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Links: March 2017
Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking
While assessing the significance of Flynn’s and Sessions’s meetings with Kislyak, an ambassador, consider this:
The label ‘intelligence official’ is not always cleanly applied in Russia, where ex-spies, oligarchs and government officials often report back to the intelligence services and elsewhere in the Kremlin.
What Is Race?
A good crash course on race from Whit Taylor.
Pissed Jeans: Why Love Now
I’ll probably have this… See more →
A crash course on the history of Emoji, the Unicode Consortium, and how Emoji expansion could be democratized. thenib.com/who-makes-emoji
Sad we lost original Boston drummer Sib Hashian, but glad he went out doing his thing. RIP. pitchfork.com/news/72441-ex-…
Working late, starting to fade, when this sonic coke bump appears out of nowhere to deliver the necessary jitters. staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-of-t…
Reminder: Planned Parenthood is mostly preventative care. Defunding will likely result in more abortions, not fewer. thenib.com/march-for-life
Hi. I share this song because I like it. It has no relevance to the current federal healthcare and budget proposals. youtu.be/sgpa7wEAz7I
please stop the ride i want to get off twitter.com/nytimes/status…
I cannot stop laughing at this. twitter.com/lrgmnn/status/…
I liked the right better when they were Luddites. theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
You had me at “miniature retro papercraft synthesizers.” thisiscolossal.com/2017/03/miniat…
For two truly fascinating seconds, this headline led me to believe a Swiss thrash metal band had unique insight into George Michael’s death. twitter.com/TheAVClub/stat…
A nice roundup of policy proposals to help the increasing share of the workforce being displaced by automation. nytimes.com/2017/03/07/ups…
None of the 10 fatal attacks by Islamist extremists in the US since 2001 would have been prevented by Trump’s ban. washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…
I’ll probably have this on repeat for most of the weekend. pissedjeans.bandcamp.com/album/why-love…
A good crash course on race from @WhitTaylorComix. thenib.com/what-is-race
Links: February 2017
Blown Away
If you’re suffering from an excess of self-respect, the Corey Haim/Feldman erotic thriller is now available on Hulu.
King Crimson: Starless
RIP John Wetton. Colon cancer. Here’s my favorite King Crimson song, which he co-wrote, sang, and played bass on.
What Can Ivanka Trump Possibly Do for Women Who Work?
Before the election, her main interest in women was getting them to buy her clothing, her handbags, and her shoes. Who can forget… See more →
Big week for our Cabinet Cards project: it received an @SND Award of Excellence, and @JessicaHuseman and I discussed it on the @RWD podcast. twitter.com/RWD/status/836…
“We’re trying to work freely without a client’s desire. […] We don’t give assignments, we give prompts.” 🙄 eyeondesign.aiga.org/why-fearful-co…
“Gaming didn’t impact the election, but electing to secede from reality is political, too.” vulture.com/2017/02/video-…
Behind the scenes of a photo series on Philly’s share of the opioid epidemic. I am so awed by this kind of work. youtu.be/xq2SwiBylow
“Because of the stigma, a lot of them were afraid to go to the ER, so they just bled out.” youtu.be/vlAR8IsvCfM
RIP design hero Dick Bruna, best known for his Miffy books for kids, though I’m partial to his early book covers. nytimes.com/2017/02/20/boo…
Listening to Lungfish today for the first time in ages and feeling really good about it. lungfish.bandcamp.com/album/the-unan…
This social media bingo card from @gemmacorrell’s Feminist Activity Book kinda nails it. thenib.com/social-media-b…
After all Milo’s unpunished antics, I didn’t think the pedophilia comment would make waves. What if Trump said it? mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/us/…
No big company is without issues, but giving your money to Uber has been indefensible for years. The latest chapter: susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19…
4chan is worth trying to understand, and this essay, though muddy in places, is as good an analysis as I’ve seen. medium.com/@DaleBeran/4ch…
This survey has 25 questions, but one would have sufficed. action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstream-med…
The Trump administration is keeping me busy this week. propublica.org/article/the-ch…
Congrats if you managed to snag Mike Flynn’s rookie card in the brief time it was available. propublica.org/article/the-ch…
“[A]bout 70 members of the Rock Sorting Committee met to discuss […] whether ‘Don’t Hurt Yourself’ is a rock song.” nytimes.com/2017/02/06/art…
Someone please confiscate my wallet. typography.com/fonts/ringside…
“Rather than working to close the digital divide, this action widens the gap.” nytimes.com/2017/02/05/tec…
“We have the equivalent of a dynamic neural network running our government.” bloomberg.com/view/articles/…
RIP John Wetton. Colon cancer. Here’s my favorite King Crimson song, which he co-wrote, sang, and played bass on. youtu.be/OfR6_V91fG8
If you’re suffering from an excess of self-respect, the Corey Haim/Feldman erotic thriller is now available on Hulu. hulu.com/w/A66S
Links: January 2017
Rob Weychert’s Year in Review
My personal movie-watching stats for 2016, provided by the always delightful Letterboxd.
Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be
But do radio stations rely at all on the institutional knowledge of their DJs to decide what to play?
Nope. The role of the song-picking DJ is dead. “I know there are some stations and some companies where if you change a song it’s a fireable offense,” Wellman said,… See more →
“Congress can protect the American system from an overbearing president. But will it?” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
An excellent explainer on refugee screening. Fun fact: In 2015, only .4% of the world’s 20m refugees were resettled. embracerefugees.org/resettlement/
More detailed info on our existing refugee vetting process (via @sikthought). obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/11/2…
In all the opposition to Trump’s Islamophobia, I see little mention of how intensive our refugee vetting already is. thenib.com/why-the-refuge…
I just revisited this @shauninman post, which gets at part of it: “There’s an unmuddied economy of expression…” shauninman.com/archive/2010/0…
Trying to get my head around why this kind of work is so appealing to me. I want to believe it’s more than just nostalgia. twitter.com/Sir_carma/stat…
“Still, Mr. Trump, who does not read books, is able to end his evenings with plenty of television.” nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/…
“Part of my discomfort here is the realization that a tactical approach to life may require privilege.” kottke.org/17/01/why-trum…
An outstanding @TheeNerdwriter deconstruction of an outstanding Louis C.K. bit. youtu.be/ufdvYrTeTuU
Women, am I right? They love going to the mall. twitter.com/OhMyGOFF/statu…
“[T]argeting waste like @NEAarts and @NEHgov would be a good first step…” 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻 thehill.com/policy/finance…
If Trump fails, America fails. If he succeeds, a lifetime of terrible behavior is vindicated. Lose/lose. politi.co/2iSv854
How the community Betsy DeVos comes from has shaped her troubling positions on education policy. motherjones.com/politics/2017/…