September 2013

Luke O’Neil is a hipster

And you should thank him for it.

September 25, 2013

This 4×6 index card has all the financial advice you’ll ever need

September 25, 2013

How to recognize the artists of paintings…

Does everyone in the painting look like Putin? Then it’s van Eyck.

via Elizabeth

September 22, 2013

Louis C.K.’s case against kids having smartphones

September 22, 2013

The banality of systemic evil

Why Snowden is right.

September 22, 2013

Citi Bike BMX

I love this.

September 11, 2013

“Chutzpah”

An admirably fair look at the ill-fated Weiner campaign. My takeaway? The guy’s a douche bag, but he’s also a human being.

September 11, 2013

Enough with the zeugma already!

Ben Yagoda: The ‘Times’ Tries Zeugma, and Readers’ Patience.

September 10, 2013

The etymology of “meh”

Tracing the Yiddish word from Leo Rosten to Auden to the Simpsons.

September 10, 2013

Map of the day

Olaus Magnus’ Carta Marina: Sea monsters on a gorgeous Renaissance map – Slate Magazine

September 6, 2013

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