May 2010
The @WSJNY NYU film story was better when @villagevoice did it
April 2010
Following the lead of @APStylebook, @WSJ will change Web site to website effective May 1.
RT @nytimesmetro: After Mob, Joe DeFede, Ex-Crime Boss, Is Scraping By http://nyti.ms/bBkhtd
RT @rkref: RT @SamSeder: If this country were still free we’d all have the opportunity to dump millions of gallons of oil in the sea #tcot
RT @LauraComer: RT @climatebrad: VIDEO: BP VP testified offshore drilling “safe and protective of the environment” http://bit.ly/9twQpt …
Early start to the day means I can make an early exit. Time to leave for Long Island to see Against Me! in Farmingdale.
RT @RodrigoBNO: Man found guilty of unauthorized access of computer & obstruction of justice in Palin e-mail hacking case
RT @moorehn: ???!! RT @ReutersGreenBiz: Breaking: Another drilling rig has overturned in inland waters near Morgan City, Louisiana, Coas …
RT @BreakingNews: U.S. defense secretary tells Congress to keep ban on gay service members for now http://bit.ly/c0uwHm
RT @BreakingNews: White House agrees to reimburse Louisiana for National Guard deployment to fight oil spill, NBC’s Chuck Todd reports
RT @bbcnews: A businessman who set up a Josef Stalin museum is beaten to death by attackers in southern Russia. http://bit.ly/9pCq27
RT @ProPublica: Did Former Bank Execs Lie to Congress? http://bit.ly/ddK4iZ
The Guardian endorses the Lib-Dems in #UKelection. http://3.ly/ZN0E
#FF for #NYC investigations: @DOINews (h/t @azipaybarah, himself deserving of the same honor)
RT @moorehn: Awesome. RT @LizMoyer Paulson wasn’t just short the mortgage market in 2007. He was short Goldman and other banks. http://b …
“When I went to prison, it was the first time in my life that I stood out as a...”
– A Jew in Prison
Ciudad Juarez: Why the Press Declared a Cartel Win... →
“The video is haunting: Three Afghan men are dancing in joy, whirling, clapping,...”
– Caught On Video: Moments Before Afghan Massacre, A Family Celebrates
“A man dressed like a subway worker found walking the tracks with road flares and...”
– NYPD Rule out Terrorism in Arrest of Man Found in NYC Subway with Sodium Cyanide - Metropolis - WSJ
An hour late, Obama comes to the Rose Garden to talk about #GDP and provide an update on the #oilspill.
RT @jayrosen_nyu: “She was after justice, not just the facts.” Did that affirm or disqualify her as a journalist? http://jr.ly/3hmj via …
RT @brianbeutler: What do we want? OIL! When do we want it? NOW! What if it spills? HIPPIE!
RT @TimFernholz: Obama’s 20-somethings? HIlarious. http://nyti.ms/czA1kM The map? OH THE MAP http://nyti.ms/bKso79
#cleantech getting a big boost from Obama right now at the Rose Garden. CEOs of Itron Inc. and A123 Systems are on hand for the remarks. #p2
RT @3ba: RT @lkmi: God, I miss copy editors…
RT @kegill: RT @PRNewswire: Hawaii’s two largest newspapers, the Honolulu Advertiser & the Star Bulletin set to merge http://ht.ly/1Feju
In Bryant Park eating lunch while reading today’s @WSJ
RT @agolis: RT @russ_walker Holy crap! Arizona just gets crazier and crazier http://bit.ly/cNbkuY // does not compute.
RT @BreakingNews: U.S. prosecutors file terror charges against two New York men for allegedly offering help to al-Qaida - WNBC/NBC News …
RT @ProPublica: Geithner Talks Tough About Banks’ Loan Mod Efforts, But More Bark Than Bite #treasury http://bit.ly/9436i3
RT @trobertson: Newsday: @HofstraPride suspends #Welsh w/o pay pending investigation. Welsh reportedly was asleep at the wheel at a gree …
Can Sportswriters Be Replaced by Software? →
newsweek:
Today in hedlines to which Bloomberg fervently hopes the answer is “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
“When we talk about the importance of cold heads in journalism it might look like...”
– What it means to be a real journalist | Inside Story
I'M GETTING A DC LIBRARY CARD TOMORROW.
tsunamis:
My slow movements back into the world of the literate! Important things for students who are poor! They stock Lovecraft and Victor Lavalle at the Chevy Chase Library! OMGZ! And of course, the obligatory, what should I read?!
PUBLIC LIBRARY reblog. When I lived down there, I used the Shaw branch that is still a double-wide trailer. Thank you, DCPL, for having the entire series of...
“Each newspaper in Kenya is typically read by 14 people, and those who can’t...”
– From Utne.com: Kenyan Newsprint: A love affair (via utnereader)
BP Had Other Problems in Years Leading to Gulf... →
Mike Bloomberg Wants to Make Sure No One Ever... →
By Wayne Barrett, @villagevoice
RT @TimFernholz: EXCLUSIVE: A #FinReg interview with Sen. Kaufman. http://bit.ly/bBp94Q
RT @TimFernholz: EXCLUSIVE: A #FinReg interview wtih Sen. Mark Warner. http://bit.ly/a5oXRE
RT @nytimes: NYT NEWS ALERT: U.S. Economy Grew at a 3.2% Annual Rate in First Quarter #GDP #economy #indicators
RT @wonkroom: @WhiteHouse Adviser Tells @ABCNews: No New Offshore Drilling Until Complete Review of Spill
RT @anticorruption: Wow. The Economist today: The corruption eruption: Saying “no” to corruption makes commercial as well as ethical sen …
RT @sarahelabance: Oil Spill Seeps Into #Climate Bill Politics (by @kate_sheppard) http://bit.ly/a1TqPA
RT @BloombergNow: Offshore #Wind Boom Gathers Pace as Utilities Seek 18% Margins http://bit.ly/cqKq5r #cleantech
RT @bbcpolitics: The Conservatives unveil a “contract” containing 16 promises about policies they would introduce http://bit.ly/cWsmtm
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RT @nytimespolitics: Obama Criticizes Liberal Supreme Courts of ’60s and ’70s http://nyti.ms/c96Pd3 #SCOTUS