A New Take on the Movable Feast?
The Guardian has a strange (to me) story about the world’s cocaine bar, called Route 36. It’s in La Paz, Bolivia, and because it’s an after-hours club which, you read…
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Coming Out of the Bog
Earlier this year, a couple of archaeologists pulled a barrel of butter out of a peat bog in Ireland, about 25 miles west of Dublin. It wasn’t the first time…
Science Saturday
In the months I’ve been the Saturday editor, I’ve noticed that a large number of my links and other posts come from science and technology sources: popular magazines, not hardcore…
Spend a Saturday Afternoon with Ted
We did this back in June, but there have been a lot of good videos posted from Ted in the last month and a half, so here’s a few highlights.…
Saturday Morning Links
Welcome to Saturday everyone. Warning: following this link might make you question humanity for the rest of the day. Hint–it involves Twilight and a dildo. Via Slog the Stranger. More…
Whitewashed Book Cover Finally Gets Some Color
Not too long ago, in a land not too far away, Australian author Justine Larbalestier’s forthcoming book about an African-American teen with a penchant for lying was whitewashed by her…
Lazy Journalists Love Pictures of Abandoned Stuff
About a week ago Vice published an amusing article by Thomas Morton about what happens when journalists from outside Detroit come into the city to do a story: they cover their…
Salon Lays Off 20% of Staff to Become “True Web Publication”
Salon laid off six of its 29 editorial staffers last week in an effort–according to CEO Richard Gingras’ statement to Gawker–to become “more of a true Web publication.” According to…
Greed Foiled in San Francisco
“From what I’ve seen, all their claims are smoke and mirrors.” — IT/New Media/tech issues lawyer Colette Vogele. Score one for the good guys. A private company claiming it owned…
Bottled Bull
As a man who likes his water like he likes his beer (from a tap), I’ve always found it funny that the popular bottled water brand Evian is “naive” spelled…
Identity Theft
“You’re a different person when you’re at work, at home, out with your friends. Over the course of your life, your sense of self and where you belong in the…