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And speaking of poetry…

HT Kim Nowacki

This.

tenyards:

What

this is jordyan and i trying to wear a sweater at the same time #iwannagotothebeach

The practice of “matching” a story is an outdated one that still continues despite the fact we’re all now working with a medium that no longer requires it. If someone already reported the story, you’ve verified their story is correct, and you have nothing to move that story forward, write a brief and link to who did the legwork already. By all means, let your readers know about the story, lead them to it. Be a beacon for all news, not just your own. Then, move on and produce something of more value. Newsrooms are low on resources, apply those resources efficiently. Your 500 word re-write of the same article your “competitor,” as you call them, is un-necessary and a total waste of time.

so legit #viligr

I believe strongly in high and low brow, serious and funny–marrying them–not only reach more people but to have a greater impact. I think people who use GIFs most successfully are using them that way. But really when you ask, What is a GIF?, it’s essentially a punch line.

I talked to Publishing Perspectives about GIFs and the art of self-promotion. (via annfriedman)

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I’m sorry I couldn’t resist.

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nerding out over #AndyGoldsworthy #art #sculpture (at Storm King Art Center)

Puffing on a cigarette, with an AK-47 rifle slung casually on his shoulders, this seven-year-old Syrian boy’s childhood appears well and truly over.

johneveretttrowbridge:

A fully edited one is on the way but until then please enjoy it in 7 parts.

Part 1: https://vine.co/v/bDPiEi7alDz

Part 2: https://vine.co/v/bDPvFHgH3qx

Part 3: https://vine.co/v/bDPHhAjvbb0

Part 4: https://vine.co/v/bDP0vbIregh

Part 5: https://vine.co/v/bDxBLYEgLnI

Part 6: https://vine.co/v/bDxKQiAetav

After Credits Twist Ending: https://vine.co/v/bDxhVlHTAEb

this is a remarkable piece of artistry

newyorker:

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I saw and heard something remarkable just a few hours ago, something I’m not likely to forget until all the mechanisms of remembering are shot and I’m tucked away for good. Philip Roth celebrated his eightieth birthday in the Billy Johnson Auditorium of the Newark Museum last night with the most astonishing literary performance I’ve ever witnessed….

David Remnick on the Roth-endorsed, Roth-attended 80th birthday celebration of Philip Roth: http://nyr.kr/160afX8

if youve never read american pastoral idk what youre doing with yourself 

fek:

Fuck Time Warner. But also, well played, Direct TV Social Media Guy. Good hustle.

#slowclap

SXSW is the 21st-century equivalent of a medieval market town, just with more horseshit. It’s an orgy of capitalism, an unrestrained, unselfconscious celebration of sales, marketing, branding, and “gamification.” Even the dumbest of memes have been recruited in the service of sales. Grumpy Cat is here, and she wants you to buy Friskies. For a gathering so driven by the pursuit of money, the question of who has it—and who doesn’t—goes almost completely unmentioned. There are talks about social and civil rights issues—feminism, race, female genital cutting—but words like “inequality” literally aren’t on the schedule. (A search for “taxes” returns a session that mentions how awesome it would be to have a robot who could do them.) Maybe that’s because everyone knows that almost everyone here coughed up several hundreds of dollars for a conference pass, and hundreds more for lodging. Conversations about inequality are awkward. Conversations about futurism, tech triumphalism, entrepreneurship, and the “intersections” thereof reign supreme. There’s almost no talk of religion, electoral politics, or labor unions—anything that smacks of old-school collective action. This is a place of unfettered technological optimism, where coders and entrepreneurs can solve any societal problem. SXSW has a politics, but it’s one that mirrors the technolibertarianism of the Reddit generation: civil liberties (read: free speech, Larry Lessig, and Aaron Swartz), entrepreneurship, and individualism.

Maybe it’s unfair to expect a conference that’s essentially a glorified trade show to concern itself with a broader sort of politics. But SXSW is a big deal: Hundreds of media outlets cover it, and its overall tone sends a message to attendees and the broader culture.

Nick Bauman, South Buy Southwest: At America’s Biggest Tech Conference, It’s All About the Sell

The hucksters have taken over. SxSW has jumped the shark: the shark has a giant Coca-Cola logo on it, and Jump The Sharktm is an app where you can superimpose your friends’ faces on Fonzie jumping the shark.

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#Preach

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