September 2010
2 posts
“After almost a year since my release, in October 2009, I still receive...”
– Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari, in a plea for journalists to leave Sarah Shourd alone (via newsweek)
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
12 posts
I am a human being, god damn it! My life has...
funkpunkandroll:
(via victimofchoke)
Newsweek: resolute: ... Newsweek, you just pointed... →
resolute:
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Newsweek, you just pointed to ‘Comments’ on the internet as sides to an argument. Really? Journalism called, Your license has been suspended. Indefinitely
See, we disagree. Because that Observer piece, clearly, did not, um, capture the story adequately; clearly, there was more…
Mobil Learning →
Here’s an interesting post from the Tomorrow’s Professor Blog about the role of new technology in the classroom. This excites me about where we are headed with the use of technology.
April 2010
13 posts
Students Denied Social Media Go Through... →
“A new study from the University of Maryland finds that students are hooked on social media and cellphones, describing withdrawals in terms similar to those used by drug and alcohol addicts.”
interesting article at The Chronicle.
dilated pupil: i stay up sometimes thinking about... →
i stay up sometimes thinking about the catholic church and religion in general. it’s impossible to fathom the effect its had on the human consciousness yet we suffer its effects every waking second. it’s been the reason we’ve fought and killed each other for centuries. religion has provided…
This American Life: Scenes From A Recession →
socksonblox:
Including a partially-renovated condo building in Chicago, whose developers have abandoned it—though they didn’t bother to tell the 19 unit owners who still live there, paying their mortgages. And a story which tracks the FDIC during its most covert operation: taking over an unsuspecting bank
March 2010
21 posts
Swearing increases pain tolerance →
thatryguy:
rosmhuire:
Swearing occurs in most cultures - people swear to let off steam, or to shock or insult others. It is also a common response to a painful experience. We’ve all done it: after stubbing our toe, or hitting our thumb with a hammer, we draw a sharp breath and mutter a swear word. Until now, though, whether swearing actually alters our perception of pain had not been...
MacArthur Park: Unraveling Hidden Los Angeles -... →
kl7:
Meet Devin Browne and Kara Mears. The two self-proclaimed white reporters—“maybe the whitest people we know,” as they say—have embedded themselves with a family of eight undocumented Mexican residents to, in part, “learn Spanish so that we can better report our native city.”
The project’s name, The Entryway, not only reflects their current living situation of a mattress set up in the front...
“I am glad we didn’t know about racism then, because concepts have a way of...”
– JULIUS LESTER “Black and White —Together” SALMAGUNDI: A Quarterly of the Humanities & Social Sciences Published by Skidmore College No. 81, Winter 1989 p176 (via tobia) (via onmyowntwohands)
What American Population Will Look Like in 2050 →
azspot:
To many observers, America’s place in the world is almost certain to erode in the decades ahead. Yet if we look beyond the short-term hardship, there are many reasons to believe that America will remain ascendant well into the middle decades of this century.
And one important reason is people.
From 2000 to 2050, the U.S. will add another 100 million to its population, based on census...
“Lady Gaga is not original in what she is and her music. What makes her original...”
– Icarus (via hotgaynerds) (via al-opus)
Bela Kun: Preface to Fundamental Laws of the... →
fuckyeahsociology:
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
ONE-SIXTH of China is far from one-sixth of the globe. None the less it is a vast territory. One-sixth of China is occupied by the “stable” (i.e., consolidated) Soviet districts of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The area of France is equal to only 88.6 per cent. of the territory of Soviet China. The area of Germany is equal to 65.9 per cent., of Japan...
The latest in a new Newsweek series we like to... →
newsweek:
Sometimes our staffers get cranky in the mornings….
A New Look at the Left Wing: Lady Gaga's... →
fuckyeahsociology:
After watching the now-infamous video twice, I’m convinced that it is indicative of postmodernism in every sense of the term.
Pastiche. The video has it in spades. It references other forms of media (Tarantino, exploitation films, Thelma & Louise) left and right, while parodying none of them. This is because parody relies on an underlying normative standard, which...
Asbestos and Magic Markers.: What I wrote tonight.... →
Introduction
The reason behind the though process.
Usually, introductions are just filler; something I’ve learned over the course of reading. Usually, the introduction is by someone other than the author, which I find to be moronic. If a person wants to talk about the book you are holding,…
the red horseman: paper i just wrote for sociology →
As a young homosexual male wanting to be an artist, growing up in the middle of Oklahoma I faced an unbelievable amount of pressure related to conformity. I was constantly faced with the living examples of what I should be like, because my parents surrounded me in athletics. I was not encouraged…
Better live in Sweden than in the US: Why More... →
thesociologist:
ihatethismess:
Let’s talk about politics for once. It is common knowledge that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem. In a quite fascinating book, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always do Better, epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett demonstrate that more unequal societies are bad for...
"We seek in our friends those qualities we lack,...
(via sunrisen)
"In this way small groups of friends grow up in...
sunrisen:
-Emile Durkheim