amy g. dala

"The debt crisis confronting the Obama administration is the product of war and taxes. There is..."

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:43:05 -0500

“The debt crisis confronting the Obama administration is the product of war and taxes. There is little dispute that the origins of the crisis predate Obama’s election.”

- Corey Robin · The War on Tax: Downgrading Obama · LRB 25 August 2011

unhappyhipsters: The bench sank into the corner; after seeing...

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:27:17 -0500

unhappyhipsters:

The bench sank into the corner; after seeing the wood-chunk-wall, he knew all too well why the chairs had invited him over.

(Photo: Wolveridge Architects; ArchDaily)

crookedindifference: Follow Katie’s lead and do it. Just text...

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:04:59 -0500

crookedindifference:

Follow Katie’s lead and do it.

Just text text “FOOD” to UNICEF (864233) to donate $10, enough to feed a child for 10 days

This column will change your life: The final frontier? | www.guardian.co.uk | Readability

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:11:23 -0500

The mapmaker in our neurons favours the category over actual proximity.

via readability.com

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colin: (via 20x200 - Print Information | Old Typewriter, by...

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:03:45 -0500

colin:

(via 20x200 - Print Information | Old Typewriter, by Todd McLellan)

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Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:58:57 -0500

bitchville: Common sense crossing by...

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:32:58 -0500

bitchville:

Common sense crossing by http://www.alltelleringet.com

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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:15:03 -0600

kateoplis: Rwanda has the highest percentage...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:24:18 -0600

kateoplis:

Rwanda has the highest percentage of parliament seats held by women in the world. Click through for more eye-opening stats.

Watson vs. Humans: Score One for Congress

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:23:56 -0600

Still, Mr. Holt scored a minor triumph for the often-castigated political class. “I think more of Congress just hearing about it,” said Tom M. Mitchell, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University and an artificial intelligence expert.

via bits.blogs.nytimes.com

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howtotalktogirlsatparties: Oh hey, Mubarak. Nice pinstripes....

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:29:47 -0600

howtotalktogirlsatparties:

Oh hey, Mubarak. Nice pinstripes. Wait, what? Oh shit, those pinstripes are actually your name spelled over and over again. You’re a douche, no doubt, but that is some serious despot swag.

haythamelkhoja: Portrait of Jimi Hendrix Made out of Guitar...

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:19:01 -0600

haythamelkhoja:

Portrait of Jimi Hendrix Made out of Guitar Picks

underpaidgenius: - via mikehudack

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:37:43 -0600

underpaidgenius:

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aatombomb: whitehousephotostream: “You’re doing good work,...

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:14:55 -0600

aatombomb:

whitehousephotostream:

“You’re doing good work, son. Our intelligence agencies haven’t had a tool this powerful to keep tabs on everyone, well…ever. Who knew all we had to do was ask them to give us every intimate detail of their lives!”

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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:47:12 -0600

3b2010:

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"Confessions of a Juggler" by Tina Fey

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:06:46 -0600

I have a suspicion - and hear me out, because this is a rough one - that the definition of “crazy” in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to fuck her anymore.

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A Literary Beer Run | Readability Blog

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:50:56 -0600

What we need is some guy willing to say “everyone gimme five bucks and I’ll get lots of beer and it’ll all work out for everyone.” That guy is Readability.

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Why I like vicious, anonymous online comments

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:55:37 -0600

And yet anonymous comments — all of them, even the written equivalent of high-speed drive-by shootings — serve a useful function. They show us what the species is really like: the full spectrum of human behavior, not just the part that we find reassuring and enlightening.

It’s impossible for anyone who reads unmoderated comments threads on large websites to argue that racism, sexism or anti-Semitism are no longer problems in America, or that the educational system is not as bad as people say or that deep down most people are good at heart. Unmoderated comments threads are X-rays of the reptilian brain — indicators of the dark stuff that rattles around in the id and that would get blurted out in the home or workplace routinely if the superego didn’t intervene. Mel Gibson’s rants are no more ugly than sentiments that get expressed thousands of times a day all over the Internet.

When a person comments anonymously, we’re told, they’re putting a mask on. But the more time I spend online the more I’m convinced that this analogy gets it backward.

The self that we show in anonymous comments, the fantasy self, the self we see in the mirror when we fantasize about being tough and strong and feared, the face we would present to the world if there were no such thing as consequences: That’s the real us.

The civil self is the mask.

via salon.com

BY MATT ZOLLER SEITZ

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"What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private information on corporations..."

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:58:42 -0600

“What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private information on corporations to you for free, and I’m a villain. Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he’s Man of the Year.”

- Julian Assange on SNL (via kateoplis)

"I’m glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it..."

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:41:03 -0600

“I’m glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.”

- Mark Twain (via bitchville)