Posted 2 years ago in the late evening by oso
Rock music as counterculture in India, a review of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ concert in Serbia, the Reggae Compassionate Act in Jamaica, underrated rap in Kazakhstan, and much more can be found in today’s music section.
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In Which my Grandchildren Call Me a Ruthless Murderer - It was the briefest of observations, an exchange that lasted no more than two seconds, and yet it has stayed with me ever since. CB and I were on Boston's Silver Line, on our way to the airport, and eventually to New York City. It was, apparently, a popular day ... - #
cindylu: That looks a little like law school.
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Miquel: Your tie-ins to anal bleaching never cease to amaze me.
Zadi: Eloquently put. Speaks to everything I’ve (we’ve all) been struggling with and thinking...
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Nicholas Laughlin: “The most obvious question is, how do I know that I want to read something if I...
I did not know that the Warner Brothers were Polish.
Good roundup of reactions to India's decriminalization of homosexuality by Ayesha.
There are velvet revolution training courses? Now there's an upcoming Harper's article if I've ever heard one. [via Cyrus]
$400k in school debt! I am so glad that I didn't go to law school. And so glad that I have no debt.
"Indeed, this may be the most profound lesson we can derive from our bachelor founders. Although they envisioned a nation built on morals and families, the men who declared independence dreamed of a country where the intimate details of one’s life did not matter to citizenship."
Ha, Jeff Goldblum is pretty funny. [via Elia]
" I’ve heard that the difference between an amateur photographer and a pro is that the amateur shows you everything they shoot."
Interesting debate about the relative pros and cons of nuclear and coal.
I'm headed to Portugal soon. Here is an interesting visualization of the good ol' days of colonization.
All of wikipedia's *featured* articles in book form.
World leaders sent messages to one another via vlog posts. I am reminded of the hilarious parody in The Atlantic of world leaders all in the same Facebook network.
Great feature by Glenna about Cora Taylor, a Liberian who lived in the US for 20 years and moved back to Monrovia where she now works for the gov't and spends her free time making clothes for African barbie-like dolls. (which she buys from Japan for $1).
"Professor Gilbert argues that the threats that get our attention tend to have four features. First, they are personalized and intentional. The human brain is highly evolved for social behavior (“that’s why we see faces in clouds, not clouds in faces,” says Mr. Gilbert), and, like gazelles, we are instinctively and obsessively on the lookout for predators and enemies."
Congratulations India.
"Having affairs in New York is a longtime American political tradition. The late, great R.W. Apple Jr. once told me that when he was a metro reporter for The Times in 1963, he was assigned to stake out the lobby of a hotel in Manhattan where President John F. Kennedy was spending the night. While on the lookout for official visitors, Apple said he saw “a young woman of a Hollywood nature” heading for the presidential suite. He quickly called his editor, who informed him “I was there to report the comings and goings of statesmen, not starlets.”"
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