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Science Saturday
So, might time travel explain the problems with the super-collider? For the first time, photographic evidence of the placebo effect in action. Performance affects perception, even for professional athletes. If you’ve always suspected that your bullying boss is an idiot,…
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Full Disclosure
There’s been a bit of an explosion in the blog world because of some statements made by Richard Cleland of the Bureau of Consumer Protection about potential fines over issues of disclosure and compensation. It’s worrisome because it’s another example…
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Saturday Morning Links
Morning, everyone! Here’s some links to get you started this weekend. Shepard Fairey admits to submitting false images to the court in his fair use lawsuit against the AP. Not good, even if his argument is that the underlying fair…
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The November Monthly Rumpus
The Rumpus and Wholphin proudly present: Hate To Be Alone November 9 at The Makeout Room, 3229 22nd St., 7pm Please join us for a night of literature, music, and comedy featuring: Tamim Ansary, author of Destiny Disrupted Ethan Gilsdorf,…
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Elusive Illustradora
The graphic artist MILK keeps a low profile. I first found her art over at DesignLlama while looking for something interesting, and that was the end of my search. Or rather, the beginning.
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Ken Krimstein: The Last Book I Loved, The Leopard
Loved? Big word. I’ve liked a lot of books. But loved? And then, what was the last one I loved? I’m not sure I’ve ‘loved’ more than three books in my life, and one of them was the first one…
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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #5: Trained
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) Trained You will ask why I never tore her down with my famous claws and arrowed jaws why instead I sat about, moewed, and on occasion lept through fire.
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Random Media Notes
“New York Times San Francisco Edition Launches Today” Condé Nast continues to cut staff. Ted Turner says he would like to run CNN again. Nick Denton: “At meetings at Gawker, we quite shamelessly rip off things that magazines do well…”…
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The Rumpus Review of A Serious Man
What is it with the Coen brothers, technical masters who tend to use their skills for no meaningful purpose?
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Chronic City
Happy day, happy day!! Jonathan Lethem, one of my personal favorites, has a new novel out! It’s called Chronic City, and is, according to Lethem, “the best thing I’ve done.” This is good to hear, as Lethem looks for a…