May 2013
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When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed...
– | Stevie Nicks (via laesquinalatina)
(via resplendent-quatopygia)
Can’t seem to verify whether this is actually a quote by Stevie Nicks, but it’s good no matter who wrote it.
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And when you can get that monologue to come out of Benedict Cumberbatch’s...
– So says Damon Lindelof. ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Spoiler Special: Burning Questions Answered | MTV.com
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What's the deal with @Seinfeld2000? An exclusive...
muckrack:
Last December, @SeinfeldToday started tweeting out addictingly relatable mini-“Seinfeld” plots revolving around modern day annoyances. Co-run by BuzzFeed’s Jack Moore, the account picked up more than 75,000 followers its first day, and after about a week it was in the hundreds of thousands. Stories about it popped up everywhere; it was the parody account of the moment.
An army of...
I’ll tell you something, I think the Internet sucks.
– My aunt, bless her heart.
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I have this problem where I like my mirror face more than my real-life face.
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The great challenge of life is to know yourself.
– Gretchen Rubin, in conversation with Kate Bolick and Jen Doll — a lady journo power trio — at today’s New York Ideas, presented by Atlantic Live.
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One step at a time, and that’s one huge motherfuckin’ staircase.
– “Disgraced designer” John Galliano’s publicist (Source: The Met Gala Liveblog: The Dresses, the Reviews, and More - That’s a Spicy Met Ball! - Racked National)
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Without deadlines I am nothing.
*munches on a handful of buttered deadlines*
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I didn’t even realize how big the brand journalism thing had gotten until I got...
– But how do you make independent journalism when your boss is a brand, not a media company? I had some #realtalk with Jess Bennett about the demise of Tumblr Storyboard. (via annfriedman)
April 2013
68 posts
SWISS FRANC TRADER: can u put 6m swiss libor in low pls?…
PRIMARY SUBMITTER:...
– sometimes Matt Taibbi’s over-the-top outrage is actually merited and the LIBOR fixing scandal is one of those times
(this is not his hyperbole though, this is pulled from chat transcripts in court documents)
Just… fuck.
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laughterkey:
<3<3<3
This is rad.
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I have to wonder if Sandberg does not realize that she is going to die someday....
– Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life - The Washington Post
Yeah.
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I mean look at the pictures of them. The older one is a douchebag and the...
– Are the Boston Bombers Just Douchebags? (via ryanhatesthis)
Basically!
Marie Curie never had [a] miraculous moment of insight, when she knew that she...
– How to Find Fulfilling Work | Brain Pickings
Specialization may be all well very well if you happen to have skills...
– How to Find Fulfilling Work | Brain Pickings
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Shortlist: The Twitter Index →
We have fun.
If you were a giant would you use The Shard to shank your mortal enemy, Gordon Ramsay? #AskBoris
— Meredith Modzelewski (@meredithmo)
April 26, 2013
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: If Jill Abramson were a man... →
annfriedman:
She’s a source of widespread frustration and anxiety who is demoralizing, uncaring, morale-draining, and very unpopular. He demands excellence and relevance.
She is difficult to work with, unreasonable, impossible, stubborn. He has a strong vision and insists on seeing it carried out.
She is AWOL and disengaged. He attended Sundance and SXSW.
My. Thoughts. Exactly.
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That Tamerlan Tsarnaev sounded like a real asshole, huh?
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G R I M E S: I don't want to have to compromise my... →
actuallygrimes:
i dont want my words to be taken out of context
i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized
i dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object that exists for their personal satisfaction
i dont want to live in a world where…
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Wheaties is Making Me Run a Tough Mudder: So Now... →
eatwheatiesandmudder:
Hey Guys,
My name is Josh Gondelman, and I am not an athlete. I am a writer/comedian/bald guy who lives in New York City. Yet for some reason, Wheaties (the cereal) sent me an e-mail offering to pay me money to train for, write about, and compete in a Tough Mudder event next month. A Tough…
Josh Gondelman is doing a really cool (kind of crazy) thing to raise...
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Lawr enfawcemint
– Several Boston officials tonight. <3 <3
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So fucking funny.
This may explain why Latin Americans, who live in a part of the world fraught...
– Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition - Emily Esfahani Smith - The Atlantic
i get this
(via lolololori)
I am getting this, hard.
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Fides: I've met the Boston Bombers →
alyssalindley:
By Alyssa Lindley Kilzer
I started getting facials from Zubeidat Tsarnaeva (pronounced Zu-bey-da) six years ago when I was 17 at a spa in Belmont, MA. She was soon after fired and contacted my mom to have us start coming to her house, at 410 Norfolk St., right on the line of Cambridge and…
Fascinating account. Originally shared via Twitter by @SemiEmily, who says that the...
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