September 2011
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August 2011
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“Nearly 90 percent of the families that paid no income tax make less than...”
– The New Resentment of the Poor - NYTimes.com (via jeffscherer)
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AP: Boy throwing rocks from overpass shot by... →
SAN DIEGO — San Diego police say a boy throwing rocks at vehicles was struck in the abdomen by a crossbow bolt fired by a passenger in small sport utility vehicle. Officer Dino Delimitros says the boy and a friend were throwing rocks in the Linda Vista neighborhood Monday afternoon when a passenger in a black Toyota RAV4 pulled out a crossbow and fired. The boy was shot in the...
My friend Elizabeth is a badass
elizabethseward:
As soon as my wedding is over with, I’ll be spending most of my time living out of a van, traveling with my love and my puppy. And, of course, I’ll have a mobile recording set up in the car. All of this wedding planning makes me want to hide in a closet and just play music in the dark.
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How NOT to write a lede
Via the San Jose Mercury News Lede Desk Memo
Before all future stories go belly-up, bringing the Mercury News to a crossroads and necessitating sweeping recommendations in the wake of diminishing sales, welcome to the lede desk. Or meet the lede desk. Or this is the story of the lede desk. You’ll catch on. What if all stories began like these:
1. First, the good news: On one occasion, many...
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“As I was watching my social media streams froth with praise for the man in the...”
– Economist, August 25, 2011
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Filming Police is a 1st and 4th Amendment Right →
jonathan-cunningham:
[A] guy named Simon Glik saw some police arresting someone in Boston, and thought they were using excessive force. He took out his camera phone and began recording. The police saw that and told him to stop taking pictures. He told them he was recording them, and that he’d seen them punch the guy they were arresting. One officer asked him if the phone recorded audio as well...
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Best Fall Trips 2011 →
nationalgeographicmagazine:
Cooler temperatures, striking colors, smaller crowds—autumn is the perfect time to travel, and here are ten of the best fall trips, picked by National Geographic Traveler editors. Where do you want to go this fall? Share your travel plans—real or ideal—below. (See more trip ideas.)
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Is the TMZ photo of sick Steve Jobs fake?
Because this person seems to think so.
If this is fake, then someone has some explaining to do. Despicable doesn’t even begin to accurately describe the lowliness of making a person — a genuinely sick person — look worse than they are; frail and near death.
That is especially true when that person created what has become one of the most influential companies in the world. Not only does...
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“Irene remains remarkably large. It has a 90-mile-wide swath of hurricane-force...”
– @brianstelter (via brooklynmutt)
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“I’ll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I’ll sort...”
– Steve Jobs, Playboy, Feb. 1, 1985
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Dogs are so cool
saggio:
One night I fell asleep on the couch with my back towards Saggio. In the meantime, A. stepped out for a minute. When I opened my eyes, Saggio was standing as close to me as possible, literally watching over me while I was sleeping. It was the best feeling ever.
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