May 16, 2012

How to get white guys to talk about class.

How to get white guys to talk about class. ( 9:17 PM)

"TED: Ideas Worth Spreading." Unless they're about income inequality.

"TED: Ideas Worth Spreading." Unless they're about income inequality. ( 7:42 PM)

Please learn to write

Please learn to write (11:33 AM)

May 15, 2012

Arise, you prisoners of starvation

Arise, you prisoners of starvation ( 8:19 PM)

May 14, 2012

New York Times discovers that cable company CEOs are idiots

New York Times discovers that cable company CEOs are idiots ( 6:34 PM)

May 11, 2012

The particular genius of Maurice Sendak: the wolf suit is a given

The particular genius of Maurice Sendak: the wolf suit is a given (10:43 PM)

Visualizing English Word Origins

Visualizing English Word Origins ( 2:01 PM)

The Avengers, in the style of Maurice Sendak

The Avengers, in the style of Maurice Sendak (11:21 AM)

Standing up for women's rights and gay rights in 1970: Huey Newton

Standing up for women's rights and gay rights in 1970: Huey Newton (11:18 AM)

May 10, 2012

Art Spiegelman visits Maurice Sendak

Art Spiegelman visits Maurice Sendak ( 5:59 AM)

May 9, 2012

"I'm an alien, not a robot." Joss Whedon addresses his fans.

"I'm an alien, not a robot." Joss Whedon addresses his fans. (10:28 AM)

May 8, 2012

Brilliant criticism. Utterly geeky subject. In all-caps. Yes, The New Yorker.

Brilliant criticism. Utterly geeky subject. In all-caps. Yes, The New Yorker. ( 7:46 PM)

Greyjoy Division

Greyjoy Division ( 7:34 PM)

Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012

Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012 ( 8:56 AM)

Readers abandon Facebook "social readers"

Readers abandon Facebook "social readers" ( 8:44 AM)

The ongoing lawlessness of New York City's police

The ongoing lawlessness of New York City's police ( 8:38 AM)

May 5, 2012

Every writer does this. Every single one.

Every writer does this. Every single one. (12:31 AM)

May 4, 2012

Happy International Day Against DRM

Happy International Day Against DRM ( 6:29 AM)

May 2, 2012

"He had shot himself in the chest to leave his brain intact."

"He had shot himself in the chest to leave his brain intact." (10:38 PM)

Texas Republican exposes George Soros's nefarious war on...golf

Texas Republican exposes George Soros's nefarious war on...golf ( 6:37 PM)

America's biggest problem, in one simple graph

America's biggest problem, in one simple graph ( 9:51 AM)

"Are ruins, then, already here?"

"Are ruins, then, already here?" ( 9:49 AM)

May 1, 2012

What nuns do.

What nuns do. (10:23 PM)

Dear Speculative Fiction, I'm Glad We Had This Talk

Dear Speculative Fiction, I'm Glad We Had This Talk (10:12 PM)

April 29, 2012

A spectacular week in Dutch politics

A spectacular week in Dutch politics ( 2:19 PM)

If you can watch this without smiling your ass off, check your pulse; you may be dead.

If you can watch this without smiling your ass off, check your pulse; you may be dead. (11:52 AM)

Phil Plait on the asteroid-mining startup

Phil Plait on the asteroid-mining startup ( 8:05 AM)

Garry Wills: Bullying the Nuns

Garry Wills: Bullying the Nuns ( 8:03 AM)

When will this low-innovation Internet era end?

When will this low-innovation Internet era end? ( 7:53 AM)

April 27, 2012

The Invention of Jaywalking

The Invention of Jaywalking ( 3:21 PM)

April 26, 2012

Text-Only Instagram

Text-Only Instagram ( 1:37 PM)

Game of Thrones vs. US presidential election: a side-by-side comparison

Game of Thrones vs. US presidential election: a side-by-side comparison ( 8:54 AM)

April 23, 2012

How To Be a Fan of Problematic Things

How To Be a Fan of Problematic Things (12:18 PM)

The Freedom, The Freedom

The Freedom, The Freedom (12:00 PM)

Libertarianism: Free reign for private tyrannies

Libertarianism: Free reign for private tyrannies (11:54 AM)

The full version of China Miéville's "London's Overthrow," previously seen in the New York Times Magazine

The full version of China Miéville's "London's Overthrow," previously seen in the New York Times Magazine (11:47 AM)

More century-old color photographs

More century-old color photographs (11:44 AM)

Edging toward the fully licensed world

Edging toward the fully licensed world (11:36 AM)

Have fun at the Olympics, London

Have fun at the Olympics, London (10:51 AM)

Laurie Penny on that insanely stupid Newsweek cover story

Laurie Penny on that insanely stupid Newsweek cover story (10:03 AM)

April 20, 2012

Levon Helm, 1940-2012

Levon Helm, 1940-2012 ( 1:04 AM)

April 19, 2012

Africans Shocked by Uncivilized Antics of European Savages

Africans Shocked by Uncivilized Antics of European Savages ( 8:25 AM)

April 17, 2012

All the ways society hates little girls

All the ways society hates little girls (10:30 PM)

The One True Wanker of the Decade

The One True Wanker of the Decade (12:58 PM)