February 2011
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At The Grown Ups' Table →
One of my closest friends, and former college roommate Laura started this great food blog. Check it!
January 2011
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How did the U.S. get in bed with Mubarak? →
A conversation with Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East history at Stanford.
“The United States is going to be allies with whoever is in charge in Egypt. And it’s probably going to support Mubarak, until the moment comes — if it does — that it’s clear that it’s over. A day or two before he gets on the plane to leave, if that ever happens, the United ...
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Girafa x S.J.
rockitdontstopit:
…last night, me and a few homies went to San Jose to check out the Girafa art opening that was happening over at Aristocrats Boutique. it was pretty tight; by the time we got to the spot, there was a pretty good sized crowd gathered inside and outside the store. free drinks were being served (which is always a plus), and there was a DJ at hand to give a nice soundtrack for the...
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Broken Social Scene - Anthems For A Seventeen...
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dayanitaisfriend asked: (Not sure if you got the message I tried to right, my computer froze after I tried to submit, so I'll do it again!) Thanks for the film suggestion- I watched the trailer and it looks so good! But seriously though, gotta love Ike, right?
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The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to... →
As skeptical as I am about the altruism of tech companies, it’s funny how apt they’ve become at facilitating the democratic process. Like the Google-China fiasco, as the Jasmine Revolution has unfolded in Tunisia, Tunisian ISPs used malicious code to acquire Facebook user passwords. Alexis Madrigal has a great piece on how Facebook fought back.
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WatchThe company my Dad works for, Bloom Energy is launching their new Electrons program. Looking forward to this.
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“If hardcore really is about making a change, you also have to take it outside.”
– Brian Peterson, author of Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit and Sound
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WatchTED Talks: Naomi Klein on our Addiction to Risk
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The Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship Fund
Readers of my blog:
As many of you know, my interest in public service began during my time at UC Santa Cruz. I was able to take part in the UC Center in Sacramento Scholar Interns program, where I developed an understanding of how policy impacts real life. I still remember our “field trip” to Sacramento’s blighted neighborhoods in the context of the city’s then-new law...
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“You don’t have to think the right is “responsible” for what happened in Tucson...”
– Paul Waldman: Taking, Not Placing, Responsibility (via theamericanprospect)
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The Giffords shooting's gay, Hispanic hero →
“If any good can come out of something as unfathomably horrible as Saturday’s mass shooting, let it be that it shakes up a few preconceptions. That it shows the world that a hero can be gay or straight, can speak English or Spanish or both, and that stupid laws can exist in places full of good people. And anyone who has any doubt of what kind of person deserves to serve next to...
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If any of you Bay Area punks are around...
evanbythebay:
…my buddies at Texas Toast DIY house are hosting this great show Monday. Hit it!
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Kamala’s California Dreams of Justice →
My friend Vijay Das wrote this great article on the inauguration of California’s first Indian statewide elected official. I was of course at the ceremony. No way I was missing it after these tumultuous two years. Check it out. I’ll throw some videos up tomorrow.
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“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original...”
– Oscar Wilde (via graceisred)
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Watch9-bits:
Scott Thomas (aka SimpleScott) on designing the Obama Campaign. (via 99%)
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in...”
– Eisenhower on the Opportunity Cost of Defense Spending (via wilwheaton)