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September 24, 2013
Why Does Joe Lhota Support the Murder of Nuns?
Why Does Joe Lhota Support the Murder of Nuns?
( 6:50 PM)
September 23, 2013
Shock horror revelation: left-leaning candidate was once actual lefty! New York City yawns.
Shock horror revelation: left-leaning candidate was once actual lefty! New York City yawns.
( 8:58 PM)
September 20, 2013
Google and smartphones aren't ruining our memory. The truth is stranger.
Google and smartphones aren't ruining our memory. The truth is stranger.
(12:27 PM)
September 18, 2013
How did I miss knowing this exists? The Thomas Friedman Op-Ed Generator
How did I miss knowing this exists? The Thomas Friedman Op-Ed Generator
( 9:49 AM)
September 14, 2013
If World War One was a bar fight
If World War One was a bar fight
( 8:44 AM)
September 12, 2013
US Senate panel decides who is and isn't a "journalist"
US Senate panel decides who is and isn't a "journalist"
( 1:48 PM)
Henry Farrell on today's independent "tech intellectuals"--and the material economy of the business they're in
Henry Farrell on today's independent "tech intellectuals"--and the material economy of the business they're in
(10:57 AM)
September 11, 2013
Paging Francis Spufford: Allende's socialist almost-Internet of automated prosperity
Paging Francis Spufford:
Allende's Socialist almost-Internet
of automated prosperity
( 6:55 PM)
The mind-blowing camouflage skills of the octopus
The mind-blowing camouflage skills of the octopus
( 6:06 PM)
The original 9/11. Forty years.
The original 9/11. Forty years.
( 7:42 AM)
September 6, 2013
"If there's one thing I want to come out of what happened to me, it's for the phrase 'don't feed the trolls' to be scrubbed from the annals of received wisdom."
"If there's one thing I want to come out of what happened to me, it's for the phrase 'don't feed the trolls' to be scrubbed from the annals of received wisdom."
( 8:51 PM)
The late Thomas M. Disch's LiveJournal, treated as one of his literary works
The late Thomas M. Disch's LiveJournal, treated as one of his literary works
(12:44 PM)
Kim Stanley Robinson on Gene Wolfe
Kim Stanley Robinson on Gene Wolfe
( 8:15 AM)
Penny Arcade, Geek Culture, and Hegel’s “Beautiful Soul”
Penny Arcade, Geek Culture, and Hegel’s “Beautiful Soul”
( 7:59 AM)
September 5, 2013
"Stop pretending we aren't living in the space age"
"Stop pretending we aren't living in the space age"
( 7:58 AM)
September 2, 2013
Frederik Pohl, 1919-2013
Frederik Pohl, 1919-2013
( 5:02 PM)