Bookmarks for September 17th from 00:15 to 07:12
by danhon
This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for September 17th from 00:15 to 07:12:
- New Statesman | Tropes vs Anita Sarkeesian: on passing off anti-feminist nonsense as critique – Drew: Tropes vs Anita Sarkeesian: on passing off anti-feminist nonsense as critique http://t.co/JvOIHyZi1n
- The Bézier Game – The Bézier Game: a game to help you master the pen tool:
Would have loved this a couple of years ago. /via @Yarcom
- Future Ennui – Atlantic Mobile – Great read on our expectations for new technology and how some of the magic is being replaced by a sense of burden.
- Untitled (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/opinion/israels-nsa-scandal.html?referrer=&_r=2) – NSA fed Israel dragnet surveillance data on Palestinians used to blackmail them into becoming collaborators, – sick.
- Helen Lewis on Twitter: “Ladies and gentleman of Gamer Gate, let me present… your hero, the self-styled saviour of games journalism. http://t.co/8aOWrGRB5F” – Ladies and gentleman of Gamer Gate, let me present… your hero, the self-styled saviour of games journalism.
- Will Portland Always Be a Retirement Community for the Young? – It’s the Economy
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Like many residents of Northwest Portland, Matthew Hale doesn’t own a car. Instead, he prefers to walk or ride the bus to… - Future Ennui – It’s been seven years since the first launch of the iPhone. Before that, smartphones were a curiosity, mostly an affectation of would-be executives—Blackberry…
- Faris on Twitter: “Free U2 tape w. Walkman.
Plus ca change.
HT @jonkennedy http://t.co/2PVpYXzHLf”
– Free U2 tape w. Walkman.Plus ca change.
HT @jonkennedy
- Not for Teacher – The fight documented in Dana Goldstein’s The Teacher Wars may be a lost cause The tag line to Dana Goldstein’s new book The Teacher Wars is “A history of…
- You Can’t Feed a Family With G.D.P. – Neil Irwin
@Neil_Irwin
The most important thing to know about the state of the United States economy was revealed in a report Tuesday morning that Wall Street… - For those of you who loved [Blindsight], what did you think of [Echopraxia]? [spoilers] • /r/SF_Book_Club – ~7 users here now
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Please use… - Anger Over Songs Of Innocence – I’m with Waffle and Dan Wineman on this, and I think Peter Cohen really missed a lot of nuance.
Being angry about an album you were given for free does sound… - Populism vs. Apple – Lots of words could be written about how various Apple competitors try to rouse populist sentiment against Apple for their own benefit. Instead, let’s let…