March 2011
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They’re fucking gross, man. Look, I love beautiful girls too. I think everyone...
– Amy Poehler on American Apparel (via coketalk)
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I was thoroughly depressed, and angry, after reading the amazing “Kill Team”...
– Monday Mailbag: Financial Reform? How About Criminal Prosecutions? Plus: Bonus Ozzy Osbourne | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy (via ronmarks)
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You cannot have a revolution if you’re not willing to sacrifice everything.
– Kateoplis (via jhnbrssndn) Re: this. (via kateoplis)
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Climate Adaptation: Why I Won't Be Turning Off Any... →
climateadaptation:
Ben Jervey, an important mentor to me, succinctly argues against the Earth Hour cause. He argues that turning off your lights for an hour once per year is a frivilous, too-little/too-late act that has no consequences at all.
He argues that Earth Hour:
Doesn’t save energy because power…
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The Birth of 'The New Journalism'; Eyewitness... →
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by Tom Wolfe
The original 1972 masterpiece. (Part II unavailable online. Another great Wolfe article from 2008 describes the ‘New Yorker Affair’ and the early days of NY Magazine).
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Tumblr's Greatest Features, Articles and Essays of... →
tetw:
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch to recommend their favourite pieces of journalism and narrative non-fiction.
Heading the field is, of course, the great David Foster Wallace, with Hunter S. Thompson and Gay Talese tying for second.
For a full list of the nominations, enough classic material to keep you reading for weeks, CLICK HERE.
This list is by no means final. To get...