Many many links
Some of these are months old. Hopefully they will still be useful/interesting...
Likely Impossibilities: Standing Room at the Vienna State Opera
Never been, not likely to go in the near future, but I find it comforting that if I did go, I would know exactly what to do.
Balloon Juice: Thank you flowers
A cat who brings flowers to his owners' porch.
Metafilter: Steampunk and its discontents
I often get tired of steampunk but I never get tired of this discussion.
The Republic of T: The Master's Tools, Pt. 1
Thoughtful post about homophobia, racism and the African-American community.
gigglingkat: Basics of Beatlemania
Though I could argue with some of this, I'm deeply amused by the idea of a Bandom-primer-style guide to the Beatles. Maybe we need more of this sort of thing.
Tom Service: Why carrying a cello could stop you from entering Britain
And no, it's not because of luggage restrictions...
Reddit: What are your favorite culturally untranslatable phrases?
Anything they missed?
3quarksdaily: Every superhero needs his own theme music
This is about using iPods to carry your own theme music around with you. I totally do this.
Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Indomitable Blackness of Teena Marie
Sad to say I hadn't heard of her before she died. But this is fascinating.
Nina Masumoto: Athletic body diversity reference for artists
Olympic athletes have many, many different sorts of body types.
The Atlantic: Kingdom in the Closet
Being gay in Saudi Arabia... may be easier than you think.
Franziska zu Reventlow, queen of the Secession
Another fascinating figure of whom I'd never heard. And she homeschooled her son!
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Far From Border, U.S. Detains Foreign Students
This terrifies me.
The Pursuit of Harpyness: The Pressure of Being Expected To Know: Reflections on Sexual Fluidity
Seems to me that this is really important. I would love to see more discussion, particularly about the consequences for identity politics.
Inc.: In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism
Yay Norway!
BoingBoing: Beowulf sock pattern
Go on, you know you want to.
Philip Pullman: Leave the libraries alone. You don’t understand their value.
A great defense of libraries and attack on "market fundamentalism."
scottlf: Can It
Very useful guide to headphones that led to me buying my own Sennheiser HD 600s.
Paul Mason: Twenty reasons why it's kicking off everywhere
Some possible explanations for the recent round of protests and revolution.
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Likely Impossibilities: Standing Room at the Vienna State Opera
Never been, not likely to go in the near future, but I find it comforting that if I did go, I would know exactly what to do.
Balloon Juice: Thank you flowers
A cat who brings flowers to his owners' porch.
Metafilter: Steampunk and its discontents
I often get tired of steampunk but I never get tired of this discussion.
The Republic of T: The Master's Tools, Pt. 1
Thoughtful post about homophobia, racism and the African-American community.
gigglingkat: Basics of Beatlemania
Though I could argue with some of this, I'm deeply amused by the idea of a Bandom-primer-style guide to the Beatles. Maybe we need more of this sort of thing.
Tom Service: Why carrying a cello could stop you from entering Britain
And no, it's not because of luggage restrictions...
Reddit: What are your favorite culturally untranslatable phrases?
Anything they missed?
3quarksdaily: Every superhero needs his own theme music
This is about using iPods to carry your own theme music around with you. I totally do this.
Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Indomitable Blackness of Teena Marie
Sad to say I hadn't heard of her before she died. But this is fascinating.
Nina Masumoto: Athletic body diversity reference for artists
Olympic athletes have many, many different sorts of body types.
The Atlantic: Kingdom in the Closet
Being gay in Saudi Arabia... may be easier than you think.
Franziska zu Reventlow, queen of the Secession
Another fascinating figure of whom I'd never heard. And she homeschooled her son!
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Far From Border, U.S. Detains Foreign Students
This terrifies me.
The Pursuit of Harpyness: The Pressure of Being Expected To Know: Reflections on Sexual Fluidity
Seems to me that this is really important. I would love to see more discussion, particularly about the consequences for identity politics.
Inc.: In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism
Yay Norway!
BoingBoing: Beowulf sock pattern
Go on, you know you want to.
Philip Pullman: Leave the libraries alone. You don’t understand their value.
A great defense of libraries and attack on "market fundamentalism."
scottlf: Can It
Very useful guide to headphones that led to me buying my own Sennheiser HD 600s.
Paul Mason: Twenty reasons why it's kicking off everywhere
Some possible explanations for the recent round of protests and revolution.
This entry was originally posted at http://naraht.dreamwidth.org/446116.html. Please comment there using OpenID.