May 2013
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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)
Public funding is important for public broadcasting. (via poynterinstitute)
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I realized this morning that I rarely remember to bring PJs when I go on trips because I rarely wear them to bed at home…
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“Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) intends to run for president — of the United States — and...”
– Reaching the ‘weather weapon’ stage (via wilwheaton)
imawanchor:
dylanofryin:
actual picture of actual one direction fans
it’s like a scene from a zombie movie
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If You Must Think About Your Weight, Here Are 10... →
Another day, another opportunity to think about how much space you, as a woman, take up. That’s how it feels when you can’t throw a fat-burning supplement without hitting a visual about the losing of the weight or the gaining of the weight, and who gained what, how they look, how they lost it, and how you can, too. You can’t control these images, but you can control the narrative...
Cameron Esposito: Tell your rape jokes. Expect to... →
cameronesposito:
Seems like every 6 months or so - maybe once a year - there is a debate about rape jokes. Here’s how it goes:
A dude tells jokes about rape or deals with hecklers in way that includes rape. A woman hears these jokes or is the heckler. She publicly states that she is upset or didn’t like the joke…
Yup.
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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 (via brooklynmutt)
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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 (via brooklynmutt)
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Newsweek: Update: →
dearrscience:
okay so I’m sure a lot of this is national news now, but basically Oklahoma is not in good shape. I’m fine and all of my family and friends are fine. Moore, Oklahoma, 30 minutes south of me is destroyed. I just heard one of our main news reporters break down on TV because it’s…
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“Ike Davis officially can’t even stand still. without screwing something up.”
– @jasoncfry (via sportsnetny)
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hulu:
Remember this Van Der Beek tweet?
So bleak. He thought that “b” in Apt. 23 was fini.
The Beek got sad. Others got mad.
But there’s more to life than network renewals.
And some people were like “canceled, shmanceled.”
Your loss, non-VOD ABC. We’ve got your eight unaired episodes right here.
Yay!!
Did the Mets win today?
digitalist:
FINALLY. It’s been a while…
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“Why Society Still Needs Feminism
Because to men, a key is a device to open...”
– Caitlin O’Donnell, Drake University. (via on-another-note)
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4,127 people have been killed by guns since...
think-progress:
And that number is growing rapidly. Just yesterday afternoon, the number was 4,099.
“Gambling, sex, alcohol, drugs, Chinese food—you always give these things a...”
– Jonathan Ames (via joberholtzer)
“I think Keith Hernandez summed it up best when, after Rice’s wild pitch, he...”
– Matthew Cerrone, Final Score: Cardinals 4 Mets 2 - Metsblog (via sportsnetny)
“If population loss and a depleted tax base can prompt emergency management, does...”
– Chris Lewis, Does Michigan’s Emergency-Manager Law Hurt Black Citizens Disproportionately? (via theatlanticcities)
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“It’s actually remarkable how, in a city and an industry full of very powerful...”
– Good riddance, Barbara Walters - Salon.com (via brooklynmutt)
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“The research arm of dating site OKCupid looked at 500,000 first contacts and...”
– Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it Read: BBC News (via brooklynmutt)
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