July 2011
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“Economists have said that failing to raise the debt ceiling could be...”
– Cantor could rake in windfall if debt ceiling isn’t raised - The Raw Story (via brooklynmutt)
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“The existence of a portal like HBOGO.com already makes Netflix, with its notably...”
– Business Insider: How HBO Used ‘True Blood’ To Hype A Potential Netflix-Killer (via joshkinberg)
Really? Netflix-killer? Are we talking about the same site that I just went to? The one that requires me to pay for a full cable subscription + HBO? The one that doesn’t even support Time Warner,...
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“Clarence could be fragile but he also emanated power and safety, and in some...”
– Bruce Springsteen
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Did you know shark fin soup is sold in California?...
climateadaptation:
But apparently it’s about to be banned if the bill survives one more committee. The NRDC’s Leila Monroe reports that California is one of the largest markets for shark fin soup in the world, second to Asia. And, since it’s the west coast, plenty of celebrities are lobbying for the bill to pass (including my future wife, Scarlett Johansson).
If you’re unfamiliar with shark...
“In a world where finding content consists mainly of services or people saying...”
– Darell Etherington | Isn’t it about time we did content discovery differently?
“Mr. Olbermann’s new home, Current, is much smaller than MSNBC, so the channel’s...”
– MSNBC Fares Well Without Olbermann - NYTimes (via brooklynmutt)
If Olbermann is given the time to rebuild, and improve upon, what he once had, he’ll do just fine. TV doesn’t typically give people that kind of time, but Current is in a position to rebuild their brand along side his.
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“Beyoncé has made a career of impeccability, even as she’s swum in pop waters...”
– Jon Caramanica
I think it’s safe to say that Mr. Caramanica really likes Beyoncé Knowles.
A lot!
But he’s not wrong.
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“An artist’s job is to captivate you for however long as we’ve asked for your...”
– Poet Laureate Tabatha Fortis, The West Wing (via logical-insanity)
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Europe Stifles Drivers in Favor of Mass Transit... →
While Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has generated controversy in New York by “pedestrianizing” a few areas like Times Square, many European cities have already closed vast areas to car traffic. Store owners in Zurich had worried that the closings would mean a drop in business, but that fear has proved unfounded, Mr. Fellmann said, because pedestrian traffic increased 30 to 40 percent where cars...
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The benefits of "fair trade" coffee are overrated →
Unfortunately, according to results recently published by economists Tina Beuchelt and Manfred Zeller in Ecological Economics, higher prices only go so far. The certified beans bring in more money, but once you take into account increased production costs, such as bringing the maintenance of farms up to code and shorter labor hours, the final profit is no higher, and in many cases is actually...
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Watchimageoscillite:
Datamosh by Yung Jake
via Joanne McNeil
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“[Ryan Dunn] fucked around with his friends and made people laugh for a living,...”
– Christine Friar
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WatchVideo: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern, London
Text: Ai Weiwei, Diplomacy, and Freedom
One of the most enduring issues in activist and diplomatic circles is whether public pressure on the Chinese government helps or hurts those who have been arrested. This case will be studied for a long time because Ai’s detention became politically expensive on a scale rarely seen. Artists and...
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Josh Levy: Apple's New iPhone Censors (Er,... →
Apple has apparently filed a patent for software that would sense when iPhone users are trying to use their phone’s camera at live events — and disable it.
The story has been mostly discussed in terms of how this “feature” would benefit promoters and broadcasters by limiting unauthorized videos of live events.
But my first thought was, “If concert promoters can block...
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“I think some of these views were probably held by some of my members even in the...”
– Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), admitting to putting party before country.
Not sure if it’s noble to admit it or disgusting to own it.
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Watchbrooklynmutt:
Jon Stewart Apologizes To Politifact, Reads List Of Politifact Fox News Corrections
Mediaite
Fact checking the fact checkers. Well done, Mr. Stewart.
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kateoplis:
No, Jon Stewart, You’re Not Just a Comedian
”[…] outside of “The Daily Show,” in interviews like the one he gave to Chris Wallace and even his famous 2004 confrontation that may or may not have killed CNN’s “Crossfire,” I find that Stewart (and it pains me to say this, as such a fan) can come across as kind of lame, his “media...
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WatchCBR TV interviews Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed
A lot of talk about Pulitzers, political cartoons, Charles Schultz, newspapers, flawed dogs and fanboys.
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“The Jackass movies are honestly some of the best movies I’ve ever seen. I...”
– Louis C.K.
“Shifting less than one day per week’s worth of calories from red meat and dairy...”
– Local Food or Less Meat? Data Tells The Real Story (Harvard Business Review)
(via Local Me)
(via adriennes)
That’s worth knowing.
(via mikehudack)
Makes sense. A few thoughts/questions:
Local food still makes a difference to the planet. Local + less red meat = the ideal solution.
Local...
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“I urge you, as emphatically as I can, not to support the candidacy of Ronald...”
– Ayn Rand