January 2012
23 posts
The Once and Future Liberalism →
Our real choice, however, is not between blue or pre-blue. We can’t get back to the 1890s or 1920s any more than we can go back to the 1950s and 1960s. We may not yet be able to imagine what a post-blue future looks like, but that is what we will have to build. Until we remove the scales from our eyes and launch our discourse toward the future, our politics will remain sterile, and our economy...
Tucker Max Gives Up the Game: What Happens When a... →
Apparently Tucker Max stopped being an asshole and went into therapy and is now quietly, happily domesticated. This article is far more interesting than it has any right to be.
The New American Divide →
Over the past 50 years, that common civic culture has unraveled. We have developed a new upper class with advanced educations, often obtained at elite schools, sharing tastes and preferences that set them apart from mainstream America. At the same time, we have developed a new lower class, characterized not by poverty but by withdrawal from America’s core cultural institutions.
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What Would New York Look Like With a Smaller... →
Post-Guiliani, New York has been a very good place to be rich, a very good place to be poor, and a very difficult place to be in between. If the financial industry really did slim down to size, that might well reverse. That might make it a more middle class city. But it would be very difficult for a more middle class city to support New York City’s cost structure. Since it would be...
jhnmyr:
Officially back on track as of today. Doc says all clear. Ends an 8-month period of extreme patience and a real head trip… Back to it… See you soon.
YEAH BRO
Ro.me →
Amazing interactive film rendered in HTML5. Chrome browser required.
Monologist Mike Daisy performing an excerpt of...
Reddit successfully pressures Rep. Paul Ryan... →
In case I wasn’t crushing on Paul Ryan enough.
December 2011
24 posts
2011 Year in Review
These have become popular amongst the circle of blogs I follow, so I figured I’d do one too!
January - 25 and stupid and in New York City.
Feburary - 26 and stupid and in New York City.
March - 26 and stupid and in New York City.
April - 26 and stupid and in New York City.
May - 26 and stupid and in New York City.
June - 26 and stupid and in New York City.
July - 26 and stupid and in...
“I remember my favorite nights were just getting drunk and walking around in the...”
– Legs McNeil in The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (via brooklynbridg)
“$407.50”
– The amount of money I spent at Chipotle in 2011.
The "Other" Love Story
joeysjam:
The Offspring’s “Want You Bad” was the inspiration for this entry.
While listening to it recently, for the first time I discovered it’s actually a very sad song. Behind the band’s demonstrative, heavy guitar riffs and passionate, rhythmic drumming, lead singer Dexter Holland sings fervently about a boy yearning for a special girl. Maybe it’s love, or just lust (probably the latter,...
RIP Christopher Hitchens
What a mind. We’re truly at a loss, socially and intellectually, from his passing.
Hitchens was an intellectual swashbuckler, swinging from idea to idea with conviction, passion, and without a drop of fear. I disagreed with him on a great many things, but am certainly poorer for the arguments he left unmade.
guys GUYS
robinmbrowne:
amanda is leaving BT and im gonna die
TROOF
Inside Wukan: the Chinese village that fought back →
For the first time on record, the Chinese Communist party has lost all control, with the population of 20,000 in this southern fishing village now in open revolt.
The last of Wukan’s dozen party officials fled on Monday after thousands of people blocked armed police from retaking the village, standing firm against tear gas and water cannons.
News You Can Use
Robin: apparently eating cheese before bed gives you nightmares
Robin: WHOA wrong chat
“It should be noted that the Void Dragon, one of the C’tan Star Gods who...”
– Of all my nerd hobbies, I’m most appreciative at myself for dropping Warhammer 40,000.
Tumblr is the new Myspace
But instead of being ugly and in Florida, we’re in New York and resenting the comparison.
The Kindle Fire in Your Heart is Out
I’m breaking up with my bookshelf. I haven’t told her yet, but she must know, right? All the signs are there. I’m never interested in reading from her. I’ve left tomes in sloppy piles, not even organized by category. I removed about a third of her contents a few weeks ago, and while she didn’t say anything, I knew it hurt her like hell. It’s been months...
My liver doesn’t process alcohol
So as it stands
I’m using text messages
Live! on Youtube
People who spend entire concerts watching on their recording cell phone do not understand concerts. You go to forget what happened before and what happens after. You to just abandon yourself into the now. Why filter it and focus on the future of the moment? It’s like taking a vacation but never taking your eyes off the posters in the gift shop. Those kind of people gaze onto grayscale...
Why did Bonobos have such an epic fail on Cyber... →
Bonobos.com is a pretty awesome male apparel company, but they had a huge Cyber Monday failure. Their site has been down for 4 days or so, a disaster anytime, and they lost a ton of sales. Their head of UX explains what happened and why. Very interesting if you care anything about online retail, site stability, or cool, good fitting pants.
Also, BustedTees had zero downtime on Cyber Monday....
November 2011
19 posts
Deadline: FX Developing TV Version Of Web Series... →
chamberlain:
ABBI. ILANA. AMY.
GOOD.
SHIT.