Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Holy cow personal multi-copter! Here are some pictures of drops. Let’s all watch Mount Rushmore get constructed. Today is a good day to discuss Czech lamps. It’s also a good…
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Once, We Were (Not) Troy Davis And Then We Were Something Else
Life is the one disaster that is also a miracle. Or perhaps life is the one miracle that is also a disaster.
Happy Ending for St. Mark’s Bookshop
Thanks to a meeting with Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, St. Mark’s will keep its doors open. Cooper Union has agreed to reduce the store’s rent by $2,500 and…
NaNoWriMo Advice: Get a Cat
If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo and have your story idea, pen, paper, laptop, and inspirational soundtrack, but are still blocked, check out these words of wisdom from some of “history’s…
An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
Latest from the American Occupation of America: The Oakland Occupation is the hot front in the struggle against Corporate Exploitation: an attack by the police that injured Iraq vet Scott…
Science Saturday
The first Marstronauts (I just made that word up) are about to return from their 520-day mission. Sort of. David Biello argues that eliminating Daylight Savings Time would be better…
Saturday Morning Links
So if you’re going to the AWP conference in Chicago next February-March, you should keep that Thursday evening free so you can come hang with The Rumpus as we host…
Jerry Stahl on Occupy Wall Street
“Citizens United may have transformed Corporations into People… And Occupy Wall Street – Occupy the World – has transformed people into Citizens. Into activists. And in the end – I…
Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: Zipper Mouth Kevin Thomas reviews the October Rumpus Book Club selection, Zipper Mouth, Rumpus-Comics style.
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6th and Mission
Amazing artist Wendy MacNaughton illustrates the worlds of 6th and Mission, as well as 5th and Mission (but mostly 6th), in San Francisco, CA. …more