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Year: 2012

question of the day: Have we reached a point of cultural stagnation?

Fri, Jan 20, 2012
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We’re due for 90s nostalgia… but I have no idea what that should look like. I figured it was just because I’m old enough to remember the 90s as an adult, but other feel the same way…

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London photo of the day: ready for his closeup

Fri, Jan 20, 2012
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I got the feeling that this dog — which was the size of a pony — is asked to pose for pictures all the time.

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retro ad: 1940s Swift cured-meat ad satirizes political speeches

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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It’s about bacon! It’s about politics! It’s all the same old shit, and it was in 1948, from whence this ad comes to us.

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Doctor Who thing of the day: the woman who would have been Sarah Jane

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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I had no idea that Elisabeth Sladen was not the first actress cast to play Sarah Jane Smith alongside Jon Pertwee’s Doctor. Apparently not many people knew at all…

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Chronicle (trailer)

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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So, it’s a found-footage X-Men, minus the politics…

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question of the day: How do you find the right balance between knowing too much about a movie before you see it, and too little?

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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Because apparently some folks are asking for refunds when they discover — once they’re in the cinema! — that The Artist is silent…

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London photo of the day: all the news that’s fit to yellow in the light of day

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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This empty Soho shop has been like this for the entire year I’ve been in London. Sad.

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how much coverage of SOPA have you seen in the mainstream American media?

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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The corporations whose lobbyists are responsible for SOPA and PROTECT IP are the same corporations who run the mainstream news media. It is not in their best interest to tell you about all the things happening that will affect you.

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the MPAA doesn’t like SOPA strikers, wah wah

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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They’re afraid…

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what Google looks like from a U.S. IP address today

Wed, Jan 18, 2012
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For the benefit of my non-U.S. readers on this day of Web strikes by American sites to protest SOPA/PROTECT IP…

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