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Doctor, I Need 'Foreclosen'

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:23:05 -0500

With thanks to Twitter listeners @olevia and @marilynm, McSweeney’s guide to anti-anxiety meds for the economic downturn.

Me, I’m sticking with “Defaulta.” But you can take 10 mgs of…

Turbaconducken

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:23:03 -0500

Turbaconducken:
How do you improve upon a turducken (turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken)? Behold, the Turbaconducken. It’s a turducken wrapped in bacon! Bacon Today has the step-by-step recipe with…

best photo ever?

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:23:03 -0500

best photo ever?: Woz. Segway. Urinal.

GM Shares At 66 Year Low, But You Can Get Some For Free! [Auto Bailout]

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:05:27 -0500

GM Shares At 66 Year Low, But You Can Get Some For Free! [Auto Bailout]:

Shared by Mukethe
Don Draper would never greenlight such a depressingly passe advertisement.

Hey, here’s a new and exciting deal. Buy a car; get 100 shares of GM stock. “Join us in jump…

Living and Learning with New Media: Findings from a 3-year Ethnographic Study of Digital Youth

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:04:49 -0500

Living and Learning with New Media: Findings from a 3-year Ethnographic Study of Digital Youth: For the last three years, I’ve been a part of a team of researchers at Berkeley and USC focused on digital youth practices. This project, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, brought together 28…

What do SUVs and luxury cars have in common?

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:38 -0500

What do SUVs and luxury cars have in common?: The answer: they are too big for the afwerkplekken that were built around 1986 in Dutch cities such as Utrecht, and so the drivers are having a hard time getting access. Afwerkplekken? You…

America's Next Top Immigrant

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:38 -0500

America's Next Top Immigrant:

A.N.T.I. follows seven immigrants as they battle it out for the American Dream. A satire on reality TV, this piece brings to light what the Dream means to these young immigrants….

‘Negronormativity.’

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:38 -0500

‘Negronormativity.’:

via our homie soltrane:

Negronormative
(nē’grō nôr’mə-tĭv)adj.
Of, or relating to the view that blackness is a Christian, male, patriarchal, heterosexual entity. Often marginalizes…

All The YouTube People (Put a Camera On It)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:38 -0500

All The YouTube People (Put a Camera On It): The latest dance craze to inspire YouTube dance fiends is Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”. There’s a Big Girl Remix, a Single Man version (the original became so popular that the…

Dog Whistles

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:02:38 -0500

Dog Whistles:

Thoreau has an epiphany:

For a long time, I was kind of amazed by the libertarian rhetoric of the GOP, the way that somebody could argue for torture and corporate welfare and unchecked police…

Challenged ballots

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:58:06 -0500

Challenged ballots: The ballots are being recounted in the Senate race in Minnesota between Norm Coleman and Al Franken because the initial tally was almost too close to call. MPR has a look at some of the ballots…

the flame wars

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:49:46 -0500

the flame wars:

Earlier this year, a young novelist named Keith Gessen published his first book. Even more than most such debuts, All the Sad Young Literary Men was highly autobiographical: it had…

Remembering Our Dead

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:49:45 -0500

Remembering Our Dead:

November 20th is the national day of remembrance for transgender men and women who have been targeted and murdered because of their gender identities.

I wrote a story four years ago for ColorLines…

On ObamaCTO.org: Wish Lists are for Santa Claus

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:49:44 -0500

On ObamaCTO.org: Wish Lists are for Santa Claus: The idea of an Obama Administration CTO has captured the hearts of many. I am generally skeptical of the idea, which is likely to be more symbolism than substance. But I’m really skeptical of the…

Embryo screening for common diseases: coming soon? [Genetic Future]

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:49:44 -0500

Embryo screening for common diseases: coming soon? [Genetic Future]:

A Nature News article describes the growing availability of technology that allows the screening of human embryos for hundreds of different genetic disorders prior to implantation. The…

NYC Rooftop Bee Keeper

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:49:26 -0500

NYC Rooftop Bee Keeper:

Fantastically fun article:

“When I first came to the green market here in New York City, I thought to myself, there are lots of buildings down here, and lots of flowers, but no black…

Ian Rogers On The Death Of The Music CD Business: “I Don’t Care.”

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:49:26 -0500

Ian Rogers On The Death Of The Music CD Business: “I Don’t Care.”:

We’ve written a lot about the death of the recorded music business, but in a keynote address to a music industry conference a couple weeks ago Topspin CEO Ian Rogers sketches out a…

Here is how it will get done...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:48:21 -0500

Here is how it will get done...:

..at least for black folks, I think. I don’t think we’ll get it until we see how close this thing really is.

Not Just for Skull T-shirts Anymore

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:48:21 -0500

Not Just for Skull T-shirts Anymore: Inspired by the 88-artist exhibition Africa Remix, Juxtapoz magazine’s most recent issue is almost entirely dedicated to contemporary African artists. Highlights include Pieter Hugo’s Nollywood…

Here's A Cartoon Explaining The Types Of Bonds [Remedial Finance]

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:48:20 -0500

Here's A Cartoon Explaining The Types Of Bonds [Remedial Finance]: Slate’s “The Big Money” has decided it’s time to start educating readers on some core financial principles, and they’re starting with the very basics, presented in a “Schoolhouse Rocks!”…