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“The Associated Press said Thursday its net income plunged as revenue fell nearly 10 percent last year. The news cooperative also expects a decline in revenue this year, which would…
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Arizona News Links #3
Donald Trump is still a dick. So is Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who arrested 61 people on suspicions that they are undocumented immigrants. “Arizona Expands Its Discrimination: Teachers With Heavy…
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Arizona News Links #2
A roundup of articles related to Arizona’s new draconian immigration law. A simple question: Is this even constitutional? Rachel Maddow discusses the “racist roots” and people behind the new law.…
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Arizona News Links
A roundup of articles related to Arizona’s new draconian immigration law. “Wasn’t the system of internal passports one of the most distasteful features of life in the Soviet Union and…
iBooks Aren’t Moving Fast
“When it comes to buying apps in the iTunes App Store, books are the most widely available, but they’re also the apps least likely to be purchased, according to Apptizr,…
Rejected Chris Ware
Paul Constant at The Stranger says it best: “Everybody knows that Chris Ware is a genius, but his rejected cover for Fortune‘s 500th issue is some kind of satiric masterpiece.”…
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say… Say It on the Internet
In Taffy Broedesser-Akner’s New York Times piece “E-Playgrounds Can Get Vicious” she tells the story of writing an online article about Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which she experienced firsthand, only…
The Rumpus Interview with David Goodwillie and Teddy Wayne
Two debut novels addressing – amongst other topics ripped from the Zeitgeist – the symbiotic relationship between terrorism and the media, appear this month in bookstores:
Further Loss of Control
“Today, Facebook removed its users’ ability to control who can see their own interests and personal information. Certain parts of users’ profiles, “including your current city, hometown, education and work,…
Salon and McSweeney’s Sitting in a Tree…
Yesterday Salon announced a new partnership with McSweeney’s, stating that the online magazine will be “frequently running pieces and excerpts from the various McSweeney’s divisions — McSweeney’s Quarterly Journal, The…
Library of Congress to Collect All Tweets
“Library to acquire ENTIRE Twitter archive — ALL public tweets, ever, since March 2006! Details to follow.” The message above was tweeted this morning by @librarycongress, the The Library of…
Great Moments in HuffPo Headlines
Dear Huffington Post, “Today’s Great Moment in Photojournalism”? Are you kidding us? No, apparently you’re not. Click for larger image.