February 2012
6 posts
2 tags
January 2012
7 posts
2012-bring-tv-upstarts →
(via Instapaper)
“I believe that reading, in its original essence, [is] that fruitful miracle of a...”
– Marcel Proust (via bookriot)
December 2011
15 posts
First Amendment Tweets →
futurejournalismproject:
Via the Knight Foundation:
Today, students ages 14 to 22 who tweet creatively about the First Amendment – and use the hashtag #FreeToTweet – are eligible for a $5,000 scholarship.
The tweet-a-thon is a celebration of the 220th birthday of the Bill of Rights.
Learn more at FreeToTweet.org.
Love this program…
2 tags
WatchGreat video series from The New Yorker and Human Rights Watch. Can anyone point me to more examples of Noize MC’s raps?
1 tag
Grief and Faith in Tibet →
Weighed down by grief, the author makes a pilgrimage to Mount Kailas, venerated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others.
The Almost-Lost Poem That Changed the World →
How a Renaissance book hunter kept a classic from disappearing.
Twitter Can’t Save You →
A technology skeptic argues there is nothing inherently liberating about social networking. Indeed, the opposite may be true.
A Writer’s Beginnings in Kenya →
Finding refuge in fiction, a Kenyan teenager becomes a writer in this coming-of-age memoir.
“I am not going to light my hair on fire. I am not going to sign those silly...”
– Jon Huntsman (via theatlantic)
I am telling you if you want a real debate about national direction and policy Hunstman is the only choice. I would probably still prefer Pres Obama, but I would at least like to hear an alternative that doesn’t make me cringe from its outright hatred (Perry or...
“The United States will begin using American foreign aid to promote gay rights...”
– The New York Times, “U.S. to Use Foreign Aid to Promote Gay Rights Abroad.”
In-fucking-credible first step. (via inothernews)
November 2011
13 posts
1 tag
This equanimity is yoga.
fuckyeahashtangayoga:
Self-possessed, resolute, act
without any thought of results,
open to success or failure.
This equanimity is yoga.
- Bhagavad Gita (2.48) [Stephen Mitchell translation]
A truer motto there never was.
susanmernit:
GIVE NOW Spot.us - Pitch: Fund reporting on Occupy Oakland by Oakland Local http://t.co/ygvbYfOg #OO
Support OaklandLocal’s coverage of Occupy Oakland.
October 2011
18 posts
WatchReally interesting video on digital diversity and how it is interpreted in different cultural contexts. Long over and hour and half. But worth a listen.
Though wish there were more detailed discussion for the actual development of some the examples in detail.
http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/14838-ramesh-srinivasan-empowering-culture-and-context
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat.... →
Fun site The Hype Machine…Great Music, but can’t find it on iTunes or Spotify US.
“Veteran For Peace member, Scott Olsen, a Marine Corps veteran twice deployed to...”
– Official statement from the group VETERANS FOR PEACE on last night’s Occupy Oakland police crackdown. (via inothernews)
“The Republican Party’s posture to the American people is this. Your opinion on...”
– Michael Tomasky, from his “The GOP Kills Jobs,” at The Daily Beast (via thesmithian)
Precisely. Traitors.
5 tags
4 tags
KRUGMAN / NY TIMES: "Money talks in American... →
inothernews:
Paul Krugman is Occupy Wall Street’s conscience — and voice — right about now.