It's 2012!
1 January 2012, late morning
Happy New Year everybody. 2011 was pretty action packed. Hopefully 2012 isn’t the end of times.
- Favorite Typefaces from 2011.
I always enjoy a good read about fonts.
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- Our Selves, Other Cells.
It’s pretty incredible what pregnancy does to a women’s body.
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- What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success.
I assume that most of America’s current failings are due to apparently shitty public schools. If you don’t educate your children they grow up thinking the world is 6000 years old and electing Michelle Bachmann to public office.
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- 11 Things I Hated About the Karate Kid Remake.
The original is a bizarre amazing film. The reboot, not so much.
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- You shall Hear things, Wonderful to tell.
A pretty amazing post on MetaFilter about the soundtrack to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou.
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- The Seattle Police Department's Epic Crash: A History, in Brief - Seattle News - The Daily Weekly
SPD exceeded the curve in terms of egregious violations of civil rights and liberties, prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the agency, and ultimately to conclude that SPD violates the law in about one out of every five times its officers decide to use force.
If you see the police in Seattle, start walking the other way. Damn.
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- Karyn McCluskey: the woman who took on Glasgow's gangs.
I remember watching a documentary about knife violence in Glasgow: it was all kinds of ridiculous.
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- "I wanna live again!"
Part of the Great Showdowns, Holiday edition.
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- Flickr: Domini Domini Domini, You’re All Christians Now.
The fact is, Christmas lights on a home are a signifier that the occupant is a Christian.
How is that even remotely true? Having Christmas forced on you can be annoying, but this rant seems to be coming from a place of serious-ass rage.
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- "From the bottom of our hearts, we ask that you please accept our apology."
Senator Amy Koch, who campaigned this year to put a constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman. has admitted that she had “a relationship with a Senate staffer” who is not her husband. She has stepped down as Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate, announced she will not seek re-election, and issued an apology. In response, the gay and lesbian community of Minnesota has issued their own apology, for “ruining the institution of marriage and causing her to stray from her husband”
This is classic.
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- Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer?
Spoilers: No.
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- The parable of RIM.
A story of how one company could flounder so badly.
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- On North Korean State Television, News of the Leader's Death and Floods of Tears.
It’s not been a good year for dictators. Go world!
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- Like a Trudeau having to apologize in the House of Commons for unparliamentary language.
The fact the LRT is going to be out of commission for
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- Life will suck if they censor the internet.
Get Your War On comes out of retirement for Get Your Censor On.
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- In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011.
God damn that cancer.
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- No Pants O'Clock!
Dirty Signs with Kristin is an informative YouTube channel that teaches you how to sign things you may need to use in day-to-day conversation.
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- Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater.
You can buy a DRM-free copy of Louis CK’s latest stand up special directly from him for $5. He discusses how well that has worked out for him.
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- TextMate 2.0 Alpha.
God damn: didn’t see that coming.
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