'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Most of the newspapers around here have dropped in quality
T-P's has continued doing great work- it was lauded (and awarded, I believe) for its post-Katrina coverage and just wrapped up an amazing in-depth series about the prison system in Louisiana. It's respected (and read) by the community.
cereal: a link from the Atlantic about the situation. [link]
Nora, that's appalling.
That's really heartbreaking, Nora. I understand the reasons for the decline of newspapers, but a major city without a daily paper just seems wrong. Especially if a large percentage of that city isn't going to have access to web news.
That is awful, Nora.
So, if you're wondering if that tumblr would stress you out, go read yoisthisracist again instead. At least that has rebuttals to the idiocy.
I wish I had done that. I am now a ball of rage.
I was so sad about the Times-Picayune. The staffers were my heroes during and after Katrina.
Brett Anderson, a James Beard award winner food writer, has been laid off.
Ooh, I'm pretty sure he was my nemesis (in my head) a million years ago when he wrote for the Washington City Paper. I was so weirdly obsessed with that paper.
Jesus. I was sure the poster was pulling the number from their ass (because it seemed *so* unsustainable), but for this year, it's true: soldier suicides are one per day in 2012. It is an uptick, but the original numbers were still larger than I was wrapping my head around. I mean, that's active duty.
No, I have no idea why today is depressing day. I really need a distraction.
Oh Nora, I was so angry too when I heard about the T-P. It's a good paper, it's a terrible thing they are doing, gutting it.
And ita, that site (the privilege one) is all about not getting it. And feeding its own monster.
I distracted myself with a black goth site and poking around OK Cupid again.
I'm trying to work out if we're really all that weird, and some people are just more honest than others, or what. But I read stuff like this:
i'm sorry to be "shallow" like i see so many women say on their profiles, but if you have thick-cut bangs, you should definitely message me. that's worth a dinner, at least. i wish i were kidding here even a little bit, but it's true.
And I don't even know. Maybe it's just that I don't care to try and explain my idiosyncrasies in print. But these guys are all "Fuck it. It's a big world. If I'm specific, I might find exactly what I'm looking for."