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An Early Review of Deus Ex Machina
Reading the first 2/3 of Andrew Foster Altschul’s Deus Ex Machina felt like I was watching television. Which is appropriate, as it documents the creation of a television show: The Deserted, which is Survivor meets Big Brother meets Man vs.…
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Wikileaks Roundup
The controversy over Wikileaks’ decision to release these cables has caused a split. Openleaks is a new group that hopes to do what Wikileaks does, only with less controversy because they won’t do any of the publishing themselves. I don’t…
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Science Saturday
Fake eyes can affect behavior. This study is new, but the results aren’t surprising. They’re still cool, though. Reproductive scientists have used stem cells to create mice with two dads. It’s a planet lined with diamonds. Still not buying one.…
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Saturday Morning Links
“When you swim in the sea and an eel bites your knee, that’s a moray.” –Spider Robinson Yep, it’s gonna be that kind of day. The Rumpus’s favorite US Senator, Bernie Sanders (I-Awesome), took to the floor of the Senate…
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Close By and Personal: A Book Club Round Up
Poet and essayist S.X. Rosenstock recaps a night in West Hollywood with readers from Rumpus Women, Volume 1 on The Huffington Post. “Prior to this I’ve never been at a reading where four writers in a row were able to…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
2010 was a weird year for animals. Cataloging the world’s endangered languages so you don’t have to. Godot’s lost E-vite invitation. Where did all this gold come from? (Space!) Also, here are a bunch of vintage typefaces for you.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Department of things-that-used-to-be-different-things: typewriter waffle irons and a shopping cart Christmas tree. Mapping a fetal genome from its mothers blood, what what. Beautiful and versatile new prosthetic arm. Today in non-essential mnemonics. The Big Picture takes you inside a sulfur…
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“Ladies Night”
This month’s Rumpus is not only a show, but also a celebration for the release of The Rumpus Women Volume I! We’ll be gathering at The Make-Out Room (3225 22nd Street) in San Francisco on December 13th at 7pm for…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #32: Rebecca Steinitz in Conversation with a Chef
My husband, Sam Putnam, is the chef of a popular new restaurant, which I’m not going to name because it’s already gotten plenty of publicity. I wanted to interview him because I haven’t seen him much lately and people are…
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Chats with Random Men #12: Rajendra
Chatting with random men via Facebook, singer Alina Simone solicits advice from Nepal on whether or not to feed her unborn child a donut.