November 2011
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Journalism, Social Media and Packs & Cascades →
This awareness that traditional journalism is often poorly-sourced, and what appears as many reports is actually a single report, is partly why I was encouraged by the explosion of citizen journalism enabled through social media. News outside the pack, I thought. Many, many, many sources of news instead of the eyes of a united pack.
I understand why journalists stay in those packs—they are...
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“The energy coming off a box of ripening bananas could heat a small apartment,”...”
– Sounds efficient.
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Yes, Virginia. The banks really were bailed out. →
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Travel Tips →
This piece has a lot of insightful tips, and frankly, I could have quoted all of them. Here are a few to get you started:
Buy your own fruit. It sounds simple. It is simple. Just do it. You’ll love it. And I don’t mean, if there happens to be a fruit stand outside your hotel door you should buy some, because you need to have 9 servings a day. What I mean is, find fruit and buy it. Make it a...
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“We find ourselves unable to recommend ‘The Return Of The Spectacular...”
– On Elvis Costello’s official site, on the new Elvis Costello box set.
(source)
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“Accusing Facebook of engaging in “unfair and deceptive” practices, the federal...”
– The New York Times, “FTC Settles Privacy Issues At Facebook”
(via inothernews)
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Study: Whites More Likely to Abuse Drugs Than... →
Black youth are arrested for drug crimes at a rate ten times higher than that of whites. But new research shows that young African Americans are actually less likely to use drugs and less likely to develop substance use disorders, compared to whites, Native Americans, Hispanics and people of mixed race.
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“Those who are going to be over 21 on November 12th, I ask for your support.”
– officialssay:
GOP presidential contender Rick Perry, misstating the U.S. voting age, which is 18. Also, the 2012 election is on November 6.
Perhaps he’s just planning a bender and needs us to join/maybe buy him a few drinks.
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“I’m happy to say I don’t think that I’ve said anything inaccurate in any of the...”
– Michele Bachmann
I’ll make her a list if I have to.
(Via the Washington Post)
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Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American... →
The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night’s Republican debate. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Kanye West (25)
Pavement (19)
Aziz Ansari (17)
The Throne (16)
Childish Gambino (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Thirty years ago, when Dr. Levine was starting graduate school, an aunt asked...”
– A Jewish Edition of the New Testament — Beliefs - NYTimes.com
(via notadinnerparty)
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On Reading Life Reports
citizenkerry:
Say what you want about David Brooks, (and I know you will) but the man is curating like a mofo. He recently invited people over age 70 to evaluate their lives so far—what worked, what didn’t, and what they’ve learned. He’s been posting a few of these essays on his blog. Here is a quote from David Lesham’s life report:
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“Free speech extends to young people, too, and we should encourage whatever sort...”
– E.D. Kain on Emma Sullivan.
(via ilyagerner)
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Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks Undisclosed $13B →
soupsoup:
The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were in trouble so deep they required a combined $1.2 trillion on Dec. 5, 2008, their single neediest day. Bankers didn’t mention that they took tens of billions of dollars in emergency loans at the same time they were assuring investors their firms were healthy. And no one calculated until now that banks reaped an estimated $13 billion of income...
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Black Friday Online Sales Jump 26% →
Online retail sales in the United States on the post-Thanksgiving shopping day known as “Black Friday” jumped 26 percent this year, led by Amazon.com Inc, comScore said on Sunday. Black Friday online sales reached $816 million, making it the heaviest spending day on the Internet so far in 2011, according to comScore, a closely watched tracker of Internet activity. Year-over-year...
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inothernews:
TV shows that should’ve happened: “The Small Wonder Years.”
In which Jack Arnold steals a robot prototype from NORCOM to replace his daughter Karen, whom he feels he’s lost to radical hippie ideologies. Hilarity ensues.
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Some evening reading:
huckabeast:
The Shocking Truth About the Crackdown on Occupy
I’m pretty blase about Occupy. I admire its intentions and do think that its succeeded in drawing attention to its nobler goals, but I think the movement has become more of a spectacle than an actual agent of change. But I am VERY concerned about the Government’s response to Occupy, and Naomi Wolf’s...
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We Are the 99.9% →
For who are the 0.1 percent? Very few of them are Steve Jobs-type innovators; most of them are corporate bigwigs and financial wheeler-dealers. One recent analysis found that 43 percent of the super-elite are executives at nonfinancial companies, 18 percent are in finance and another 12 percent are lawyers or in real estate. And these are not, to put it mildly, professions in which there is a...
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Amazon Puts $1000 Kindle Library 'On Hold,'... →
I have been a Kindle owner for nearly a year now.
I was recently unable to login to my account with the message that the password was “denied”. I reset my password and still received the same denied message even though I had an email confirming my reset.
I called Amazon and was told my account was put on hold, but they couldn’t tell me why. I was then asked for some basic information and told...
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icelandicbutterflies:
A must read by my dear friend Abe Streep is now online at Outside Magazine
Normally, the convict speaks last during these procedures, but DeChristopher asked to go first. He thanked Judge Benson for the opportunity to address the court and then made it clear that he would not end his activism. “My future will likely involve civil disobedience,” he said. “Nothing that...
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Fact-Checking Last Night's Debate
Mitt Romney repeated a claim we’ve heard a few times before, that President Obama “apologizes for America.” We’ve looked in detail at Obama’s speeches and found that’s not true. We’ve rated it Pants on Fire.
More from Polifact. Also read The Fact Checker over at the Washington Post.
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