February 2012
Michael Powell at the Times delivers a no-nonsense appraisal of the current “scandalous cost overrun” state of the WTC site and finds that where there’s smoke, there’s two loudmouth self-obsessed governors trying to start a fire. The article is well-structured and well-researched, and, most importantly, delivers the information that is most relevant to the public’s...
I just watched “_______” and I didn’t believe one second of it, in part because the whole premise had been given away to me well in advance, but also because I have a hard time believing anyone is that stupid. Though I guess that they are, because I have been in the past.
Also: people can be so awful.
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HEY BROSEPH, IS THAT A JEREMY LIN JERSEY YOU’RE WEARING? NICE WORK, BUDDY! YOU COME TO MURRAY HILL OFTEN?
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One small ride for this cycylist; one giant leap...
citystories:
It was one of those awkward stop signs where a bike turning right has to cross in front of a car, also turning right, to stay in the bike lane. We arrived at the stop sign at the same time, and since I had to cross in front of the car, I assumed he’d go first.
I turned to look at him, but he just waved me to go. As I did, I waved back to signal a thanks.
Halfway down the block he...
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“There are 191 pages in all, so it’s shorter than reading his biography, but might be more fun because it includes some digging.”
BURN!
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Here’s one for the annals of the Vangelizer Reduction Principle:
Kickstarter is about to hit a major milestone because people are falling all over each other to buy a $120 iPhone dock.
Because laying it flat on your desk is how the unwashed masses do it.
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I just got my weekly “Code Year” email. LOL. Ain’t no coding getting done up in this hizzy today. I am comprehensively non-functional. Thanks, flask of bourbon and a bunch of guys who wanted to do postgame shots all night.
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I am laughing once again at Jamie Shupak’s absolute disgust about anything having to do with a Giants win, even when Pat Kiernan tries to engage her in banter about it. Good for her. PHILLY COLORS DON’T RUN. But also, too fucking bad! HA HA HA HA
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theblueprint replied to your post: Hey all your New York new media old-timers:…
semi-related: delaurio to gawker: better/worse?
Resounding “better”
Hey all your New York new media old-timers: Deadspin had a promo called “Blood Week” that I just picked up on. Total reminder of something else disastrous Gawker did a few years ago. You know what it is.
You can’t customize the message on highlighted posts? Bollocks.
DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO THINK, TUMBLR. I THINK FUCK SHIT CUNT PISS ASSHOLE SCUMBAG WHORE COCK BASTARD ALL THE TIME AND IF YOU TRY TO INTERFERE ONE OF US WILL DIE
One of the non-transpo reporters at the Times writes an article about parking lots, and starts off just as horribly wrong as any of the usual suspects.
“EVER since the car muscled out the horse and garages supplanted stables, New York City has had a conflicted relationship with the automobile. In recent years, the car has been on the losing side. Whether it is the addition of bike lines or...
Sometimes, I’ll come across a tweet with a link that says, “read ALL of this” or “read the whole thing” as if I am clicking through to some 20-page New Yorker article. I click through, and the text on the other side is just 7 paragraphs long and I’m done reading it in 90 seconds. That always makes me laugh.
Shit, all the Super Bowl picks are out…
SHIT, THEY’RE ALL GOING ONE WAY
::hides under table::
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Probation for Ex-Detective in Drug-Planting Case -... →
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“Mitzi suggested you like her page Teddy Tedaloo”
Unarmed Teenager Fatally Shot by Officer Chasing... →
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Random Quora digest question of the week:
“Are Americans the only ones who take pictures of food and ‘blog’ about it?”
Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding... →
In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen Foundation also decided to stop funding embryonic stem cell research centers making it fully transparent the organization has evolved from non-political non-profit to a partisan advocacy organization.
That means the loss of $3.75 million to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, $4.5 million to the University...
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HAD TO. →
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NYO: How does this differentiate itself from, say, the staff blog?
CM: The stuff we produce has to be of the highest standard.
I’m just gonna let that sit there and aerate for a while
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Every partnership is, in part, a calculated bet that the other side of the deal is not a sociopath who will prey on your vulnerabilities and exploit your assets and throw all cooperation out the window when it suits them. On many days you win this bet. On some days, the best you can do is see it early and minimize your losses.
So, if ________ ________ wins his bet that _______ is not a cult, then...
Accused DWI Killer Gets Probation for Death of... →
“A woman who accompanied Lowrie on Tuesday was quoted as saying, “People should keep their kids in the house and not running between parked cars.” As repugnant a statement as that is, it’s more or less what the criminal justice system is saying, too.”
I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly. - NYTimes.com →
nickdouglas:
I think I might have too!
Do you think I have Asperger’s because I hate it when I attend a “networking” event where they only sell Bud Light and everyone is either from Long Island or is a real estate agent?
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