Amen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/12/anthony-bourdain-war-fast-food … And since then it’s all been about the little girl. Because I am acutely aware of the fact that she’s a blank page, her brain a soft surface waiting for the irreversible impressions of every raised voice, every gaffe and unguarded moment. I’m not against hamburgers. But I believe that a burger [...]
Justices: Gitmo detainees can challenge detention in U.S. courts – CNN.com This is what we call an unalloyed piece of good, if LONG !@#$ OVERDUE, news. The Supreme Court has affirmed that those pesky rights and protections in the Constitution that some of us still think might be sorta, maybe, kinda important to apply equally [...]
Favrd. Trickle-down egonomics for the twitter attention sp… Neat service pulling intriguing Tweets by how many times they’ve been marked as someone’s favorite — something like Flickr’s “interestingness” algorithm. I went to check out the page (at the above link) and noted this little gem, from Twitter user hotdogsladiesкомпютри: Clinton fans tell us they’ll protest [...]
Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes The frequently-sagacious Rands on why he likes Twitter — struck a chord with me. [...] Twitter is a social network, yes, but it’s a social network without the superpoke scrabtaculous zombie noise and, for that, I’m thankful, because I’ve got work to do. Yes, I could spend days [...]
Via the inimitable Warren Ellis, of course.