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shortformblog: mashable: “Because the biggest producers of...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:46:41 -0500

mashable:

“Because the biggest producers of content on the Internet are not Google and Yahoo — they’re us – we’re the ones getting policed. The real threat to the enactment of PIPA and SOPA is our ability to share things with one another.”

-Clay Shirky, in his “emergency” TED talk about SOPA and why it would create a “consumption-only Internet.”

Watch this, all. “The threat is this inversion of proof.”

barackobama: “While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that...

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:48:43 -0500

barackobama:

“While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.”

- The White House, responding this morning to a petition on SOPA and online piracy

Soup: Jon Stewart takes over Stephen Colbert's SuperPAC

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:05:47 -0500

Soup: Jon Stewart takes over Stephen Colbert's SuperPAC:

soupsoup:

Dear Super PAC Super Members,

Hi there. I’m Jon. It looks like I’m running this thing now. All the details are in the press release below. Quick question: does anybody know where the key to the Super PAC bathroom is?

Thanks,

Jon Stewart
President Pro Tem
Americans For A Better…

newsweek: A Strange Animal: The U.S. troops are leaving, but...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:02:40 -0500

newsweek:

A Strange Animal: The U.S. troops are leaving, but the journalists are staying in Iraq, working under deadlines and death threats. In a short documentary special for Newsweek & The Daily Beast, filmmaker Richard Pendry reveals the new techniques — more John LeCarre than J-school — reporters have devised to get the story in Iraq. Fascinating viewing for anyone interested in the intersection of war, conflict, and journalism.

Very much enjoying the new Apartment Therapy and Kitchn. Kudos...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:34:55 -0500

Very much enjoying the new Apartment Therapy and Kitchn. Kudos to all involved in the redesign.

mgdly: bbook: For months now, fans of NBC’s Parks and...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:21:20 -0500

mgdly:

bbook:

For months now, fans of NBC’s Parks and Recreation have been wondering just who might play Leslie Knope’s opponent in her race for city council. There’d been speculation that Katherine Hahn (Free Agent) might be tackling the role, but it turned out she’s set to play an adviser to one of Leslie’s rivals. With the election plotline heating up on the show — according to NBC’s listings, the next three scheduled episodes, including this Thursday’s, all have campaign themes — Vulture set out to discover the identity of Knope’s new nemesis. We believe we have done so, and it appears Leslie will be doing political battle against … Paul Rudd!

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OH MY GOD I DIDN’T KNOW THIS SHOW COULD GET ANY BETTER.

Great show or greatest show?

jwiz: une: John K. King Used & Rare Books, Detroit,...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:15:18 -0500

jwiz:

une:

John K. King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI.

This place is a gem, as long as dust doesn’t bother your allergies too much.

Love this place.

"I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice."

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:51:32 -0500

“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.”

- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (via foreverinprogress)

popculturebrain: Underrated in 2011 - The Hour continued to...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:09:56 -0500

popculturebrain:

Underrated in 2011 - The Hour continued to prove that British television wipes the floor with almost everything that America puts on the air. If you didn’t watch it, it’s an easily digestible 6 hour series and will entangle you as well as any so-called American drama.

popculturebrain:

Programming Note: The Hour premieres tonight on BBC America at 10 pm

It’s been described as Mad Men meets Broadcast News meets James Bond and should be quite good.

I adore this show. And I’m going on record now as saying Ben Whishaw would be a fantastic Doctor.

immortalnewsspork: A Day with Stephen Colbert

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:50:04 -0500

immortalnewsspork:

A Day with Stephen Colbert

laughingsquid: Journalism, A 1940 Educational Film About Jobs...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:08:05 -0500

laughingsquid:

Journalism, A 1940 Educational Film About Jobs in Print Journalism

shortformblog: Anyone notice something special about today’s...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:03:47 -0500

shortformblog:

Anyone notice something special about today’s Des Moines Register online front page? Possibly some pressing … ethical issues? Oh yeah … the “Paid for by Obama for America” notes only came AFTER the ads went online.

Wowza. I get annoyed when things like the touring musical production of “Mary Poppins” take over our website like this. This is a much stickier situation.

"Pool and his partner Henry Ferry are doing more with $500 Samsung Galaxy S II phones on Sprint’s 4G..."

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:44:00 -0500

“Pool and his partner Henry Ferry are doing more with $500 Samsung Galaxy S II phones on Sprint’s 4G Network than TV networks can muster with thousands of dollars of gear, satellite trucks, pretty anchors, and helicopters. CBS News’s UStream, for example, offers an unfiltered feed from its eye in the sky. But the CBS feed has often felt like a mere complement to Pool’s on-the-ground coverage. (Plus, Pool and Ferry hope to get flying video drones that would augment their coverage—read on). On Nov. 17th, for example, when Pool was among thousands who first gathered at Foley Square in Manhattan then walked over the Brooklyn Bridge, the helicopter pilot on the CBS Ustream searched for the right shot, panned around the city randomly, and talked to a person presumably back in some studio about his wife’s prowess for holiday tree decorating.”

- Sean Captain, Tim Pool And Henry Ferry: The Men Behind Occupy Wall Street’s “The Other 99” Live Stream (via soupsoup)

<- I’ve tuned into this quite a bit. They do an amazing job. The sheer stamina is impressive, as is their ability to narrate the visuals on the fly.

theatlanticvideo: This footage of a police officer calmly...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:22:45 -0500

theatlanticvideo:

This footage of a police officer calmly pepper spraying students during a peaceful protest on November 18 at UC Davis went viral over the weekend, and now has over a million views on YouTube. For excellent responses from James Fallows, Alexis Madrigal, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Garance Franke-Ruta see:

James Fallows: “Pepper-Spray Brutality at UC Davis.”

Alexis Madrigal: “Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike.”

James Fallows: “The Moral Power of an Image: UC Davis Reactions.”

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “The Cops We Deserve.”

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “‘Standard Police Procedure’.”

Grance Franke-Ruta: “Too Much Violence and Pepper Spray at the OWS Protests: The Videos and Pictures.”

James Fallows: “UC Davis Update, Featuring ‘Catopticon’ and Tanks in Small Towns.”

newsweek: shortformblog: Tumblr just put up this site warning...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:18:08 -0500

newsweek:

shortformblog:

Tumblr just put up this site warning people about the dangers of PROTECT-IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Read up, kids. This is important.

Your morning homework: Read this letter from AOL, eBay, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo!, & Zynga. Then visit Tumblr’s page and take action.

Tina Fey is hosting a radio show now.

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:08:14 -0500

Tina Fey is hosting a radio show now. :

comedynerdsunited:

huffpostcomedy:

The Hidden World of Girls with Host Tina Fey from NPR

[vh1:somuchfunithurts]

Cool news alert.

“The Hidden World of Girls, two new hour-long Specials hosted by Emmy Award-winning writer and actress, Tina Fey. Stories of coming of age, rituals and rites of passage, secret identities—of women who crossed a line, broke a trail, changed the tide.”

thedailywhat: License To Bully of the Day: A controversial bill...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:05:18 -0400

thedailywhat:

License To Bully of the Day: A controversial bill aimed at providing schools with additional tools to fight bullying passed this week in the Michigan Senate, despite being opposed by all 11 Democrats and the father of the boy who inspired the legislation.

A last-minute addition to “Matt’s Safe School Law” protects “sincerely held” religious beliefs or moral convictions from being considered bullying. Critics feel the language will give anti-gay bullies a “license to bully” by providing an exception. ”This is just unconscionable,” said Matt’s father, Kevin Epling of East Lansing. “This is government-sanctioned bigotry.”

Matt Epling committed suicide in 2002 as a result of unbearable torment he received at the hands of bullies.

In an impassioned speech on the Senate floor, Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer chastised her colleague for approving the legislation. “There are at least 10 Michigan children in the past decade whose deaths are directly attributable to bullying,” she told Senate Republicans. “But had this bill that you’re gonna pass today been law in effect while they were alive, how many of their deaths would have been prevented? Zero.”

“This bill may not be perfect, but it certainly gets us on the road to making sure that local communities pay attention to this problem and put a policy in place,” said Republican state Sen. Rick Jones, the bill’s sponsor. Jones told the Lansing State Journal “he could have done without that language,” but said it was necessary ” to make sure First Amendment rights weren’t being violated.”

Equality Michigan has launched a petition aimed at convincing the Michigan House of Representatives to reject the Senate’s version of the bill.

[freep / lsj / messenger.]

"You don’t have to have an iTunes account in good standing. You don’t have to have your credit card..."

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:59:13 -0400

“You don’t have to have an iTunes account in good standing. You don’t have to have your credit card at Netflix updated. You can be a loser and watch this thing. You can be in prison…Everybody is outnumbered because everything in your wallet represents all these contentious relationships with these huge companies. If you want to watch one of my specials on Netflix, they start marketing to you, and you start getting Jeff Dunham ads. You try to read an article about Rwanda and a pop-up comes up for Larry the Cable Guy. ‘Hey, I heard you enjoyed Louie’s special – now we know who you are. You can’t put an old black-and-white TV set on your kitchen table and turn it on and watch something. You can’t throw on a record and listen to music. You have to belong to something. The idea was, let’s just make a thing where you stick your five dollars in a slot, and enjoy the show.”

- Louis C. K. re: Offering His New Special Exclusively Through His Website | NY Times (via popculturebrain)

shortformblog: Among those arrested at Occupy Oakland last...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:03:54 -0400

shortformblog:

Among those arrested at Occupy Oakland last night: Susie Cagle. Cagle, the daughter of well-known editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle and a talented artist herself, was arrested last night while at the scene and released 14 hours later. She’s been working on an illustrated history of the protest for a local Web site in Oakland, but considering her charges (WTF is “present at raid” and why is that a misdemeanor), she may not be able to continue her work. Dear City of Oakland: Treat journalists with respect. How hard is that?

npr: Much of Mindy Kaling’s humor is rooted in something that...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:11:37 -0400

npr:

Much of Mindy Kaling’s humor is rooted in something that might seem unfeasible: using logic to explore American culture. But it works — and works well — because Kaling uses a type of circular logic that’s all her own. Just consider this recent Tweet: “Can everyone buy my book please? I wanna quit the business and homeschool my kids real weird.”

(via The Office’s Mindy Kaling On Diets, And Other American Pastimes : Monkey See)

Photo: Autumn deWilde