April 2013
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“We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because...”
– Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter that changed America. (via theatlantic)
February 2013
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September 2012
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July 2012
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What Do Obama and Romney Know about Science? →
jtotheizzoe:
Scientific American is partnering up with ScienceDebate.org to get the candidates to talk about science and science-influenced policies. Why?
If you look beyond the made-up controversies that seem to dominate political discussion these days to the real issues—the real challenges, threats and opportunities that the U.S. faces today, tomorrow and for the rest of the century—you’ll...
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The FJP: Facts Get In The Way of Everything →
futurejournalismproject:
Slate has two recent articles that illustrate a growing fear of facts. The first looks at the Republican party generally and Mitt Romney specifically.
It’s tough times for facts in America. First Mitt Romney—interviewing for the position of president—declined to release his tax returns…
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Watchjtotheizzoe:
I Got 99 Particles But A Boson Ain’t One
Thanks to my Twitter friends for sending me this awesome Large Hadron Collider rap. Stephen Hawking’s voice droppin’ fat beats while the CERN MCs explain what each detector does and how the various collisions will enlighten our understanding of our universe boiiiiiiiiiii …
Of course, now that they’ve discovered the Higgs bizzity-boson, tha...
“I actually agree with Daniel Tosh’s sentiment in his shitty back-pedaling tweet...”
– Lindy West, How to Make a Rape Joke
Read: Jezebel
(via brooklynmutt)
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June 2012
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May 2012
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Our Collected Science Reading Suggestions →
jtotheizzoe:
Wow, that was a huge success, everyone!
Thank you all for your suggestions for your favorite fun and accessible science books. I think we’ve all got a couple years worth of reading to do.
Check out the notes and comments below the original post and start updating your Amazon account! I’m pretty sure pointyteeth got more than she bargained for.
April 2012
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“While the Bush administration treated whistleblowers unmercifully, the Obama...”
– Jesselyn Raddack, Salon. Obama Targets Journalists.
Related: See Glenn Greenwald — also from Salon — from this past weekend.
In an article about Laura Poitras, an Oscar-and Emmy-nominated documentarian, he writes that she is detained for questioning — and has her analog and digital belongings...
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Iran's Halal Internet Coming Soon? →
futurejournalismproject:
If you’re a government that believes the Internet “promotes crime, disunity, unhealthy moral content, and atheism” there seem to be two options: unplug or roll your own.
Reports are appearing that indicate Iran’s going with the latter and will launch of a countrywide intranet to save the masses from online evils.
Via the International Business Times:
Millions of...
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“Disliking hip-hop doesn’t make you a racist any more than liking hip-hop makes...”
– Jack Hamilton, “America Is Dying Slowly: Talking About Hip-Hop After Trayvon Martin” (Good)
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Terrible New Law Requires Women to Give Birth to... →
Georgia is just a governor’s signature away from totally banning abortions that occur after 20 weeks of pregnancy under the dubious assertion that at that point, fetuses can feel pain. Anti-abortion advocates crow that this is a positive step toward protecting life, but where this law is totally and irredeemably fucked up is in its requirement that women carry fetuses that couldn’t...
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“We’re approaching peak vagina on television, the point of labia saturation.”
– Two and a Half Men co-creator Lee Aronsohn has had enough of female-centered comedies. When will TV finally shine a spotlight on dudes?! (via entertainmentweekly)
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“Britain is to allow one of its intelligence agencies to monitor all phone calls,...”
– Stephen Mangan (via reuters)
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It's all relative
Nepotism seems to be the by-word in Indian politics at the moment, but it’s nepotism with a twist.
Rahul Gandhi, the Gandhi family’s (and thus, Congress’) heir apparent may have failed to change the ruling party’s fortunes, but the children of regional leaders have caught the attention of their electorate and the results are beginning to show.
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In Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav is set to...
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And on April Fool's day, Google continues to lead... →
March 2012
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“I’m trying to figure out how insulated one has to be from the wider world to be...”
– An article at Publisher’s Weekly on fans’ racist reactions to learning that Rue is black. The article also gives a shout-out to Racebending.com (via racebending)
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Lines I wish I had written
“Why am I holding a dog full of angels?”
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Race, Coverage and the Newsroom →
futurejournalismproject:
At the Huffington Post, Evan Shapiro writes:
The 2010 Census reported that 63.7 percent of America is white; 12.6 percent is black; 16.3 percent is Hispanic or Latino and 4.8 percent is Asian. Sixty-four percent of America is white, 36 percent is not. However, The Radio Television Digital News Association reports that, as of 2011, 79.5 percent of all TV News jobs are...
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Should science journalists read the papers on... →
futurejournalismproject:
The Guardian asks the question but you’d think the answer is self evident, no?
Whenever and in whatever beat, a reporter should read source material if available.
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News Organizations That Lobby Against Their Own... →
jcstearns:
I love this headline because, while the issue at the heart of this article is media transparency, in fact it calls attention to a much longer tension in journalism. For decades, media executives have held sway on critical media policy debates in Washington, DC, through campaign contributions and lobbying efforts. Often the positions the media execs take run counter to the benefit of...
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India’s Troubled Relationship with the Internet
The latest attempts at censorship by “the world’s largest democracy” have been met with a growing furor, both online and offline. For one, Indian censors have deemed the Oscar-nominated Girl with the Dragon Tattoo “unsuitable” for public release due to director David Fincher’s refusal to cut separate scenes depicting rape, and consensual sexual intercourse. Simultaneously, the exhausting debate...
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“If the news business on the web is depressing, contributing to the existential...”
– Michael Woff, The Guardian. Mobile and the news media’s imploding business model.
Wolff writes that the news media’s reliance on advertising is getting it into ever greater trouble as news readers move from the Web to mobile platforms.
His math is rather simple. For every $100 spent on print...
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“There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be...”
– This Teju Cole piece from The Atlantic on The White Savior Industrial Complex has already made the rounds of the Tumblrs and the Twitters this week, but I wanted to quote this part anyway. You should obviously read everything that Teju Cole wrote because it is brilliant and so incredibly important,... 