May 2012
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“But to just shift the focus away from self-esteem, which is more about what...”
– Prof. Helen McGrath in Excessive Praise ‘Risks Turning Kids Into Bullies. TED’s Chris Anderson said something similar when I talked to him recently.
May 29th
The Houla massacre shows how killing can become... →
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“I have not been able to work since the stroke. Being on the receiving end of the...”
– ‘I could not look after myself, but the benefits system deemed me fit for work’
May 29th
“This whole debate drives me nuts. The gay-rights activist is making a big...”
– Can you be gay by choice? | Practical Ethics
May 29th
Research dispels old myths about ageing →
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See Game of Thrones actors out of character -... →
thevine.com.au The clever heads at Vul­ture have put togeth­er this very com­pelling slideshow, which fea­tures images of most of our favourite Game of Thrones char­ac­ters cut next to the actors who play them. Our favourites include Jack Glee­son who pla… Via @NickBryantOz
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On Max Headroom →
By Brian Horne, onthemedia.org The char­ac­ter of Max Head­room was con­ceived in 1984 as a futur­is­tic, computer-generated, artificially-intelligent tele­vi­sion host who intro­duced music videos in the U.K. Actor Matt Frew­er por­trayed Max with the help of heavy video and… “Indeed, since the Chica­go sig­nal hijack­ings of 1988, Amer­i­ca’s tele­vi­sion and movie indus­try has...
May 28th
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Even the Liberal ladies don’t love our next Prime... →
Anthony Sharwood, thepunch.com.au And there is no strong con­vic­tion among vot­ers that Mr Abbott would be a bet­ter Prime Min­is­ter than Ms Gillard. Cer­tain­ly there’s not one to match the dimen­sions of the Coali­tion’s 46-32 pri­ma­ry vote dom­i­nance as record­ed by…
May 28th
'Fair and square' pricing? That'll never work, JC... →
By Bob Sullivan, msn.com You might have seen recent­ly that icon­ic retail­er JC Pen­ney is slump­ing badly. You almost cer­tain­ly have seen the rea­son why: A mas­sive, cre­ative and aggres­sive new adver­tis­ing and pric­ing cam­paign that promis­es sim­pli­fied…
May 28th
“You have hit on something important, that it’s too expensive to fail in Sydney,”...”
– At home with Jess Scully:SMH
May 27th
Reinventing the article · antderosa →
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OTM Staff Picks, Volume 9 →
By Jamie York, onthemedia.org Sarah Abdur­rah­man: The sea­son finale of Sat­ur­day Night Live fea­tured a real­ly nice send off for my favorite cast mem­ber, Kristin Wiig, so I am pick­ing this video of her teach­ing Seth Myers how to flirt as “flirt­ing expert”… “Jamie York: I know, I know. You only get to watch one languorous Thai film in which a dying man is visited by a series of...
May 24th
May 24th
The Fandom Issue: Me and the Doctor →
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Piers Morgan "showed journalist how to hack phone" →
reuters.com LON­DON (Reuters) - One of Britain’s most respect­ed jour­nal­ists said on Wednes­day that for­mer tabloid news­pa­per edi­tor Piers Mor­gan showed him how to hack into phones 10 years ago, the lat­est twist in a scan­dal that has so far cen­tered…
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“There was a time, you know, I got so used to the police turning up. You know,...”
– Sacha Baron Cohen on his run-ins with the law while making his movies. (via nprfreshair)
May 22nd
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Opera News Will Stop Reviewing Metropolitan Opera... →
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May 21st
The Media Equation: The Atavist Matures as a... →
By DAVID CARR, nytimes.com The Atavist, which helps pro­duce mul­ti­me­dia sto­ry­telling for dig­i­tal devices, has a con­tent man­age­ment sys­tem that has turned into a busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ty.
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Don't mention income inequality please, we're... →
The people at Davos and in Aspen also think they’re saving the world, and the majority of them are also deeply involved in making it much worse for people who can’t afford to go to Davos and Aspen. Interesting piece. Loses it a bit with stuff like … that reveals how full of shit Anderson is, even if he doesn’t know it.
May 20th
What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers →
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Roast News Update: Thompson says “the brothel ... →
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The Project: Anyone who still believes ... →
twitter.com Any­one who still believes in the ‘dole bludger’ doesn’t know how much work it takes to stay on the dole these days.
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May 19th
Happy Graduation! Here’s The Best, Most Depressing... →
propublica.org by Blair Hick­man Out­stand­ing stu­dent loans now top $1 tril­lion, more than the nation’s credit-card debt. We round­ed up some of the best explana­to­ry and account­abil­i­ty jour­nal­ism on stu­dent debt. We’re also report­ing on stu­dent…
May 19th
“Then, after a minute or two, I became aware of the sound of my breathing, so I...”
– Experience: I’ve been to the quietest place on Earth
May 19th
“Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a...”
– Q&A: Harry Belafonte
May 19th
Inside Halden, the most humane prison in the world →
“Everyone who is imprisoned inside Norwegian prisons will be released – maybe not Breivik, but everyone else will go back to society. We look at what kind of neighbour you want to have when they come out.”
May 19th
Inside Apple's secret plan to kill the cash... →
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“Wilson, for instance, who despised “college professors” and their tastes,...”
– Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories?
May 19th
Prosperity Without Growth by Tim Jackson | Book... →
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May 18th
Popularity of an Assange run for Senate could cost... →
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