March 2016

Anonymous BrooklynVegan Comments, Rest in Peace

Glad to see BrooklynVegan taking on its cesspool of a comment section. Rolling my eyes at the inevitable naysayers.

Lupita Nyong’o and Trevor Noah, and Their Meaningful Roles

My mom was like: “Jesus didn’t have his dad, either. You have a stepdad.” People always make it seem like there’s one experience that’s the gold standard to aim for. I didn’t grow up that way.

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Internet turdery is alive and well, and @NintendoAmerica just handed it a trophy. twitter.com/alisonrapp/sta…

A detailed entreaty for ending our disastrous war on drugs. harpers.org/archive/2016/0…

Sending my love to Lahore.

No guns allowed at the RNC. I guess evil-doers will be kept at bay by the event’s sheer magnitude of righteousness. change.org/p/quicken-loan…

More food for thought for Democratic primary voters. Are we still licking our wounds from McGovern’s loss in 1972? rollingstone.com/politics/news/…

OMG. Mister Belding. Mister Bell Ding. MISTER BELL DING

Man, the recent Garry Shandling episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is obsessed with mortality. RIP. comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/garry-shandlin…

Free band name: Tubal Libations.

At Monday’s Apple event, Phil Schiller was sad that many people use PCs that are 5+ years old. God forbid something be built to last.

Song for today (and most other days). youtu.be/LUNf36LtCRo

Holy moly, this @lingo_app intro video is a stunner. vimeo.com/156353766

Sending my love to Brussels.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee!

Saw a guy this morning who looked like @simplebits. But it wasn’t him. It was some other guy. So I was like, “This guy can fuck right off.”

I like sneezing because it is a socially acceptable form of yelling.

It turns out that just two charts about red meat preferences can say a lot about America. washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…

The new @danielclowes book is here! Good news, but now one of the shittiest Guns N’ Roses songs is stuck in my head.

“Don’t view source” is the new “Don’t read the comments.” Remember when we thought web standards won?

If you’ve been waiting to get on the @letterboxd train until it had a great iOS app, today is your day. itunes.apple.com/app/id10542710…

On my second viewing of The Witch, I found a lot more to chew on. Really glad I saw it again. ★★★★ (Spoilers ahead.) letterboxd.com/robweychert/fi…

On my second viewing of The Witch, I found a lot more to chew on, thanks in large part to the perspective afforded me by Katy Waldman’s analysis in Slate, especially this bit about the ending:

I can’t overstate just how shocking this moment feels, when you realize that the movie has up until now perpetrated a fundamental deception about its own point of view. All along, [director Robert] Eggers has stood on the Devil’s… See more →

Ding ding ding! I second-guess opening and closing quotes on iOS constantly, especially on my non-Retina iPad Mini. twitter.com/ultrasparky/st…

A Marine major accused of sexual misconduct hopes a reporter will clear his name, and it backfires spectacularly. washingtonpost.com/graphics/local…

“Whatever catharsis I found in [Michael Gira’s] work previously now has an asterisk next to it.” So disappointing. villagevoice.com/music/as-a-wom…

Dreamed I was running a 5K as a surrogate for @DaveMustaine. Scott Adsit worked the registration table, singing “Killing Is My Business.”

My day’s most memorable 7½ minutes were spent in thrall to this gentleman casually feeding a room full of cobras. youtu.be/dB3TDZ64wSQ

I guess that’s one interpretation of what happened. twitter.com/MSNBC/status/7…

NYC’s latest tourist destination dessert is basically the milkshake equivalent of The Homer.

ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED READING. Understand Obama’s foreign policy and use it as a benchmark in your 2016 deliberations. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

“Chrome extensions aren’t even preaching to the choir. They’re preaching to the preacher.” wired.com/2016/03/politi…

Google search data suggests that DIY abortion rates are higher in states with more restrictive abortion laws. nytimes.com/2016/03/06/opi…

Once every two weeks or so, I wonder if it’s safe to eat at Chipotle again. Might be time to hang it up. twitter.com/washingtonpost…

Just saw a fascinating presentation from @Adrian_Benepe, former NYC Parks Commissioner now leading The Trust for Public Land (@tpl_org).

This billionaire philanthropist bankrolls his patriotic donations partly by perpetuating an egregious tax loophole. propublica.org/article/how-da…

As the counterpart to the devastating documentary The Act of Killing, which showcased death squad leaders gleefully dramatizing their unpunished roles in Indonesia’s 1960s genocide, The Look of Silence is less pronounced but more affecting. Focusing this time on the family of one of the estimated one million victims, it follows optometrist Adi Rukun as he calmly confronts his brother’s murderers, who are readily accessible and forthcoming with gory details. While the previous film tangled… See more →

Some of the best and most heartbreaking reporting I’ve seen on the crisis in Flint. washingtonpost.com/graphics/natio…

Hundreds of rock shows have surely wreaked havoc on my ears over the years, but maybe not so much as the screeching wheels of the C train.

It’s 5:33am and I’m reading Wikipedia’s synopsis of House of Cards’ Season 3 and how does one go about getting a sleeping pill prescription?

Fun fact: The first time I heard Master of Puppets, I didn’t know my Walkman’s batteries were dying. At ≈60% speed, it’s still potent.

Master of Puppets is thirty years old today. I feel it is appropriate to celebrate by listening to Master of Puppets.

On the @YouTube iPad app, If you want to add a video to Watch Later, you have to watch its pre-roll ad first. That sucks. @TeamYouTube

Both tags are stupid, but as a designer, I’d rather be described as a “ninja” than a “rockstar.” More about efficiency than flamboyance.

Regarding TRAP laws, how is there even debate about the need for legislators to provide evidence for the efficacy of their proposals?

Today’s major abortion case hinges on 1992’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Here’s a primer on that. propublica.org/article/the-mo…

Today, SCOTUS hears Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, possibly the most momentous abortion case in a generation. nytimes.com/2016/03/03/us/…

Glad to see @brooklynvegan taking on its cesspool of a comment section. Rolling my eyes at the inevitable naysayers. brooklynvegan.com/anonymous-broo…