July 2011
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BREAKING: Case against Strauss-Kahn near collapse,... →
Prosecutors from the office of District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., who initially were emphatic about the strength of the case and the account of the victim, plan to tell the court on Friday that they “have problems with the case” based on what their investigators have discovered, and will disclose more details of their findings to the defense.
“It is a mess, a mess on both sides,” the official...
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June 2011
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Village Voice Staff Stages Walk-Out
realvillagevoice:
At exactly 4pm this afternoon, a creaking of chairs could be heard across the 3rd floor of 36 Cooper Square, and then an eerie silence as over 50 union employees and sympathizers walked off the job at the Village Voice, as a sign of dissatisfaction over the lack of movement by management at the bargaining table. The contract expires tonight at midnight.
Many of the...
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“It is tempting for a nation and for a society to feel overwhelmed by all this....”
– Mohamed El-Erian (via neighborhoodr-cairo)
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“Let’s obsess about what is best for the end user. We often make product...”
– An open letter to Blackberry bosses
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Google +
commedesfuckdwn:
“Early adopters” are a myth to me. They can praise a new product or service, speculate or critique it, but the real people that matter are all narcissistic — they don’t tweet about what they’re doing online, they tweet about the things they’re doing in the physical world, they post pictures with friends at clubs or sports games or concerts, they invite people to their birthday...
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WatchGeithner Whips Out His Pocket Constitution: Default Is Not An Option
via Huffington Post
“I think there are some people who are pretending not to understand it, who think there’s leverage for them in threatening a default,” Geithner said. “I don’t understand it as a negotiating position. I mean really think about it, you’re going to say that— can I...
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“Today television news is watched more often than people read newspapers, than...”
– Roger Ailes in a Gawker exclusive: Roger Ailes’ Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News
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Life As A Mosaic, Not A Monolith: What Google+...
stoweboyd:
My recent brief experience with Google+ (or plus.google, as the URL says in reverse polish) has led me to some observations about how we might be shifting our personal and collective use of tools, and thereby our sense of self in the increasingly media-augmented world we inhabit.
Google+ is a suite of social tools sharing a common core. At the heart of that core is the user’s...
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WatchVideo: Flipboard 1.5 released with a new content guide
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“Clarence doesn’t leave the E Street Band when he dies, he leaves when we die.”
– Bruce Springsteen, read his full eulogy to Clarence Clemons here
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WatchReuters video of Greek protests
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Watchsbnation:
Atlantic Senior Editor, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Felix Salmon discuss how power is shifting in professional sports from owners to the players and fans.
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Exclusive: Myspace to Be Sold to Specific Media... →
The price is well below the $100 million that News Corp. had been hoping for and a chasm away from its one-time billion valuation.
The deal includes a halfing of Myspace’s staff of 400, as well as other cost cuts. It’s likely Myspace CEO Mike Jones and other top staff will remain only for an interim period.
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Twitter Founders Announce New Venture at Aspen Ideas
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WatchPresident Obama’s LIVE press conference will stream here shortly.
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WatchAlexis Madrigal, Senior Editor at the Atlantic, and Felix Salmon discuss the changing landscape of blogs.
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U.S. cost of war at least $3.7 trillion and... →
In human terms, 224,000 to 258,000 people have died directly from warfare, including 125,000 civilians in Iraq. Many more have died indirectly, from the loss of clean drinking water, healthcare, and nutrition. An additional 365,000 have been wounded and 7.8 million people — equal to the combined population of Connecticut and Kentucky — have been displaced.
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Reuters news agency has been expelled from Tripoli... →
neighborhoodr-tripoli:
The Reuters news agency has been expelled from Tripoli in the latest crackdown on media by the Libyan government, writes David Smith in Tripoli.
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UR HALP NEEDED
miltnr:
Hello, Tumblr!
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I need your help. I am in the final stages of my Masters degree, and I’m writing my thesis on lolcats. Specifically, why people like them. To do this, I am holding focus groups of lolcat lovers.
Here’s where you come in: I need to speak to lolcat lovers who live in London. I know the Tumblr community is vast and...
Protests Return to Tahrir Square
Unhappy with the progress of bringing former senior officials to trial, protesters took to Tahrir Square, the center of the Egypt uprising. Protesters and police exchanged fire, using rocks and teargas.TahrirScousemouse2000
“ The young people of Cairo are again in Tahrir following an altercation w the Ministry of Interior (Thugs, Inc.?) @sarrahworld #moi #tahrirHootsbudyJune 28, 2011“ RT @Riy So,...
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WatchTear gas fired at protesters in Cairo
Reuters Video: Police fired teargas in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square at several hundred mainly Egyptian youths, some of whom threw stones and demanded that trials of former senior officials proceed more swiftly. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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