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    Facebook Was Shut Off in China Today
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    kylebunch:

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    They could have remained on if they had played by China’s rules and allowed the government to censor their content. But unlike Google and Yahoo and everybody else, Mark Zuckerberg refused to play by their rules and told them to go fuck themselves.

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    Hats off to you, Mark.

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    aemmea:

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    girleffect.org
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    When Nike backs an anti-HIV organization, it gets a very flashy ad campaign. (Which is not to say very informed: the FLIES at :40 seem to rely on the very old stereotype of Biafran big-bellied hunger.)

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    Whatever works, I guess. Fans of Mad Men do not need to explain to me that successful advertising is often not about informing the viewer.

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    cajunboy:

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    via: aemmea
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  5. \x0a SON OF BLOG GRAPH: ‘Blog readers seem to exhibit strong homophily. That is to say, they overwhelmingly choose blogs that are written by people who are roughly in accordance with their political views. Left wingers read left wing blogs, right wingers read right wing blogs, and very few people read both left wing and right wing blogs. Those few people who read both left wing and right wing blogs are considerably more likely to be left wing themselves; interpret this as you like.’\x0a \x0a \x0a
    \x0a SON OF BLOG GRAPH: ‘Blog readers seem to exhibit strong homophily. That is to say, they overwhelmingly choose blogs that are written by people who are roughly in accordance with their political views. Left wingers read left wing blogs, right wingers read right wing blogs, and very few people read both left wing and right wing blogs. Those few people who read both left wing and right wing blogs are considerably more likely to be left wing themselves; interpret this as you like.’\x0a
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    SETH MCFARLANE DESCRIBES HIS GOOGLE PROJECT AS ‘ANIMATED VERSIONS OF THE ONE-FRAME CARTOONS YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE NEW YORKER, ONLY EDGIER.’ I would mock this if the guy hadn’t already reverse-engineered Simpson scripts to a few basic ingredients. Taking clever media and turning it into a commodity is basically what the guy does.

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    Then again, American Dad.

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  7. \x0a FORWARD THINKING AREA MARKED IN YELLOW: Botswana says, ‘In our considered view … the representatives of the current government in Zimbabwe should be excluded from attending SADC (Southern African Development Community) and African Union meetings.’\x0aThis may put some pressure on South Africa.\x0a \x0a \x0a
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    FORWARD THINKING AREA MARKED IN YELLOW: Botswana says, ‘In our considered view … the representatives of the current government in Zimbabwe should be excluded from attending SADC (Southern African Development Community) and African Union meetings.’

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    This may put some pressure on South Africa.

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    \x0a “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”\x0a
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    \x0a COMMENT ON NYT, PERHAPS CHANNELING MY FRIEND WHO JUST MOVED TO PITTSBURGH: ‘There is a fourth kind of New Yorker: the native who leaves. We in exile “know what else is out there” and have chosen it. But we will forever measure all cities against New York.’\x0a
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  10. \x0a MY WIFE’S SWORN ENEMY: Anyone who plays the accordion in public for tips. Also, funeral bagpipers. She has no love for the instruments of my WASP forefathers. And yet I play Louis Prima in the house.\x0a \x0a \x0a
    \x0a MY WIFE’S SWORN ENEMY: Anyone who plays the accordion in public for tips. Also, funeral bagpipers. She has no love for the instruments of my WASP forefathers. And yet I play Louis Prima in the house.\x0a
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