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Is the Gay Bar Dying?
June Thomas in Slate asks, in the light of the most recent victory for same-sex marriage rights for gays and lesbians and greater acceptance across American society, if the gay bar is in danger of disappearing. It’s an interesting question…
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Chats with Random Men #14: Osama Edition
When she’s not writing music or books, Alina Simone talks with random men on Facebook. This time, about Osama bin Laden.
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Notable New York, This Week 6/27-7/03
This week in New York: Lou Reed’s take on Edgar Allen Poe; The Moth at Summerstage; Ann Curry talks with John Prendergast and Michael Mattocks; readings from Stefan Merrill Block and Alison Espach; lit journal party for Annalemma Magazine, Avery…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
On the making of a 50s neon coca-cola sign. Similarly: Eames’ Kites! Watch out for skimming asteroids today. Hella old reptiles. 50 watts delves into the worlds of pamphlets and tracts.
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Cheez Doodles
“These are financially troubled times for our profession … — times that test our character — and it is disheartening to learn that journalism schools are responding to this challenge by urging their students to market themselves like Cheez Doodles.”…
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Tweet Not Lest Ye Be Judged
“If you have a Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn account, you are already being judged — or will be soon. Companies with names like Klout, PeerIndex and Twitter Grader are in the process of scoring millions, eventually billions, of people on their level of influence…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
A good morning to you! Apparently one of the best ways to get caught cheating is to use a semicolon correctly. (via) Also, you should probably know that Aldous Huxley went all mescaline in the southern California desert once. It’s…
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Some Musings on Fair Use
I’m a bit of an anarchist when it comes to Intellectual Property, especially in the realm of art. I imagine that makes me a bit of an outlier, and I think my position stems, in part at least, from the…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “When he left, how many birds did he leave?” by Jessica Young
I love a poem which opens by grounding me in a particular context, or way of thinking, or regard of the narrative voice, but then uproots me tornado-style and flings me through the air to where nothing resembling a soft…
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Science Saturday
That noise your dog makes? Humans had a hand in creating it. The tougher fuel economy standards recently put in place are a start but they’re not enough to either reduce demand for oil or create substantial reductions in greenhouse…
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Saturday Morning Links
New York made same-sex marriage legal last night. They’re the sixth state to take that step, and the largest so far. What are the rest of us waiting for? Take a rubber tree plant and hook it up to a…