February 2012
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Oren Ambarchi – “Salt”
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“This is an across-the-board fair bill aimed at providing accountability and...”
– S.C. bill would add requirements to register voters
Our most sacred rights—*gasp, clasp hands to chest*…somebody’s got the vapors.
What happened in Vegas—By John D'Agata and Jim... →
This is fascinating… as my old journalism teacher said on Facebook, it’s a bit of “the sausage being made.”
From The Lifespan of a Fact, by writer John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, published in February 2012 by W. W. Norton. In 2005, as an intern at The Believer, Fingal began fact-checking D’Agata’s article on the 2002 suicide of Las Vegas teenager Levi Presley. The book is...
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Singled Out: Wild Beasts' 'Loop The Loop' : NPR →
On this song your voice is very sweet, but it’s much harder in other places — almost a growl. Did it take you some time to figure out what kind of a voice you wanted to use as a singer?
HT: “For me, singing is cathartic. I get a huge sense of physical and emotional release from it and in that sense I suppose I let it be as unconscious as possible in a sense. But I think that’s...
“The first time I lay actual eyes on the real David Lynch on the set of his...”
– David Foster Wallace in his essay “David Lynch Keeps His Head.” (via seafaringwoman)
January 2012
9 posts
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Watch What Happens Live Season 6 - Voldemort's... →
What the hell is Ralph Fiennes doing here? (Looks like he was asking himself that question at various points in this video…)
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A Day With Stephen Colbert →
Staff of 80, cast of one.
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Unexpected cig-craving trigger: David Brooks’ voice!?! (I quit six looooong days ago)
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Destroyer – “Leave Me Alone” (New Order Cover) -... →
HELLOOOOOOO, 2012!!!
December 2011
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Yay, Christmas parties abound and children sing carols on the way down the street!
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“It’s interesting to me that, at the end of the day, so many supporters of the...”
– Running Chicken: The Great Death Penalty Hypothetical (via azspot)
And more: “The worst thing, in all of this discussion, is that our society spends an inordinate amount of money on a handful of executions, the end result of violent crime, and very little money on homelessness, services for...
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November 2011
15 posts
Not funny "ha ha"
thefuckwouldisaywhatfor:
The vast majority of reactions to this little ATIAC have been (to paraphrase) “Oh my god that’s so sad.”
And duh. It’s not funny, except for maybe the little OWS joke tacked on near the end. What it is, however, is factual.
I got laid off from my printing job at BMO Harris bank in 2008, after a year and a half of working as a ‘permanent temp’. I will give you a moment...
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“Vincent D’Onofrio was, for a lot of this time, sitting in a chair on the stage...”
– Elmo Keep, writing for The Hairpin
GUUUUURRRRRRRRRL.
(via whathappened)
New ACLU Report Documents Destructive Impact of... →
The report, “Banking on Bondage: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration,” traces the rise of the for-profit prison industry over the past three decades and shows how private prison companies have capitalized on the nation’s addiction to incarceration to achieve gigantic profits. All the while, the report shows, mass incarceration wreaks havoc on communities by unnecessarily depriving individuals...
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How many people you’ve fucked in one room is...
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Why do I keep meeting awesome 22 year olds who are into Okkervil River? It’s amazing. Sometimes I think I was born a decade too soon.
October 2011
16 posts
Abhorbang
Tonight’s curiosity: What’s your definition of “hatefuck”?
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Can we talk about circles for a minute? How does...
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Name me three things better than being drunk and looking at the night ocean
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“Where there’s marijuana there’s money. And lots of it. People are using the...”
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U.S. Attorney for Northern California Melinda Haag • Comparing medical marijuana dealers to drug traffickers — a harsh take, considering medical marijuana is legal in California. The U.S. government is planning a crackdown of medical marijuana dispensaries in the state within the next two months....
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