Expression So Vile
The First Amendment case that’s getting most of the attention this year involves Citizens United and political speech by corporations, in large part because most court watchers believe that the…
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Science Saturday
Can a dead fish perceive humans and tell their emotional states? No, but the reason for the story is an interesting one. This is the world’s most awesome science fair…
Saturday Morning Links
Morning, everyone. Let’s get our geek on. Get out your checkbook, members of the nerdcore. You can buy Gene Roddenberry’s Mac 128 computer, given to him by Apple. Erik Loomis…
Letting Go By Making Stories: Philip Connors Tackles Suicide
In 1996, Phillip Connors’ brother unexpectedly committed suicide. Now, over a decade later, Connors is getting closure through the completion of a 22,000 word account of his family’s experiences called…
Morning Coffee
OMG new dinosaur!!! (which helps solve evolutionary mysteries of the t-rex, or something, whatever). The History of Jobs in America (a graph). “On the asking of favors from established writers.”…
Imagine No Religion?
The other day I was walking down Mission Street in San Francisco and I saw a billboard on the side of a passing bus that read, “Imagine No Religion.” It…
FUNNY WOMEN #2: A Play About Post-Racial America in Seven Acts
(or Seven Things White People Have Really Said to Me Since November 4, 2008)
Morning Coffee
This is sad, but it is also important: friendship. Normandy: Then and Now by French historian Patrick Elie. (via Metafilter) Borrowing something? Lending something? This might come in handy. Why…
Are you a Lonely Writer? Meet The Owls.
Writers are always lamenting the lonely journey of being in a room by oneself armed with just words and coffee. Other artists seem to enjoy the benefits of collaboration, why…
Morning Coffee
Was today a good day? In Bb is an interactive and collaborative music project that is more than a little bit mind blowing. San Francisco was recently host to an…
Morning Coffee
The world’s largest cache of 2,000-year old Jewish rebel coins found in cave. (via @marklamster) “Elegant women are very rare.” Iran’s first electric vehicle. Parisian pop-up restaurant. Even more old coins…
Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #2
I just don’t trust privatized health care, Doug. I’ll just keep putting Neosporin on it and we’ll see what happens. And I thought a Brown Recluse is what you called a…