"Drive me to the city limits: God is war and love.
Your lucky star fell out the sky,
And the mother ships above
Captain Martyr Mahmoud says
It's a 24 hour flight
When the fireworks hit you, Mogadishu,
On a beautiful Saturday night
Yeah,... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kaisemic, humanfont, converge
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4 weeks ago
In what way is it misleading?
What is your differing viewpoint?
My issue is strictly rhetorical, as I think I said in that original post. The facts may be true, but the tenor of much of the argumentation here has been of a fairly salacious... [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Amanojaku, skwt, msali, jlbartosa, chmmr, Sitegeist
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3 months ago
Hey, you know Roman Polanski? He raped a 13-year-old girl. No, I'm serious - I'm not OK with his having raped a 13-year-old girl . I mean, Chinatown is a masterpiece, but there again it was directed by a man who raped a 13-year-old girl. My dander is... [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Amanojaku, palomar, koeselitz, PeterMcDermott, Sitegeist, Crabby Appleton, zarah
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3 months ago
Hmm. My writing partner and I made this as a quick, silly test for some other, longer projects we're planning. Then I rendered it and threw it up on Vimeo. Then I didn't promote it, really. And now it's here.
And I'm here.
I...I don't know what... [
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favorited 17 times, recently by wires, brand-gnu, tzikeh, olya, Dormant Gorilla, pinespree, idiopath, Caduceus, thirteenkiller, cashman, Rinku, rokusan, autodidact, Senor Cardgage, Your Time Machine Sucks, St. Alia of the Bunnies, l33tpolicywonk
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3 months ago
As a proud owner of the means of production, I am shocked and horrified by these findings. Who'd think that as I've been sitting in my office high above the factory floor, watching my drones make washers and bolts as I listen to Liszt, that the Red... [
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favorited 25 times, recently by stavrogin, orthogonality, Lexica, Ms. Saint, kaspen, ShawnStruck, RedEmma, laumry, five fresh fish, Derive the Hamiltonian of..., bitterpants, BinaryApe, RokkitNite, Faint of Butt, scrump, ChutneyFerret, axon, dejah420, heathkit, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, weston, jonp72, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, mrt, delmoi
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3 months ago
These folks just kicked my old notions of education square in the teeth, and then the teeth were on the floor, and then they stomped on the teeth and said "Take that, old notions of education!" And it was all in a PDF!
It was just, like,... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by grobstein, Philby, wildcrdj, dng, XMLicious
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4 months ago
but I think the idea behind it is quite interesting and I am a person who is excited by ideas...
Are we to believe then, BeReasonable, that those of us who stand in opposition to The New Liberal Arts concept -- and all such similar concepts -- are... [
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4 months ago
Shut your bazoo and click, bindlestiff!
favorited 17 times, recently by Elsa, Haruspex, flapjax at midnite, dejah420, Hugobaron, snsranch, Fuzzy Monster, The Salaryman, plep, Smart Dalek, LobsterMitten, shetterly, HSWilson, limeonaire, carsonb, nickyskye, six-or-six-thirty
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4 months ago
Oh, I thought they meant this, not what sounds startlingly like a primate Brian Eno collaborating with (even more) hairy-knuckled John Cale.
I don't care what species you are, that's some good music makin'.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wires
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4 months ago
I have always already discounted discussions of urban decay whose opening sentences include the phrase "always already."
I want to err away from summary dismissal of this essay series, I really do. However, it's difficult not to point... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cobwebberies, molecicco
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4 months ago
I hate to further obscure a lovely, illuminating post with a meta-political argument, but this statement calls for it:
Languagehat - Haven't read the book, but the FT's review suggests a somewhat confused man as much as anything else.
It's... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mdiskin
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4 months ago
This post took Mr. Productivity out behind the barn and put two bullets in his poor, misshapen head. Thank you! [
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4 months ago
Thank you, overhauser: "Turtle Has Awesome Orgasm" has been deposited along with that image of my grandma in her nighty and Mordechaï Podchlebnik's remembrances Chelmno in Shoah in the massive bank of sudden flashes that ruin my every... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by limon, notquitemaryann, malpractice
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4 months ago
MEN!
writing things about
MEN!
for the benefit of
MEN!
who dig readin' things all about the sublimated desires of
MEN!
Manmanman. Masculinemasculinemasculine. Stripclubtittydancegirlsgonewild.... [
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favorited 17 times, recently by Asparagirl, zach4000, Toothless Willy, dabitch, low_horrible_immoral, bettafish, echolalia67, Reverend John, morganw, koeselitz, JHarris, limeonaire, pyrex, jokeefe, yeloson, saucysault, Pope Guilty
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4 months ago
Never heard of Zappos before this thread, but judging by the comments some people seem pretty agressively invested in the brand.
Does anybody else find anything ooky about anyone at all being "aggressively invested in" a brand? I had to... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, Lentrohamsanin
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5 months ago
This may be unpopular, but I salute this program with all my heart and soul. Our children must be protected from all potential offenders in any way possible -- by any means necessary. We all know about Britain's growing pedophile problem, don't we?... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by bookish, bunnytricks, Blazecock Pileon
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5 months ago
"My cup runneth over with bloody water" -- Paul K.
favorited 15 times, recently by flibbertigibbet, interrobang, ravelite, that girl, hecho de la basura, Baby_Balrog, vickyverky, Science!, box, roll truck roll, Rumple, ocherdraco, PROD_TPSL, sciurus, ageispolis
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5 months ago
I wonder: by displaying the Ellesmere Chaucer, is the Huntington Library violating Adam scryveyn's ToS? [
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5 months ago
Such a future would bear little resemblance to Brave New World or similar narcomantic nightmares; we may fear the idea of a population kept doped and placated, but we’re more likely to see a populace stuck in overdrive, searching out the last bits of... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by gorgor_balabala, Crabby Appleton
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6 months ago
Why are the light-skinned negroes who sing like white folks so often popular?
Here, here! Heaven curse these infernal honkytones! These accomplished musicians performing their craft in a witty, humorous way is minstrelsy of the first order. It's... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flapjax at midnite
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6 months ago
I'm very worried about what this will do to the rose industry. All those nice young ladies really wanted were 200, maybe 300 long-stem roses per hour for, you know, companionship and what-have-you. Way I reckon, one of those girls must have kept... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by crataegus, rokusan
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7 months ago
Impressive stuff, especially "The Synesthetic City." But is anyone else on the blue reaching the age where super-bright-color-flashy-TokiopopLOLZsneakzkultur alienates and frightens them? It's like that time I went to a Dan Deacon show and... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CynicalKnight
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7 months ago
The city should be constantly improved by its denizens. I see these contributions as an improvement. This holds true in the city, in Celebration, Florida, in Youngstown, Ohio, wherever the hell you (or I) may be.
I don't disagree with you. Also, I... [
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7 months ago
This has nothing to do with the post, but I once interviewed for an entry-level editorial position at the Huffington Post at their 'headquarters' (i.e. the lady's mansion) here in Los Angeles. I did very well in the interview, but as I was leaving... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Reverend John, liza, Jeff_Larson
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8 months ago
macross city flaneur, is there a club for those of us who totally got it (because, you know, we've like read Foucault and Barthes and Deleuze and shit), but don't really care anymore? Or do all of us who dislike this just "not get" his... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by uri, Lipstick Thespian, PhoBWanKenobi
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9 months ago
Hallelujah!” cries a minor character early in The Matrix, the 1999 cyberpunk flick, directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, that took the nation by storm and, together with its two sequels, raked in about $600 million domestically.
Benny Plotinsky's... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by We had a deal, Kyle
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9 months ago
Rob is happy to give The Facebook the rights to his life and image. Maybe It will do something better with it. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rocket88
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10 months ago
So, all the imaginary growth in cities that was based on imaginary growth in finances will go away? I'm relatively okay with this.
Ah. What about the very real people with very real lives who will be negatively impacted by this? I don't know that... [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Snyder, lupus_yonderboy, Mick, wildcrdj, nasreddin, RussHy
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10 months ago
Well, you know, the medium is the metaphor. I fear that most online so-called "citizen journalism" suffers from the bloggies; i.e., everything over 250 words is suddenly tl;dr'd. It could be that those of us who haven't offered up our... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, Coyote Crossing
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10 months ago
Greatest, grimmest irony of all: the article in question features this image as a sidebar advertisement. Who needs satire when you've got capitalism? [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spacewaitress
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11 months ago
“Robbing a bank’s no crime compared to owning one!”
-- Brecht, "Happy End" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by koeselitz, jb
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11 months ago
Celebrities = politicians.
Politicians = celebrities.
McCain = Obama.
Obama = McCain.
pepsi is coke [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MarshallPoe
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11 months ago
I think the author needs a little of this lady's sagely, timeless advice.
I'll join the chorus here and cry foul. Beyond the embarrassment this must cause Bush's daughter, it takes part in my least favorite liberal game: nitpicking the man for... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by jonmc, HyperBlue, vsync, KokuRyu
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11 months ago
Since we're expanding definitions of guide animal here, I would like to officially pitch my hat into the ring. I'm reliable, street-smart, and can accompany you on plane flights, subway cars, and public buses. I rarely chase after cars, and you need... [
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The Iliad as it was meant to be appreciated: on the tiny screen of my Samsung. Ladies and gentlemen, in the words of Randy Newman, you know we ain't livin' right.... [
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If I were a jerk, I'd say:
I think Slavoj Žižek put it best when he said, in a 2004 interview with The Believer, "In Stalinism the tragedy is that its origin is some kind of radical emancipatory project. In the origins you had a kind of... [
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