December 2011
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A smugly enamored couple sit in a restaurant, their hands clasped as they fret...
– ‘Stumptown Girl’, in The New Yorker (Portlandia: “Of the hipsters, by the hipsters, for the hipsters”)
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Röthig goes on to describe what appeared to be a scrupulous and complicated...
– “It’s The Economy, Dummkopf!” by Michael Lewis in Vanity Fair
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It is frustrating to provide food aid to a corrupt, inefficient, militarily...
– “North Korea’s Hunger”, The New Yorker
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Musan’s proximity to the Chinese border made it easier for her family to obtain...
– From this brilliant, heartbreaking 2010 New Yorker article on life in North Korea
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You know, one of the things that really hurt Apple was after I left John Sculley...
– Steve Jobs: The parable of the stones - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech (via ninakix)
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Under the rule of Julia Gillard (from the Left), the Left has felt left out, a...
– Once again, Annabel Crabb makes Australian politics not only interesting but also funny: “Today’s ALP: left and right make for queer bedfellows”
Those of you who are familiar with Australian politics will understand what an extraordinary feat this is.