February 2012
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“Your hand can seize today,
but not tomorrow;
and thoughts of your tomorrow...”
– Omar Khayyam, trans. by Juan Cole
Should we occupy Occupy Wall Street? →
It was a blast to be on this panel at Social Media Week. Thanks Anthony for the invite, and to Tim Pool and Anjali Mullany for the insight on everything OWS and social media.
soupsoup:
My panel begins at the 40 minute mark of the video.
We discuss the media’s role and responsibilities in covering the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Includes:
Anjali Mullany of the New York Daily News
Meg...
January 2012
7 posts
youngmanhattanite:
Terry Gross’ NPR...
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“This stenographic treatment by journalists — of simply amplifying what someone...”
– Glenn Greenwald: Arthur Brisbane and Selective Stenography
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Taibbi: "Iowa: The Meaningless Sideshow Begins"
Via Matt Taibbi:
The Iowa caucus, let’s face it, marks the beginning of a long, rigidly-controlled, carefully choreographed process that is really designed to do two things: weed out dangerous minority opinions, and award power to the candidate who least offends the public while he goes about his primary job of energetically representing establishment interests.
If that sounds like a glib...
December 2011
31 posts
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In sum: the President can kill whomever he wants... →
soupsoup:
“In sum: the President can kill whomever he wants anywhere in the world (including U.S. citizens) without a shred of check or oversight, and has massively escalated these killings since taking office (at the time of Obama’s inauguration, the U.S. used drone attacks in only one country (Pakistan); under Obama, these attacks have occurred in at least six Muslim countries). Because it’s a...
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I'll be taking meetings all week.
Found a new place to work when I’m in Buffalo, as I am for the week. Sweetness 7 cafe, on Grant Street — the owner bought the 20,000 square foot run down Victorian on a whim. Sadly, they’re only open from 8AM to 3PM. But if you’re ever in Buffalo, come here. It’s wonderful. (Photo via flickr)
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Our recent history is in a Gmail folder. →
tylercoates:
There are times in which I catch myself thinking about my dad, suddenly sad that I can’t call him or send him an email with a stupid picture that I know would make him laugh. There are times when I want to clench my fists and punch the walls, kick the furniture, shout at the top of my lungs because I MISS MY FATHER and I WANT HIM BACK. But I can’t do that, because I feel like...
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“I pay $200 a month to have 1,600 TV channels pumped into my...”
– Rex Sorgatz: LA is the future (kill me now) via @NiemanLab
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Watch“The United States Congress, and to a certain degree the White House, are dominated by big money interests. If you look at who contributes to campaigns, by and large they are very wealthy people. If you look at the lobbying effort that takes place it Washington it is beyond belief. When we look at what happened at Wall Street and the collapse of the Wall Street as a result of deregulation, we can...
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“The fact that there was any debate over whether to call in experts on such a...”
– Joshua Kopstein, Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works This friends, is the most important article you’ll read today. (via towerofsleep)
Where’s the off switch for Congress?
Can women be funny now?
Heard a joke at the office this week. What’s a ghost put in soup?
Scare-ots!
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The National - Exile Vilify (via Rawkblog)
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“The party in Gracie Mansion serves as a microcosm of the larger problem of...”
– - Allison Kilkenny
Mayor Tin Ear Mocks Occupy Wall Street | The Nation
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Rev. Dr. James Cooper of Trinity Church talks...
NOTE: I could not get the video to embed, but click through to watch it. Very good explanation of the current relationship between #OWS and Trinity Church from Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper.
Via Trinity Wall Street - this is worth watching the whole way through.
During December 4 services at Trinity Church, the Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper described the character of Trinity’s ongoing...
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Hmm.
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Occupy Broadway Kicks Off Tonight
If you’re a fan of sing-alongs, costumes, and mic checks, this is the place for you this weekend! Starting tonight at 6PM tonight, a huge number of NY-based performers will be “Occupying Broadway” in the plaza in front of 1633 Broadway, between 50th and 51st Streets. We stopped by tonight, and it looked like a huge turnout already — about 300 people or so watching the...
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I Gave You All - Mumford & Sons
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VIDEO: Occupy Lincoln Center Protest
I put together some quick clips of some of the more interesting moments of the Lincoln Center protest in New York last night. This includes an arrest of a peaceful protester, a speech by Philip Glass, and a rousing mic check from a woman who currently works at Bloomberg LP.
Here’s the text of Glass’ speech:
“When righteousness/ Withers away/ And evil / Rules the Land /We...
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PHOTOS: Occupy Lincoln Center
Occupy Wall Street held a protest at New York’s Lincoln Center the night of December 1, 2011. The plaza of Lincoln Center was closed off to protesters early on. That night, Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha” opera (about the life of Gandhi, no less) was being performed — and as people left from the Met, police tried to get them to leave from side exits, but many...
“Reporters told Capital last night that New York Police Department officers...”
– Reporters Covering Occupy Wall Street Outside Obama Fundraiser Say Police Barred Them (via Capital New York)
November 2011
23 posts
Infographic: Egypt elections explained -... →
Lessig Blog, v2: Dear Candidate for Congress ... →
lessig:
Thanks for your call, which I am sorry I was not able to accept. But after many too many contributions to candidates for Congress, I have adopted an absolute rule:
I will not consider making a contribution to your campaign for Congress unless you commit absolutely and prominently to support…
