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If you should find yourself in London, might we suggest checking out Street Museum? Redesigning NASA. Between the Waters is a super rad community gardens project. High school pictures of…
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
We mourn the death of poet Leslie Scalapino. Our condolences to her family and friends, and to all who were moved by her work. PEN American announced the release of…
What if the Facebook privacy changes are a good thing?
Fred Vogelstein, writing for the Wired blog Epicenter, looks at Facebook’s history on privacy, and points out that we shouldn’t really be shocked at what Mark Zuckerberg is doing. “Indeed,…
Have you listened to Rumpus Radio yet?
Well, why not? Check out Episode Zero, where Stephen interviews Courtney Trouble and Jiz Lee.
Science Saturday
How do oil dispersants work? Popular Science breaks it down for the layperson. Congress is suddenly interested in synthetic biology. Hilarity is sure to ensue, given the level of scientific…
On Cephalophores
Suzanne Menghraj at Guernica writes about disembodied heads and the presence of mind in the absence of brain: “And yet here I am despite all the impossibilities, eerily enchanted by…
Saturday Morning Links
Morning, everyone. Today’s winner for the “no kidding?” headline: “Groin-Punching is Unhealthy,” though one presumes this refers more to the punchee than the puncher. Jacob Lambert on the wonder of…
San Francisco Writing Classes
Do you live in San Francisco? Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott is giving a lecture on Writing From Experience June 12 at the San Francisco Writers Grotto. Reserve a space here.…
Fixing Facebook
“Online privacy expectations are evolving, but whether Facebook likes it or not, a lot of us want the privacy settings we signed up for when we joined the service. Here’s…
A Morning Coffee Map Amendment
In yesterday’s Morning Coffee I linked to this write-up of the 10 maps that changed the world. Rumpus reader’s, evidently quite the antiquarian map enthusiasts, proceeded to email me expressing…
Morning Coffee
The Rumpus is not above posting stories about astronauts pooping. The Sea of Galilee is out of fish. Celebrate Memorial Day right, by buying me a woolly rhinoceros skeleton. Frank…