Anyway mosquitos are part of the food chain so, y'know, beware unintended consequences and whatnot. What will the bats eat?
― quincie, Sunday, July 8, 2012 3:36 PM (5 days ago)
the article goes out of its way a couple times to mention and cite that mosquitos, especially this particular species which is non-native to north america, aren't really essential parts of any food chain. i'll be interested to read further about this but it seems like the potential benefits pretty far outweigh the risks
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 July 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
a follow-up of sorts (free): http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/07/mosquitoes-and-nimbyism.html
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 July 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
mosquitos are worthless horrible people and should be banished from the earth if at all possible
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 July 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
2 good pieces in this week: forensic linguistics article (which is kinda pro forma but has an interesting subject) and the strongman competition article (which is great all around)
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
cool, hello cottage reading.
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
strongman 1 is not paywalled btw & yes, v good - http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/07/23/120723fa_fact_bilger?currentPage=all
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
forensic linguistics piece has a great detail about the early life of one its main subjects that's just kinda thrown in there but when you read it you're like WTF
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
ha yes
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
forensic linguistics article (which is kinda pro forma but has an interesting subject)
I agree with this. I found it a little disappointing, but only because it's something that's so ridiculously up my alley that I wanted more from it. But what, I dunno.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
it literally took me 30 mins to remember what the wtf fact is & i read that article earlier today but yes v otm
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
goddammit you guys I was all happy with skipping the strongman article >:[
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
can we have a separate david grann alert thread? then i can stop checking this one.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:28 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
all the cases were fascinating, the article couldve just been composed entirely of examples of past linguistic detective work and it wouldve been p fn sweet
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
strongman story is v v good.this fucken guyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEvpNMdOK6I
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
the dude lifts a half a ton and his nose starts bleeding i mean wtf
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
six foot eight, 430 poundshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXr4es-KAs0hi dere just lifting a car
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
nice loins, djp!
― your friend, (Z S), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
just pressing 285 pounds over my head while he's standing.with one arm.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vv6EJBUCbc
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
that kind of stuff astonishes me really; this guy may be the strongest man who ever lived. what i want is video of him kicking over fire hydrants and throwing kindergartners like footballs but he seems to not be evil, which is a shame.
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
The Afghan Civil War article is great, eff the haters.
― Nothing cracks a turtle like Leeeon Uris (Leee), Friday, 20 July 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
man this is fascinating:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2012/07/jose-rodriguez-on-torture.html
the guy's logical leaps i mean. "it's cool, it's totally as okay as using drones!" not really a winning argument.
― , Blogger (schlump), Friday, 20 July 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
I like that Afghan piece. Somehow I found it more engaging than a lot of other pieces on the same subject. It's also very immediate now, like "holy shit, we're really leaving, and the country is really going to fall apart, and there's really nothing we can do"
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 July 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
Afghanistan is always more on the verge of falling apart than not. When was the last time that country was considered stable?
Strongman article was great, first fun and informative New Yorker read in a while.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 July 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
"the guy's logical leaps i mean. "it's cool, it's totally as okay as using drones!" not really a winning argument."
Yeah he's basically insane.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 20 July 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
i liked that Obama bio review that Lapore did.
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 July 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
― , Blogger (schlump), Friday, July 20, 2012 9:53 AM (11 hours ago)
i actually thought he held his own pretty well, or at least stuck to his script. he's scum of course, but he wouldn't be able to authorize the torture he did if there weren't a legal structure in place to all but shield from accoutability these actors and literally allow them to write their own rules as they go along, and their victims would have some legal recourse if the courts or congress had a spine; in the eyes of the law (at the time), the torture he oversaw was m/l analogous to the al-awlaki hit - both were signed off by the OLC, which is legally binding. there may be varying shades of moral justification, but both are/were ostensibly legal. it's a matter of political will and values, and we were lacking both at the time. still some work to be done obv
― Al S. Burr! (k3vin k.), Saturday, 21 July 2012 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, really? I thought it was incredibly pointless, and I generally like Lepore. Maybe it was hard for me to disentangle the review with the book.
Anyway, the forensic linguistics is fascinating, even if the field sounds like a lol return to Freud that is NAGL.
The strongest man article is definitely o_O.
― Nothing cracks a turtle like Leeeon Uris (Leee), Saturday, 21 July 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder why guys like him aren't playing on the offensive line in the NFL!
― Nothing cracks a turtle like Leeeon Uris (Leee), Saturday, 21 July 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
xp well tbf, i don't know anything about the book but what i read in that piece
i think guys like shaw are lacking an nfl skillset really
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 July 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
I thought the forensic linguistics piece was a good overview of the field; maybe I just wanted it also to be an unfolding mystery.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Sunday, 22 July 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah p sure the strongman guys don't have NFL feet but that was one of the finest summer pieces i can remember in a long time.
junot diaz doing his thing too and seems like maybe an excerpt from some forthcoming post-wao stuff?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 23 July 2012 05:37 (eleven years ago) link
two thousand page remnick-on-springsteen profile in the new ish
― , Blogger (schlump), Monday, 23 July 2012 10:37 (eleven years ago) link
Personal theory: high-profile writers keep returning to the Boss to guarantee stream of good free seats to hot-ticket Bruce in NYC/Philly/NJ shows.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 July 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
well they are also all in the right demo where they genuinely idolize him & would go & pay crazy prices regardless
xxp - that story was the first junot diaz ive ever read & i liked it. picked up 'oscar wao' @ a book sale this wkend
― johnny crunch, Monday, 23 July 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
David Remnick: The Promise: Springsteen at the Crossroads
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 July 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
it's good. no real specific links made between the biography & his work, so much, but nice all the same. His muscle tone approximates a fresh tennis ball.
― , Blogger (schlump), Monday, 23 July 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
round, furry
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Monday, 23 July 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
lol did bruce let him squeeze the guns
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 July 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
no surprise this appears in the NY:
“This is about the only live music left, with a few exceptions,” Cooper said. Lip-synchers are legion. Coldplay thickens its sound with heaps of pre-taped instruments and synthesizers. The one artificial sound in Springsteen’s act is a snare-drum sound in “We Take Care of Our Own” that seemed to elude easy reproduction.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 July 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
got to get that snare just right
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 July 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
I am descending into a rabbit hole after discovering the world of professional arm wrestling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmwAUNDiySQ
― dayo, Monday, 23 July 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
that is v strange
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 July 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
that moment at 1:01 is like when you shit your pants again immediately after changing your pants
...DAMMIT
― you're all going to hello (Z S), Monday, 23 July 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
brzenk is a MONSTER; cool to hear that they did an NY piece on himi strongly recommend watching Iron John; its on netflix instant
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 July 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
this was aw:
One kindness that Springsteen has afforded his body is more days off, leaving time for his family, for exercise, for listening to music, watching movies, reading. Lately, he has been consumed with Russian fiction. “It’s compensatory—what you missed the first time around,” he said. “I’m sixty-some, and I think, There are a lot of these Russian guys! What’s all the fuss about? So I was just curious. That was an incredible book: ‘The Brothers Karamazov.’ Then I read ‘The Gambler.’ The social play in the first half was less interesting to me, but the second half, about obsession, was fun. That could speak to me. I was a big John Cheever fan, and so when I got into Chekhov I could see where Cheever was coming from. And I was a big Philip Roth fan, so I got into Saul Bellow, ‘Augie March.’ These are all new connections for me. It’d be like finding out now that the Stones covered Chuck Berry!”
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 July 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
yeah otm. & the passage about jon landau feeding him steinbeck & westerns.
― , Blogger (schlump), Monday, 23 July 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
weird fetish
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ brooce playing remnick like a fiddle w/ the russian lit.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
I love how Springsteen has become more and more interesting an interview the less and less interesting his music gets.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'd rather read the Brothers Karamazov backwards, followed by the Esperanto translation of War and Peace, than listen to Bruce Springsteen.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link