterfeld)
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CBS Radio News reports Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is...
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“According to a new Fox News poll, 8 in 10 American voters (Fox polled 900 of...”
– (via: Runnin’ Scared)
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“Ms. Portman can now claim what appears to be a unique distinction: She may be...”
– HEY-O, AO!
(Related: “I follow people on Twitter who write funnier lines than most of the ones in this script.”)
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