February 2011
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January 2011
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i am your canadian boyfriend: Twitter Friends →
atsween:
Whenever I tell someone I’ve met people in real life that I met through Twitter and Tumblr, they usually say, “Why?”
The assumption is people you meet on the Internet are sexual predators or stunted man-boys living in their parents’ basements.
(And we are. But I digress.)
The funny thing about this whole Twitter/Tumblr thing is that it is a funny thing. The community developed around...
Egypt's Military Vs. Police Force
ringlunatic:
@isang Lisa Goldman
Army officer told AJE reporter that Mubarak ordered army to shoot civilians yesterday but army refused. #jan25 (x)
@lisang Lisa Goldman
Mohamed Ismail (guerilla reporter for AJE) sounds very emotional as he describes army’s refusal to obey Mubark’s orders. #jan25 (x)
The interplay between Egypt’s citizens, the well-respected military, and the...
Soup: mohandasgandhi: thenoobyorker:... →
mohandasgandhi:
thenoobyorker:
evanfleischer:
Here’s a question — during ‘09, a lot of anger went CNN’s way for their alarmingly lax attentiveness to what was happening in Iran. That hasn’t really happened with Egypt — thanks in no small part to Al Jazeera’s efforts, but also —…
“CNN’s Cairo correspondent, Ben Wedeman, reports that some Egyptians have...”
– This to me is the critical moment for Egypt. The dynamics can change when your enemy withdraws and instead looks to turn neighbors on one another.
Latest Updates on Protests in Egypt - NYTimes.com
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kevin:
Joe Walsh - Life’s Been Good
Saturday...
Letters From a Young Contrarian: A Quick Egyptian... →
youngcontrarian:
My delight at the pictures coming out of the Middle East, of the people finally rising up against their sclerotic overloads as to throw off the dead weight of oppression, has been noted, particularly in regard to the Jordanian example. However, I can not let today’s terrific and at…
theadventuresinblunderland asked: I think you wanted to see this movie:
http://wittytwitty.tumblr.com/post/2964811492/its-movie-thursday-tumblrs-so-im-posting
http://wittytwitty.tumblr.com/post/2964811492/its-movie-thursday-tumblrs-so-im-posting
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“I saw the one of me washing a Trans-Am automobile in the driveway shirtless with...”
– I’m hoping that The Onion corrects the photo, immediately.
Biden thinks The Onion’s spoofs of him are ‘hilarious’ - Yahoo! News
(via marklisanti)
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"The office *is* open today..."
jamesvandermemes:
“[Netflix’s] total membership [has now] topped 20 million. That gives...”
– Bunny ears, rotary phones, dial-up… cable?
Netflix Sees Surge in Subscribers - WSJ.com
MTV Greenlights Fourth Season Of ‘Jersey Shore’,... →
If Pacino and Apollonia were greenlit as well, I’m in.
Congress Passes Socialized Medicine and Mandates... →
Jefferson and Adams were clearly communists.
“In July of 1798, Congress passed – and President John Adams signed - “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen.” The law authorized the creation of a government operated marine hospital service and mandated that privately employed sailors be required to purchase health care insurance.
(via Rick Ungar - Forbes)
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“More young children know how to play a computer game (58 percent) than swim (20...”
– Your childhood, there’s an app for that.
Generation tech: More kids can play computer games than ride a bike | VentureBeat
“Anyone from anywhere can be cruel, anyone from anywhere can be witty, but there...”
– As Ricky Gervais discovered this week, British banter - that playfully barbed conversational style used up and down the country - can baffle and perturb foreigners. America is a land of Regency etiquette in comparison. (via theeconomist)
Gay Parents Find the South More Welcoming, Census... →
Kudos to Sabrina Tavernise for writing a heartwarming article, and to her editors for using a headline that is so gonna bait conservative pundits.
(via the New York Times)
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