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Mayor Bloomberg kicked off the official start of... →

nycgov: Mayor Bloomberg kicked off the official start of the summer season in Coney Island by announcing the opening of the beach this Saturday. The Mayor also announced two new thrill rides at the Scream Zone in Luna Park. And by what means did Mayor Mike arrive, one wonders!

May 24th

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Marginally mediocre.: I hate the youth of America →

thesummerking: michaelrobbinspoet: Many of those who follow my tumblr are young, apparently self-absorbed people who spend their time posting pictures of cute animals & fashion models & reblogging nauseating self-help platitudes about how special & creative & unique they are. The irony would be funny if… poets are generally assholes

May 23rd

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Matt: maybe you can just tell me everything i need to know from the awl today. 140 characters or less pls.
Choire: okay so... balk was grumpy about a thing... and then i made fun of someone for no reason.
Matt: NO!
Choire: then: sluts.
Matt: GO ON.
Choire: dave bry found a new rap video!
Matt: aaaaaaaaand BEARS!
Choire: Yeah. Oh and also, A Study Was Mocked.
Matt: did anything get bombed into space though?
Choire: hmm no. just the server.

May 22nd

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This is a story about a former New York Yankee. →

youtastelikenachos: Yesterday evening Tara and I were riding the G train home from the park and a visibly intoxicated man got onto the car and asked us if we were “Irish or Scottish.” at first I thought he was asking about our heritage, but after looking at the bottle he was holding and the way he was sloshing around… Oh my God, oh my God.

May 21st

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Local Clean Person Sells Book →

muchlessmuchmore: justsayjolie: I was literally folding laundry (#LAUNDRYSCHOOL) when this went up. <3 it like bleachie!!! When does the book tour come through the Brookline Booksmith? I’m already waiting in line.

May 17th

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"Never underestimate the self-absorption of a... →

May 9th

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May 8th

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May 8th

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noahedavis: Twitter. Share. Buzz. Obama. Double penetration. Skrillex.

May 7th

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I guess some of us should just accept that, for... →

May 7th

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One of the oddities of web publishing is that some things are extremely easy and some things are not. Some obvious things are obviously not easy, such as video. (About three weeks ago, we shot a video that will be about 30 seconds long; the shoot was three people working for about four hours, and it is still in edits.) But one thing that is not obviously not easy is often poetry. Poets type in...

May 3rd

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"Ideally, we would like to hire a full-time recent...

bthny: X( * ===\ (That’s some ASCII that John came up with to depict a gun, a bullet, and a dead person.)

May 2nd

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Rookie: Skipping School →

danielleh: “These are the same people that will eventually plague your life with questions like, “When are you going to get married?” or “Don’t you want to have a baby?” What they’re really asking is, “So where exactly do you fit into this framework of social acceptance that I have bought into?” They are… CO-SIGN.

Apr 25th

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Apr 25th

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Gingrich unofficially concedes GOP race, calls on... →

approvethismess: Newt Gingrich will now have more time to go on cruises and shop at Tiffany’s. OUR FAIRLY SHORT AND NOT VERY SCARY NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!

Apr 25th

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“If a child is struck and killed by a car in 2012, it is treated as a private...”

– A fascinating history of pedestrian deaths, and how they were effectively decriminalized by the auto industry The Invention of Jaywalking - Commute - The Atlantic Cities (via felixsalmon)

Apr 24th

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evanfleischer: Jan Brewer Legalizes Time Travel... →

evanfleischer: For someone who once claimed that immigrants were decapitating U.S. citizens, the idea of topping yourself must be a daunting one, but the Governor of Arizona has done just that. By signing into a law a bill that says life begins two weeks before conception, Jan Brewer has effectively…

Apr 20th

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