January 2011
“You have taken back your rights and what we have begun cannot go back…We have...”
– ElBaradei is addressing the protesters with bold remarks (via newsflick)
Autobiography #1.
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The day after I was born — what? Don’t tell me you’re coming in late already — my mother had the following dream:
She was resting after just having given birth. A late night. I walk by the door leading to the corridor and hallway. “Evan!” she called. “My beautiful boy! Come to Mommy!” She opened her arms wide. “I’d love to,” I replied, dropping into an English accent, “but I have to finish...
“This is the Arab world’s Berlin moment. The authoritarian wall has fallen...”
– via.
My eyes watered as the fog blew over us. My throat burned. Ahmed led me to a faucet. We splashed water on our faces as we struggled to breath.
“I am so sorry that this happened to you in my country,” he said to me. …
Sitting on the concrete steps, with tissues over our mouths and noses, our eyes tearing as the continuous pop of gas cannons echoed on Al-Azhar, I felt a tap on my...
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via Twitter:
Looters broke into museum, destroyed two Pharaonic mummies late Friday, says nation’s top archaeologist.
BBC Arabic: Prominent Egyptian figures on their way to London. Identities unknown.
Popular committees now r being formed in Alex & Cairo to protect public & private properties from thugs.
Protesters dancing on Military tanks, Military being friendly reminds me of Cedar...
And — of course— here’s the Al Jazeera live-stream.
If you’re just waking up, here’s some more about what’s happening in Egypt:
The U.S. has secretly been backing opposition figures for the past three years.
1,000 protesters have tried to storm the Interior Ministry.
The Washington Post wants Mubarak to go.
It seems the army is siding with the protesters.
Here’s Ian Black on why what Mubarak did last night —...
Ever since the State Department intervened during protests by the Iranian Green movement in June 2009, convincing Twitter to postpone maintenance so opposition protestors could communicate, the U.S. government has been ramping up its worldwide effort to set up a network of organizations that could circumvent crackdowns on Internet and cell phone technologies by foreign governments. That effort...
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“Young people of every background and social class marched and sang together....”
– via The Guardian.
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FYI:
If you are in Egypt and want to call the Huffington Post, they’ve set up a number at 00-1-315-636-0962.
What’s happening in Egypt, explained. Also — Al-Jazeera’s twitter updates re: Egypt.
With this previous post in mind, I wanted to point you to an updated ‘chapter.’
Preface to the Second — Or, For Most of You...
1. This is the equivalent of a card next to a painting that is determined to break out of a museum — or, depending on who you talk to, already has. The need to edit The Reinventionists — to change my ticket for ‘first edition’ to ‘second’ — came about because of a particular habit. For me, a string of words isn’t a fastball coming down the plate — though plenty of this...
Two of my friends released videos this week that have already garnered over a million views each. Here’s one. Here’s the other.
Welcome to FedFlix (like Netflix but free and...
camillereads:
Fedflix is an archive of over 3,000 of public-domain films made by the U.S. government over the past 70 years.
I just wanted you to know about this resource. That is all… carry on.
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New York Times: Did you cry at the end of “Toy Story 3?”
Don Rickles: Pull yourself together! I was in World War II, I cried when they took me in the Navy. That’s the last time I cried. Did I cry? Give me a break. via.
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Our first declared Democratic candidate for Senate in 2012 (MA) / The first mammoth cloning experiment is underway.
People protest proposed library closing by... →
chels:
balltillifall:
What a great story. They checked out all 16,000 books. :)
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“I often wish an unwell part of my brain didn’t notice such distractions as...”
– Dick Cavett — ‘Talk Show Host.’ pg. 75.
As far as non-event based website recommendations go, I’ve pointed out People Reading and a few tumblrs in the past. But here’s a new one I’ve been enjoying — Liverpool Stories. Short video podcasts concerning life around the Merseyside. Shot well and put together well.
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Jonathan Richman — Give Paris One More...
Tour Guide: Our Founding Fathers never intended this country to last this long. Me: Just ‘til Tuesday, then?
WatchThe birth of an island — on film. h/t Fred Navarro.
Bostonians:
Here’s a “Citizens Connect” app.
For Barcelona fans: a documentary on Xavi and a documentary on the 2010 World Cup run.
