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Science Saturday
Some great images of the leftovers from the Soviet Moon program. Why does Saturn’s moon Iapetus look like a walnut? (Seriously, it looks like a walnut.) The next generation of malware may well simulate your personality. A regulator for the…
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Saturday Morning Links
Just finished mid-term week here at Casa Letter-Spears, so it seems quite appropriate to begin with the five stages of grading. Indeed, Mr. Fish. Indeed. Bill Morris at The Millions takes on the novelist version of the one-hit wonder. Are…
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The Eyeball #35: Un Chien Andalou
I’m teaching a class at Richard Hugo House in which we look at experimental films as writing prompts. I’ve always wanted to teach a film class, and marrying writing exercises to viewings of films seemed like a good way to…
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A Special Message From
Steve Almond:Dear Readers, Citizens, Freaks, Like a lot of you, I’ve been frustrated the last two years. Despite winning the presidency and overwhelming majorities in both houses of congress, Democrats have failed to act boldly on issues ranging from climate change…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Keeping it simple and rad today. LAZERS! Pleasure Gardens! THESE TOADS ARE CANNIBALS, DUDES!!!! This is pretty much the best street art I’ve seen recently. (!) File under: Tiny things, rad pictures of.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Hey dudes, let’s talk about cracks in the universe. The next weekly Rumpus meeting will be spent on underwater scooters, right Isaac? Halloween is so close, so it is time to think about art monsters. Also: sunflower seeds at the…
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“The Hilarious and The Heartrending”
“Sedaris knew he wanted to be a writer from the age of 25, when he read a collection of Bobbie Ann Mason stories; he attempted to fulfil his ambition by ‘writing a lot of bad Flannery O’Connor and Raymond Carver.’”…
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Helping Spread the Word
General service announcement for all you Rumpus readers trying to score some free Internet access on an open wireless network: “Beware ‘Free Public Wifi.’” For reals. (via MediaBistro)
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is hard to beat flight pattern photography sometimes. Mondo-Bloggo has kindly reprinted the entirety of their recent post on 1950s college kids flying kites, and we are all better for it. Novelty architecture happens from time to time. Incidentally,…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The first new carnivorous mammal in more than two decades was just discovered. Just so you know. Hey, check out Walter Green’s schema for the Believer! The internet is awash with rad vintage product design. Turn of the century french…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #56
FLEET WEEK! ★★★★★★ (6 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Fleet Week!