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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Another day, another set of abandoned power plant photos. We all need Soviet kids books sometimes. Long story short: snakes and possums hate each other. Update from yesterday: volcanoes! My city has some great shut down movie theaters (also did…
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Getting Lucky
What does luck have to do with memory? The connection is drawn in this Millions essay, which tackles the role of memory in the life of the reader–a rather comforting discussion for those of use who feel the anxious tug…
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Shopping Culture Evolution
Apparently, consumerism is just a contextual framework away from being considered a symbol of democracy. And, it’s not only considered a “cornerstone of democracy,” by some people, but a “civic obligation in American society.” Giuliani was big into this idea…
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Does My Word Sound Big?
Have we been overlooking sound symbolism? Recent studies have shown that humans connect certain sounds with sensory perceptions and thus, the sound of a word could hint at its meaning. This article addresses how the idea fits into theories on…
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The Limits of NGOs
Internationally, labor unions have a weaker presence. Making up for this slack are the non-governmental organizations that support health initiatives, women’s rights and ebb environmental degradation, etc. The presence of NGOs internationally, even with a history of positive consequences, have…
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This is the Kind of Letter You Frame
Some letters are sweet, informative and sentimental, and others are like this one, from Hunter S. Thompson to his biographer, William McKeen. It’s pithy. It starts strong and finishes stronger. It has serious fear-and-loathing undertones. Check it out. (via @MaudNewton)
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Dan WEiss’s Morning Coffee
Long story short: most of our ancestors boned neanderthals, case closed. Anyone want to go to an underwater museum with me? Viva Mexican Modernismo! I bet it gets kind of tedious, all that whimsy. Holy cow volcanoes are exciting!
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This Year’s Caine Prize
Contemporary African fiction is celebrated with the Caine Prize, awarded to the best African short story written in English. This year’s prize went to a Zimbabwean writer named NoViolet Bulawayo whose story, “Hitting Budapest,” which describes hunger with a Márquez-ian…
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Gay Marriage for America
Love and the pursuit of happiness were the impetus for Andrew Sullivan’s move from the UK to America. He wrote a beautiful essay for Newsweek on the benefits of gay marriage for straight America. With our “inalienable human rights” being…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #94
EATING ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing eating.
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Notable New York, This Week 7/18-7/24
This week in New York A Public Space presents a reading with contributor Robert Sullivan, Brando Skyhorse and friends read at KGB Bar, a reading by Finishing Line Press poets at Cornelia Street Café, Nerd Jeopardy at McNally Jackson, Moth…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Monday, time to look at pictures of domesticated and/or two headed animals. Also hermit crabs in see-through shells. Perhaps after Neptune’s birthday last week, you are wondering when to celebrate the other planets‘. This is what bugs used to look…