May 2013
“I can absolutely assure you that ITVS does not want your film to be buried.” She...”
– How Far Did PBS Go to Avoid Offending a Sponsor? : The New Yorker
May 24th
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“The bridge comes into the lives of all Bay Area residents sooner or later, and...”
– Jumpers, The fatal grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge. Read: The New Yorker
May 24th
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nbcnightlynews: BREAKING NEWS: Boy Scouts of America have voted to allow gay members
May 23rd
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The Girl Who Turned to Bone - The Atlantic →
Unexpected discoveries in the quest to cure an extraordinary skeletal condition show how medically relevant rare diseases can be.
May 23rd
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“What did Obama know about the Code Pink heckler and when did he know it???”
–  @ATLGreg1 
May 23rd
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“The voice of that woman is worth paying attention to. … Obviously, I do...”
– Pres. Obama (@Newshour)
May 23rd
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“When you judge Obama, remember how he allowed Code Pink to scream at him at...”
– @bobcesca
May 23rd
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“So yes, the conflict with al Qaeda, like all armed conflict, invites tragedy....”
– President Barack Obama (via soupsoup)
May 23rd
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“Think hard about the lead. Don’t be afraid to begin with your best fact.”
– Ezra Klein, Washington Post journalist, on what it takes to make hard policy facts easy reading. (via poynterinstitute)
May 23rd
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“The latest global study by AVG Technologies, the anti-virus company, found that...”
– Medical Daily
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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“‘Shame on us’ if we elect Anthony Weiner.”
– N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo
May 23rd
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"Of Muslim appearance": One phrase and why I'm... →
 h/t @rbaum
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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“PBS has become more and more dependent on viewers nothing like you.”
– The Colbert Report’s STEPHEN COLBERT, on reports that PBS killed a documentary critical of one of the gazillionaire Koch brothers — a major public broadcasting supporter. Ugh. (via inothernews)
May 23rd
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“Shortly before “Park Avenue” aired, Melissa Cohlmia, the chief spokesperson for...”
– Jane Mayer: How Far Did PBS Go to Avoid Offending a Sponsor? : The New Yorker (via markcoatney)
May 23rd
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“It’s pronounced Dgif … the ‘D’ is silent.”
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“I think before his second term is over, we’re going to see a miracle before our...”
– Michele Bachmann decides God will repeal Obamacare. (via think-progress)
May 22nd
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Wikileaks draws a crowd to documentary -... →
One good way to rile up a District movie audience is to show them a WikiLeaks documentary. At the Landmark E Street Cinema on Tuesday night, a brief but heated argument broke out in the audience — while the movie was still playing — over the involvement of Adrian Lamo, the former hacker who turned in Army Pfc. Bradley Manning in 2010 for leaking classified material to Wikileaks....
May 22nd
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“Steve Wilhite is wrong. Steve Wilhite admits that he has never even made an...”
– Please Continue Pronouncing “GIF” Any Way You Please - Emma Carmichael, The Hairpin h/t PPG
May 22nd
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Teens Are Turning Away from Facebook Because... →
Teenagers really are over Facebook. In a deep report published on Tuesday, Pew Research explains that teenagers departing the social network’s blue confines are looking for something more… authentic. Which, ironically, was the initial draw of Facebook, and has become something of a calling card for Tumblr and Twitter. Somewhere, Marissa Mayer is smiling.
May 22nd
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“CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks to an Oklahoma tornado survivor: Wolf Blitzer:...”
– This is CNN, cont. - Politico (via T Says)
May 21st
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shortformblog: popculturebrain: Watch: PCB gets a visual shout out on GMA’s Yahoo/Tumblr report At the 41 second mark! Congrats to PCB, and that interview had painfully obvious talking points. Stephanopoulos called Karp a hipster, leading to awkwardness all around.
May 21st
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“That was a “totally different” situation, Inhofe told MSNBC, arguing that the...”
– Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.): Tornado aid ‘totally different’ from Hurricane Sandy aid
May 21st
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Just go read the last three paragraphs on this New... →
May 21st
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“A third of Tumblr’s active users come from households with incomes above...”
– Yahoo Tumblr Acquisition: It’s About Young People With Money
May 21st
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“…already Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says he will insist that any federal...”
– Roll Call
May 21st
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“Time lapse of the Oklahoma tornado. This is stunning and terrifying.” - @colinjones via wmctv
May 20th
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“Yahoo is looking to the future here, and tying the entire life of their company...”
– Yahoo Back On Top After Purchasing Millions Of 13-Year-Old Girls’ Blogs - The Onion
May 20th
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