who needs the arts, anyway? (and other adventures in social networking)

What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today:
• Ah, who needs the arts, anyway? How deep do the arts council cuts go?

• Holy crap. You can watch a shit-ton of Shakespeare performed by troupes from all around the globe at the Globe, when they performed as part of the London 2012 Festival. I can’t believe this is all online, for free. Amazing. Shakespeare: Globe to Globe

• Stay thirsty (for information), my friends. Meet ‘The Most Interesting Man In The World’

• A New York Times editor says that it’s not the Times’ job to tell you when politicians are lying, and outright political bullshit + pushback against political bullshit constitutes “reasonable disagreement.” He Said, She Said, and the Truth