July 2012
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The Interrogative Mood
What really drives me nuts about Sorkin and dudes like him - and it almost always seems to be dudes - is that they proceed from the assumption that they know how to fix the world, then question why everyone else doesn’t already agree with them. Their ostensibly intellectual pursuits are about dominating the minds of lesser men rather than investigating the nature of the world, what is is and...
Bogost - Obamacare: the Videogame →
The problem is this: neither the Obama White House nor the Obama campaign will make such a game. That’s not because the designs are bad; ironically, it’s because they are good. As I’ve argued before, the representation of policy choices and their outcomes is anathema to politics, because the latter is concerned more with politicking than with policy, with campaigning over legislating. This is a...
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Academic publishing
I am trying to get electronic access to an article from 1990. I cannot do so. This is normal. Except it’s ridiculous. Why? Because the article was published in the journal I currently work for. I can’t even get to it through the backend.
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barthel:
Hey remember when CNN couldn’t read a Supreme Court decision right and we all made fun of them
Sure yeah I guess this is the next logical step after those people who got super offended when Frank Rich wrote a column about a photo they were in but come on people let’s be real if you’re actually concerned about idk your personal brand or whatever the fuck might be being...
“It no longer occurs to me to query the use of four-letter words, even when they...”
– Mary Norris on profanity in The New Yorker: http://nyr.kr/OArE2z (via newyorker)
A lovely thing in general, but very much agreed on the specifics. Stop putting asterisks in things or coming up with euphemisms. Just say it already. There aren’t a lot of writing things that drive me more nuts...
“It’s too early to say for sure, but today’s decision suggests that Roberts just...”
– Hendrik Hertzberg, “Roberts Rules for Order”: http://nyr.kr/Lx2Z8T (via newyorker)
It seems more likely to me that Roberts’ rarity lies in his awareness of the need to preserve the institution he’s been given the reins to. My sense - and I haven’t exactly seen a lot of commentary...
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misterhippity:
“But in a major victory for the states who challenged the law, the court said that the Obama administration cannot coerce states to go along with the Medicaid insurance program for low-income people.”
I’ve heard very little coverage of this aspect of the ruling, and it makes me kind of nervous. What impact will this have on the Affordable Care Act? Can ”Obamacare” really...
Res Ipsa Loquitur: Nora Ephron dog whistles go... →
karion:
There are women who understand Heartburn as though it was acted out in pig latin morse code. If you haven’t seen it, you are younger than me and undoubtedly rigid and certain in your beliefs about marriage. Bless your heart.
I have been married now for a little over six months. Having been…
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The Bingo Event Horizon →
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tomewing:
AKA Twlight of the Social Games. This is very good. If you care about “social” or “games” anyway.
A really good article. This one about video game writing, or “storysensing” versus storytelling, is I think even more revelatory:
Lacking the tools to create an arc, or a central hero to hang that arc from, the game story always ends up as something crude....
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“The political impulse is fine but moot. Art has political consequences, which is...”
– Dave Hickey being all EFFF YR CONTENT in a Believer interview. I love this man’s writing. I do.
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All Of The Arguments About Digital Music,... →
Me at Sound of the City, listicling the things people say in the neverending cycle of arguing about piracy / digital music / stealing music.
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"'Listen here, Internet girl,' he says, getting... →
Here is an article by Sarah Nicole Prickett in which she very gracefully allows Aaron Sorkin to demonstrate everything awful about Aaron Sorkin, from the arrogance to the woman problem to the inability to comprehend the modern press. (via @jodyrosen)
The Lessons Of Yo La Tengo's Long Run →
Interviewed Jesse Jarnow about his new book and how Yo La Tengo are different.
"(To be fair, most political blogging used to be... →
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“The Newsroom”: Cliched as hell →
The press’s raison d’être, in the view of “The Newsroom,” appears to be making Aaron Sorkin feel good about himself.
New Salon thing! While I am happy to see everyone jump on the “fuck Aaron Sorkin” bandwagon, I wanted to point out that lots of people share his awful ideas on how to “fix” journalism.
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“Then he walked over and a girl with him sat down... →
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onemanbandstand replied to your video: The Scissor Sisters’ cover of “Comfortably Numb,”…
Counter-theory: Scissor Sister deal openly with a type of gay sexuality that ‘02 America, and ‘12 America, isn’t ready to accept as it’s #1. We can take Gaga going into the clubs, just not the clubs speaking for themselves.
Additional perspectives!
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“I would psychopathically hound DJs at Q107 or WAVA to play this or that song. I...”
– Travis Morrison of Dis. Plan/Hellfighters responds to David Lowery’s music-stealing essay by revisiting his many memories of stealing music. I know from spending some days in the DP tour van, dude is serious about his World Party. (via tinyluckygenius)
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Louie CK has the taste in restaurants of a dude...
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maura replied to your video: Kate Nash has written and recorded a song in 24…
the british pop press reaction to this has been baffling/horrifying
Yeah, “Career Suicide” seems like a real stretch, doesn’t it? It’s not like it’s OneDirection, but I don’t think sounding like a long-lost Sub Pop Singles Club release is at all a bad thing.
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I made a Spotify playlist about how work sucks.
bg5000 asked: Do you think everybody has a Garfield phase? Like, is that the cartoon version of a ska phase?
