February 2012
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A Brief History of the To-Do List and the... →
The Ethics Of Brain Boosting →
by Jonathan Wood, at the Oxford Science Blog
High Society: Washington’s Love Affair With... →
this is fascinating and more than occasionally hilarious. politicians, and their doublespeak on drugs…
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January 2012
10 posts
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“It’s fairly presumptuous of LeBron James. There’s 20 people [left to...”
– Jeff Van Gundy, you are hysterical. I said I’d keep it quiet during this game, but that was actually too much to keep inside.
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a persistent resistance to evolution →
i wrote a thing. it’s about online piracy. spoiler alert: i come down on the side of freedom, suckas.
The Republican Primary →
Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time →
“You and I won’t live forever. But as for our grandkids, I’m not placing any bets.”
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“i’m going on a trip, too. it starts in Narnia, it works its way up to...”
– oh, Robin. oh, Canadia.
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introduction to "verses of mine, the angriest...
This, the angriest generation, is seen as ignorant, apathetic, and lazy by our elders. Perhaps they speak with some truth. But in those things, I think, is intentionality, which is so much more important.
We “know” so little, so for we have seen what knowing can do to a generation’s spirit. We see out parents grinding out a living, secretly juggling mortgage payments & car...
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Fearless (But Not Insane) Predictions for 2012 →
We will all get sick of Tim Tebow by February. We will learn that Fidel Castro is totally dead. A gymnast and/or a swimmer will capture America’s hearts in the London games. We will forget his or her name by October. A Kardashian will get divorced. Or engaged. Or have a vow-renewal ceremony . Things will get pretty weird with Kobe Bryant . Things will get even weirder for the Republican...
December 2011
13 posts
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“Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing...”
– oh, Kimbra. you speak so directly to my incredibly dreary past.
happiness is for the weak?
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“Historically, the conservative has favored liberty for the higher orders and...”
– Highlighted by danielle king in The Reactionary Mind by Corey Robin
“For that is what conservatism is: a meditation on—and theoretical rendition...”
– Highlighted by danielle king in The Reactionary Mind by Corey Robin
Started reading The Reactionary Mind by Corey... →
Started reading Letters to a Young Contrarian by... →
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What Blag? - The Problem With Society is Not Video... →
“The problem with society is not video games, television, or movies. It’s people, who are sometimes bad.”
Squashed, Can Religion be Replaced? →
“I see religion as our reaction to something a step more real than we are. We are bundles of firing neurons caged in a distressingly fragile skull. We are mutable and temporary. We try to make sense of our impressions before we forget about them. Religious expression is our attempt to connect with something more solid.”
One True Thing →
“Keep at it, and you’ll get closer and closer to clarity. Closer and closer to your One True Thing. Yes, one true thing among other true things, but your one true thing. To you it’ll be the source of life. The explanation for the universe. The Unified Theory of what it is you’re meant to be.”
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some excellent "band math" →
Faves:
Nirvana x Sublime = Utopia
James Blake + The Strokes = Tennis
Rage Against the Machine + Florence + The Machine = System of a Down
Sum41 ÷ Joy Division + The Bad Plus – Minus the Bear = Mute Math
November 2011
2 posts
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October 2011
11 posts
"oh wow. oh wow. oh wow." →
a sister’s eulogy for Steve Jobs.
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literally, you should be so jealous.
…because i have better friends than you. need proof?
“I like that your birthday week is ‘the week of dreamers and dancers.’” “I sound like a renaissance festival.”
“I feel like I should have known that I was gay from age six, when I became obsessed with the Olsen twins.” “I don’t feel like you should have known you were gay,...
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“Weed is a padlock on a door we could otherwise secure with the metal chain of...”
– Tess Lynch makes a creepy amount of sense. sort of love her.
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whatever happened to the american left? →
Ed Schumacher-Matos cites this piece as part of the rationale behind NPR’s limited coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests, or, perhaps more explicitly, as to why Nader shouldn’t bitch so much on what NPR spends its time, money and energy reporting. I agree in some ways, but it seems a waste of our time. Nader can complain, but Kazin is right. The Left has been silent for some...
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the rude pundit, on occupy wall street →
choice quote:
“The Tea Party gave comfort to the wealthy and played by the rules. It’s why it was a movement of old people and families: there was no threat that anyone was going to spill any of their diabetic fucking blood on any goddamn mythical tree of liberty.”
UPDATED: also, it’s telling that he ends with “Later this week, um, so what the fuck are we unifying...
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“The Occupy Wall Street protests are explicitly inspired by, and modeled on, the...”
– Ezra Klein, who thankfully always makes sense.
(for the link-bait, and more excellent sources, see the original post here)
September 2011
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this is why he's my biffle.
me: You need to yell at me and tell me to stop watching The L Word, bc it's making me CRAZY-emo. Like, missing the evil ex, emo.
bruno: A. You know better than to tell me anything is making you think of her. My day is ruined.
B. As the source of the event that ruined my day, STOP IT.
C. Don't miss that ho.
D. I'm sure you could find something more productive to do?
E. STOP IT!
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“Cheering executions, booing active duty servicemembers, flatly rejecting...”
– the ever-wise Crias.
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“you got hurt. that doesn’t mean you stop trying.”
– “new girl” has some game.
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