May 2013
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April 2013
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: If Jill Abramson were a man... →
annfriedman:
She’s a source of widespread frustration and anxiety who is demoralizing, uncaring, morale-draining, and very unpopular. He demands excellence and relevance.
She is difficult to work with, unreasonable, impossible, stubborn. He has a strong vision and insists on seeing it carried out.
She is AWOL and disengaged. He attended Sundance and SXSW.
Go Jill, go Ann, boo Politico, etc.
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Homens
badkidsjokes:
what does homens eat ? food
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One study had people sit in front of an array of objects, then grab and...
– Every language needs its, like, filler words (via aminatou)
This is probably one reason it can be so hard to digest a lot of academic and straight-news writing. And, uh, therefore a helpful writing tip.
(via annfriedman)
Time to write a script to insert filler words into academic papers....
Norman Tebbit, one of Thatcher’s acolytes and fellow “Munsters...
– Russell Brand
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agentfin: The UX of Community in Contested Space →
agentfin:
Urban Cycling : Bike Lanes :: The Internet : A Code of Conduct
I’ve been struggling to try to put into words why a Code of Conduct is so important in tech. It’s difficult. Particularly since the issue has been so thoroughly polarized into one of women vs men. Particularly since any attempt to…
Interrupting my regularly scheduled nonsense for something vaguely...
March 2013
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I advocate surrender to Pynchon; letting your mind toss on the wild currents of...
– Alexander Nazaryan looks back at Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, “V.” as it turns fifty: http://nyr.kr/16mlGZv (via newyorker)
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Everything about this video is amazing. THIS is why I love rock climbing.
It is unfair to ask a woman to leave aside her personal experience and discuss...
– Shakesville: I Am Not a Political Football (via veruca-assault)
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February 2013
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The New Yorker: The Oscars' Hostile, Ugly, Sexist... →
newyorker:
Watching the Oscars last night meant sitting through a series of crudely sexist antics led by a scrubby, self-pleased Seth MacFarlane. That would be tedious enough. But the evening’s misogyny involved a specific hostility to women in the workplace, which raises broader questions than whether…
Glad I avoided this shitshow as usual. Am I wrong or is this guy totally the...
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I think of myself as nothing more than a tiny particle of the natural world....
– Robert Bringhurst. Magnificently put, couldn’t agree more. Becoming obsessed with this man.