November 30, 2010

Must reading: Glenn Greenwald's magisterial take on Wikileaks and our servile news media

Must reading: Glenn Greenwald's magisterial take on Wikileaks and our servile news media ( 5:45 PM)

Klein Bottle Opener

Klein Bottle Opener ( 8:09 AM)

November 28, 2010

Digby on Wikileaks, lucid as ever

Digby on Wikileaks, lucid as ever (10:06 PM)

Wikileaked tale of 75-year-old American's escape from Iran--on horseback

Wikileaked tale of 75-year-old American's escape from Iran--on horseback ( 4:18 PM)

Anxiety over "information overload" goes back centuries

Anxiety over "information overload" goes back centuries ( 2:51 PM)

November 27, 2010

Fantastic news: Serious crime nonexistant in Texas, police left scrambling for meaningful tasks

Fantastic news: Serious crime nonexistent in Texas, police left scrambling for meaningful tasks (10:38 AM)

November 26, 2010

North Korean People's Army Funky Get Down Juche Party

North Korean People's Army Funky Get Down Juche Party (10:56 PM)

Defending Fountain Hills, Arizona, against the socialist menace of municipal trash collection

Defending Fountain Hills, Arizona, against the socialist menace of municipal trash collection ( 3:17 PM)

"We are essentially back to an era with no antibiotics."

"We are essentially back to an era with no antibiotics." ( 3:10 PM)

Drought, American Style

Drought, American Style ( 2:24 PM)

Tardigrades in Space

Tardigrades in Space ( 2:22 PM)

How the finance industry works today

How the finance industry works today ( 2:16 PM)

November 21, 2010

The Ghosts of Amsterdam

The Ghosts of Amsterdam (10:25 AM)

November 18, 2010

The fragility of "microfinance," and the mendacity of what you're reading about it

The fragility of "microfinance," and the mendacity of what you're reading about it ( 5:57 AM)

November 17, 2010

Privilege Denying Dude

Privilege Denying Dude ( 7:57 AM)

November 16, 2010

Save the planet--ban cycle helmets

Save the planet--ban cycle helmets ( 7:24 AM)

November 15, 2010

Home from Above

Home from Above ( 3:23 PM)

November 12, 2010

Reporting sexual harassment in the SF industry

Reporting sexual harassment in the SF industry ( 9:29 AM)

The Brutal Decline of Yahoo

The Brutal Decline of Yahoo ( 9:26 AM)

November 11, 2010

The New York Times's contempt for its readers

The New York Times's contempt for its readers ( 9:39 AM)

November 8, 2010

How New York City's meal-delivery businesses actually work

How New York City's meal-delivery businesses actually work ( 6:14 PM)

"The first neo-Nazi party to have been destroyed by the makers of a yeast-extract sandwich spread."

"The first neo-Nazi party to have been destroyed by the makers of a yeast-extract sandwich spread." ( 8:40 AM)

"He wants the kind of change radical enough to do away with polluters and modernist architects, but not radical enough to do away with himself."

"He wants the kind of change radical enough to do away with polluters and modernist architects, but not radical enough to do away with himself." ( 8:32 AM)

November 6, 2010

Neil Gaiman on the Dresden Dolls

Neil Gaiman on the Dresden Dolls (11:30 AM)

Sherwood Smith remembers Glen GoodKnight

Sherwood Smith remembers Glen GoodKnight (11:24 AM)

November 4, 2010

Terrific Scott Westerfeld rant in defense of steampunk

Terrific Scott Westerfeld rant in defense of steampunk ( 8:11 PM)

Managing editor of Cook's Source magazine to writer she plagiarized: "The web is considered public domain"

Managing editor of Cook's Source magazine to writer she plagiarized: "The web is considered public domain" (10:11 AM)

November 3, 2010

Election 2010: A Rough Day for Metaphors

Election 2010: A Rough Day for Metaphors ( 7:49 PM)

"Did somebody just try to buy the British government?"

"Did somebody just try to buy the British government?" ( 8:33 AM)

November 1, 2010

Control Fraud

Control Fraud ( 8:16 PM)