Science Saturday
So the faster-than-light neutrinos story? There’s some questions. And that’s good, because that’s how science works. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Turning brain waves into videos. Some recent breakthroughs in…
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Saturday Morning Links
Have I mentioned that I’m working in the wine and beer section of an upscale market these days? Takes a little of the sting out of bringing your work home…
Modern Gag Cartoons, A History
Max Eastman was elected to be the editor of the Masses, the magazine that birthed the modern gag cartoon, fittingly described as such: “…the magazine leaned away from the conventions…
Nabokov v. Wilson
Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson academically quarrel in a series of letters, written to assuage the pain of illness that was afflicting them both. They’ve got a shared “literary curiosity,”…
On Portraying Sexual Violence
The Millions has an essay on sexual violence and its literary and cinematic representations. Is it better to represent sexual violence through a code of silence, through allusions and subtlety…
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Facebook wants you to share everything …. aaaah! So what social networks are popular in other parts of the world? A nice infographic. Researchers reconstruct the videos people watch just…
The Rumpus Interview with Hot Head Show
As the opening band left the stage, before the house lights had lifted,
Broke As Hell East Coast Book Tour
Broke-Ass Stuart’s on an East Coast book tour, proselytizing the spendthrift lifestyle in select cities. He will be speaking and providing signatures for his book Young, Broke, and Beautiful: Broke-Ass…
An Interview with The Wire‘s Omar
Michael Kenneth Williams, the actor who played Omar on the highly-praised HBO series The Wire, is interviewed on Mother Jones. The show is often described as “the greatest television show…
Once Banned, Now Loved
Eve’s Diary, Mark Twain’s retelling of Adam and Eve, is back on Charlton, MA library shelves after a 105-year absence. The book was banned due to seemingly explicit illustrations (though…