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• Gladwell for Dummies

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 738
  Such are the contradictions that seem to riddle not just Gladwells thinking but the thinking on Gladwells thinking, and perhaps even the thinking on thinking on that, and it is precisely these slippery but substantive contradictions that have allowed Gladwell to tout his revolutionary "big ideas" without couching them ...
  4 days ago

• Inside Gaza

  
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  "Every opportunity for peace in the Middle East has been led to slaughter" Lawrence Wright in The New Yorker writes about the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip nearly eleven months ago, talking to Palestinians, Israelis and aid workers. Political context combined with incredibly saddening everyday civilian life.
  5 days ago

• TicketMaster and the Market Value of Tickets

  
  DarrenBarefoot.com — Authority: 491
  Over the summer, I read a great article in The New Yorker about TicketMaster, Live Nation and the history of rock concert promotions. It was unavailable online until somebody kindly added it to this Reddit discussion thread in which I was involved. You can view a PDF of the article here , or I’ve also uploaded ...
  1 week ago

• Chris Wares New Yorker Cover, This American Life

  
  ComicsAlliance.com — Authority: 683
  Filed under: Indie Lots of Chris Ware everywhere: The indie artist drew the cover of the most recent "New Yorker," along with a typically melancholy Halloween feature. Boing Boing also reminded us of an episode of "This American Life" (below) that Ware animated for ... Read more   Permalink  |  Email this ...
  1 week ago

• Chris Ware’s New Yorker Cover Is Wonderful [Art]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 561
      It’s tough to not love Chris Ware ’s Halloween cover for the New Yorker , isn’t it? [ Why, Thats Delightful! via Boing Boing ] Read more: Chris Ware’s New Yorker Cover Is Wonderful [Art]
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• Football and Dogfighting

  
  Simplicitas ???? — Authority: 121
  Another entry in my long-standing crusade against a contemporary cultural tendency to elevate dogs over people . Some may think that our growing concern with the ethical treatment of dogs shows our moral evolution as a society. I think it’s more complicated than that. When we think it’s more important to treat ...
  2 weeks ago

• Noble and magnificent creatures of the animal kingdom... humiliated again for our amusement. Yay!

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 738
  The New Yorkers "Critterati" contest invites you to "take a picture of your pet—dog, cat, ferret, iguana, or any other nonhuman member of the animal kingdom—dressed as a character from literature, and upload it to newyorker.com by October 25th." Gallery | About | Rules | Enter . MetaFilters own Jessamyn ...
  2 weeks ago

• someone’s fancy

  
  abada abada — Authority: 106
  I’m not so great at bragging and I always think that saying what I’m up to sounds like bragging so I’ll say this quick and be done with it. There is some good news. My panel was accepted to be at SXSW . I’m in good company . Thanks to anyone and everyone who voted. Now I just have to do the thing. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are you excited for James Cameron’s Avatar? You better be, or he’ll CRUSH YOU

  
  Critical Mass — Authority: 140
  New York Mag’s excellent Vulture blog has a hilarious dissection of Dana Goodyear’s New Yorker profile of uber-director James Cameron, where they break up the piece a la Chuck Norris Facts . It works surprisingly well. My favorite is this one: • James Cameron signs all correspondence “Jim out.” I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Xbox 360 update to add Music Games Store, news section

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 790
  Microsoft has revealed new details about its Fall 2009 Xbox 360 Dashboard Update -- yes, the same update set to bring Twitter, Last.fm and Facebook support . New to the list of update features is a dedicated Xbox Live storefront for music games DLC and a specific area of Inside Xbox called "News and More." The Music ...
  3 weeks ago

• James Franco Is On The Move

  
  Socialite Life — Authority: 162
  Its time for James Franco to move on. According to RadarOnline, Franco is planning on selling his 1923 Spanish-style villa for $3,695,000 in Los Angeles. The 4,000 sq. ft home has three bedrooms and the master bath features a 19th century marble bathtub. Theres a guest house and pool.The... ...read full story
  3 weeks ago

• The "boy-killing, man-mutilating, money-making, education-prostituting, gladiatorial sport."

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 738
  Does american football unavoidably lead to brain damage over time? Does a culture favoring perseverance at the expense of well being begin in high school?
  3 weeks ago

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