November 2011
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Saturday Morning Links
I’m typing this with one arm arched over a cat who refuses to move from in front of my laptop. I was at work all day and she missed me, so I can’t really be too whiney about it. Say…
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The Rumpus Interview with Adam, an Occupy Medic
On Thursday, November 17th, thousands of students gathered in Union Square Park as part of a mass strike in solidarity of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
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Magazine Review #9: The Coffin Factory, Issue #1
The Coffin Factory bills itself as the “magazine for people who love books,” and there is no better way to describe this magazine. Based in Brooklyn, and published three times a year, The Coffin Factory debuted this fall, and the…
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A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #40: Shrinking Paterno
Somehow, though I haven’t watched a single minute of NFL television coverage yet this fall, I have been unable to escape the Coors Light beer commercials featuring shrunken mini-likenesses of famous former NFL coaches.
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Darwin Beyond Evolution
“Darwin’s contribution to many fields of science, from evolution to geology to botany, are well-known — but it turns out he was also a seminal figure in the history of visual culture.” Brain Pickings takes a look at photography curator…
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The Rats Are Not Doing Well
Fleming’s writing is deeply rooted in the narrative, myth-forming traditions of prose as well as the atmospheric aspirations of poetry.
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Evict This
The Nation addresses the raid on Occupy Wall Street, reminding us of the futility of evicting an idea. “If Mayor Bloomberg hoped to chill this protest with his midnight assault, then the outpouring of support in New York and nationwide…
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Exploring in a Mapped World
The first in a series on exploration and technology, this essay uncovers the discoveries made and archived by the 107-year-old Explorer’s Club, and ponders the ways that exploration has evolved. “And if the age of the explorer as just “man…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Here’s your map porn for the day. At least it was until I saw these MOON MAPS. Behold the new seven wonders of the world! Who wants to take a road trip to St Louis with me to visit the…
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The Rumpus Interview with Dar Williams
I discovered Dar Williams back in high school when I was, misguidedly, trying to be a singer-songwriter.
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Rethinking Sex Ed
“In its breadth, depth and frank embrace of sexuality as, what Vernacchio calls, a ‘force for good’ — even for teenagers — this sex-ed class may well be the only one of its kind in the United States.” A NY…