February 2012
18 posts
“If the microphysics of power instantiated through the martial drill of Frederick...”
– All Your Brain Are Belong To Us: Neuroscience Goes To War « The Disorder Of Things
“The Hayekian argument of dispersed knowledge and its importance in seeking...”
– The Control Revolution And Its Discontents at Macroeconomic Resilience
A long and dazzling post by Ashwin Parameswaran.
“Whether you are an expert in a striking-based art—boxing, karate, tae kwon do,...”
– The Pleasures of Drowning : Sam Harris
This is extraordinarily well put.
“Today our point of view is so remote from that of Rabelais that it requires a...”
– Kenneth Rexroth’s Classics Revisited
Urge Overkill, “Emmaline”
The New Pornographers, “The Bleeding Heart...
“While Romney’s victory speeches are polished tedium, Santorum’s...”
– Santorum, the ‘coulda, shoulda, woulda’ candidate - Tim Stanley at CNN.com
““The popularity of cupcakes directly tracks the rise in cultural narcissism that...”
– The psychology of cupcakes - The Washington Post
I am in awe.
January 2012
19 posts
“The walls are covered with Bay City Rollers and David Soul posters. And the shot...”
– BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: THE GHOSTS IN THE LIVING ROOM
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to learn that Adam Curtis has a BBC blog.
“Hey look, an awesome mashup!”
– Bloggers (via philk)
WatchOur life in 2008.
“Giving away books, especially to coworkers, has made me extremely worried about...”
– The Cigarette Smoking Blog: I’m Giving Away Half the Books I Own (and I Feel Fine)
“Finnish military intelligence gauged American troops’ mobility and action...”
– Finland and American intelligence: Secret history | The Economist
Go Finns. Glad we never had to nuke you guys.
Salman Rushdie: Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair,... →
salmanrushdie1:
I have often been asked if Christopher defended me because he was my close friend. The truth is that he became my close friend because he wanted to defend me.
“Despite his own many unpleasant encounters with the FSB, Harding doubts that...”
– Stephen Holmes reviews ‘Mafia State’ by Luke Harding · LRB 5 January 2012
“Very few Americans go to subtitled foreign films anymore; thus, the Swedish...”
– Fight the (Imaginary) Power - Taki’s Magazine
Steve Sailer, reviewing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
December 2011
38 posts
“I think what this is doing right now is starting a dialogue about crack smoking.”
– Vancouver is giving out free crack pipes. (via thehorriblenewsfact)
“But to stay abreast of such would-be mobs, police would need to monitor social...”
– #Riot: Self-Organized, Hyper-Networked Revolts—Coming to a City Near You | Magazine
“The children who file into Anawalt Elementary School here each morning carry...”
– Teachers union leads effort that aims to turn around West Virginia school system - The Washington Post
This sentence deserves a place of honor in any “Bad Writing about Appalachia” collection. What is this “haze from the nearby coal mines?” Are there photos of it? Is is...
“The next medium, whatever it is—it may be the extension of consciousness—will...”
– Marshall McLuhan, 1962 (via ayjay)
“Pop-up Videos,” prophesied!
