August 2012
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Texas GOP Picks Tea Party-Backed Candidate For... →
I really don’t know what to think about this. I’m hoping this means the Dem’s chances are better against him?
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I actually yelled loudly "Ugh, gross" at my TV...
And I honestly don’t care for Michael Phelps that much either, but as least I don’t have such a visceral reaction to him.
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July 2012
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Jonah Lehrer throws it all away
ashleyeleigh:
Why does a “young genius” risk everything by making up quotes? A better question is why we coddle young male genius
This is also about entitlement. Only entitlement can explain why someone would choose to lie in plain sight. For whatever pressures Lehrer faced, there is no ignoring that he plagiarized himself and fabricated quotes from Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan of all people!) because...
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“Great long-form journalism comes from the author’s irrepressible need to answer...”
– Jonah Lehrer’s Grievous Oraclism - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic
That part about clever answers taking precedence over profound questions is a wonderfully on-the-nose assessment of our culture’s current predicament: we don’t value truth. Because it’s often unclear. And we’d rather have this thing...
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The How-To Issue: The How-To Issue →
annfriedman:
the-how-to:
This weekend, the New York Times Book Review ran its how-to issue, which is a rather nifty idea. The cover of the How-To issue lists eight pieces, two of which are by women. The cover reads, in part, “Judith Warner on How to Raise Your Kids” and “Kate Christensen on How to Cook a Clam.”…
Ladies, contribute to this!
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“Prime Minister David Cameron opened the event. During his speech, he turned to...”
– Is Kate Hiding Something? - The Daily Beast (via apsies)
because who isn’t?
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adrianeq replied to your link: Jonah Lehrer Resigns From ‘New Yorker,’ Admitting He Made Up Quotes : The Two-Way : NPR
They even look IDENTICAL
I KNOW. Lehrer looks more like Christensen as Glass than real-life Glass, but still…
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New York Observer interview with Michael C....
Interviewer: I wonder if that’s a sense of urgency, or a sense of entitlement? As in: I work so hard, I’m allowed to take liberties with ethics.
Moynihan: I don’t know. I’m a guy that went to state school and is at 37 blogging and freelancing. What it’s like to be in that pressure cooker situation—being a Rhodes Scholar as Jonah Lehrer was, rising up the ranks so quickly as he did, and getting to that place like The New Yorker and having to perform? His initial performance there was to cannibalize his own material. I think that shows a level of pressure and a level of stress that affects this and guides people’s behavior
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Jonah Lehrer Resigns From 'New Yorker,' Admitting... →
It’s all so Shattered Glass! Okay, well, vaguely similar anyway.
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New Yorker Writer Jonah Lehrer Fabricated Bob... →
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Here's The Opening Ceremony Tribute To Terrorism... →
WTF?!? SRSLY, NBC?
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sansasays:
athenasaurus:
I’d rather listen to the awesome playlist they’ve got pumping into the stadium than this fucking commentary.
In a perfect world, the NBC coverage would just be the parade and the music.
I missed “Mr. Blue Sky” because of NBC’s stupid commercial breaks.
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Roy-Allan Burch →
I have a new Olympic crush, y’all.
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"We're back from London right after this!"
sansasays:
Prepare yourselves for more dickish commentary on other countries’ lack of medals and overall failures!
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Dizzee Rascal, what!
(I like him, ok)
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I heard a Tardis!!
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I spy the childsnatcher from Chitty Chitty Bang...
Tell me that’s not him!
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Brits love nationalized health care so much they...
politicalpartygirl:
But, still, the GOP is totally right when they say every country with a national health care system hates it because it is killing them.
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So that's why the kid's choir was singing in...
I get it, I think
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sansasays:
The only things I knew about Britain before this was Harry Potter and tea. THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THINGS, OLYMPICS!
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Oh, Elgar's Nimrod. I knew you'd show up!
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ICK, Ryan Seacrest!!
I just want to see the frickin’ opening ceremonies, NBC.
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stayinbedgrowyourhair:
if any of you jerks spill the beans on who lights the torch i’m going to infiltrate your internet social circle and slowly turn all your friends against you until you finally delete your blog from sadness and isolation
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A new Alex Cuba song! I just heard it on...
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“Smartphones have given radio journalists like me the ability to give some...”
– When a number of manatees were beached near the campus of Jacksonville University in Florida, Matt Augustine, of radio station WKOV, arrived on the scene about an hour before any other journalists. He discusses why mobile journalism and social media made a difference. Read more: Advancing the...
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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
– Happy 156th birthday, George Bernard Shaw. Celebrate his timeless insight with a read on how to find your purpose and create what you love. (via explore-blog)
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Watchburbanked:
Here’s the five-minute international trailer for the Wachowskis’ and Tom Tykwer’s adaptation of Cloud Atlas, a dazzling and complex novel seemingly movie adaptation-proof, but here’s a long trailer so they must have accomplished something.
I found this video embed via slyoyster (a YouTube embed was previously yanked down by Warner Bros.), but I was reluctant to reblog that post...
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“I believe the majority of gun owners would agree that we should do everything...”
– President Obama on how gun control should be “common sense.” Read his full comments. (via think-progress)
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I wish every church said what this church says in... →
