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Does The Handmaid's Tale hold up? http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/20/7424951/does-the-handmaids-tale-hold-up-dystopia-feminism-fiction Such a great novel.
Share this post@rdouglasjohnson One obvious tweak: don't try to put right what once went wrong. Leap in randomly and just try to do anywhere near as well.
@rdouglasjohnson Agree. I think those perspectives are important, but Sam himself is problematic. A modern version could handle differently.
The rise of the teenage "vamper" (or one more reason why parents shouldn't overschedule their kids' time): http://theconversation.com/awake-online-and-sleep-deprived-the-rise-of-the-teenage-vamper-34853
I'd like to see a grittier, contemporary Quantum Leap reboot. I'm serious. A show all about seeing the world through someone else's eyes.
Prepping my sister to fly to Oxford tomorrow. Maybe I can fly back with her ..?
@ZibbyZ As long as that H is a back of your throat kh as in chutzpah, yep :)
@supernowoczesna "Van Go!" would be a great name for a feelgood retro rock band now that I think about it
PSA: Gouda is not pronounced "good-a". "Ch" as in " chutzpah", and then "ouda" as in the Bostonian "chowder". You're welcome.
@Lin_Dolin We do. But there's so much out there that we don't have access to! There's no reason to trust domestic media over any other.
@Lin_Dolin Serendipitous design is important. But also: would that be any worse than the current situation?
Imagine a personal newscast with stories drawn from all over the world, and contrasting coverage of the same story from different nations.
It's not patriotic to care more about domestic news. It's not being informed. It's just dumb. And hey, the Internet exists. Let's use it.
I want to know about the world as well as domestic news. I don't just care about the US (or the UK), and neither should anyone.
It's like access to international TV news is restricted. Or it's just that the rights haven't been negotiated. But there is a market.
I will pay to watch nightly news stories from around the world, in addition to PBS. Legally. Can I? If not, why not?
@supernowoczesna @babywasu @nanayasleeps @zip @iphisol Not sure off the top of my head but will keep my ear to the ground!
In case you missed it, being a human on the Internet: https://medium.com/building-an-open-startup/being-a-human-on-the-internet-3ffd3f894c20
Medium doesn't have a publish API, so we can't produce a plugin that syndicates there. We may pull Medium content in through a backfeed, though. (I just manually syndicate there by copying and pasting.)
Enabling the "public comments" plugin activates the comment form that I use. As usual, everything on my site is available either as part of the core open source code, or as a plugin on Github.
A great interview with my inspiring cousin Guido. The family resemblance is uncanny, I think you'll agree. http://knowledgeoman.com/en/archived/guido-louis-trick-riding-for-the-royal-cavalry-3.html
The NYPD, and the nation's police forces, need to face the facts, not turn their backs to them. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/21/the-ny-police-union-s-vile-war-with-mayor-de-blasio...
Trying to figure out New Year's Eve (I've left plenty of time, right?). Particularly interested in less-mainstream parties. Any recs? :)