Last Evening of Beach Week

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Last Evening of Beach Week

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MacStack

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MacStack

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The Boston Globe runs a piece arguing that the “gender gap” in the sciences may be attributable, not to institutional discrimination, but rather gendered differences in career interests.   Jessica Valenti replies that there are these three girls who are awesome at science, so there. In other words, the way to rebut the scurrilous stereotype […]

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In the course of making a somewhat different point, Tyler Cowen writes: It’s funny how Bryan thinks he can cite my actions as evidence against the correct belief.  That’s absurd; for instance I also don’t act as if determinism is true, but citing that doesn’t settle the matter. That seemed reasonable at first pass, but […]

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BeachVlogging: Distributed Journalism from Julian Sanchez on Vimeo.

Cast: Julian Sanchez

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Philip Zimbardo, best known for staging the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, is coming to Cato on Thursday, June 12. And, if that weren’t enough reason to show up, I’ll be offering comments.

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One of the most interesting panels at CFP this week concerned reputation and privacy on social networking sites,  and two of the panelists drew special attention to the often repugnant—and sometimes criminal—abuse and harrassment directed at female bloggers. What I found particularly fascinating at the time was the problem (potentially, if not in the specific […]

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Flavor of the Week (released in the last year): 

Palmitos Park – El Guincho

I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You – Black Kids

What Is Not But Could Be If – Silver Jews

So You Say – The Bird And The Bee

Kurt Vonnegut – Born Ruffians

In Search Of The Youth Crew – Cadence Weapon

Air War – Crystal Castles

Cake Parade – Georgie James

Stronger – Kanye West

Don’t You Worry – Jim Noir

My Year In Lists – Los Campesinos!

Please Stop Dancing – The Magnetic Fields

Void – The Mary Onettes

Rockist Pt. 1 – School of Language

Cold Son – Stephen Malkmus

 Homecoming – The Teenagers

Oxford Comma – Vampire Weekend

these few presidents – Why

Missing You – A Place to Bury Strangers

Rise Above – Dirty Projectors

Time Tested:

Feeling Good – Nina Simone

I’m Your Boogie Man – K.C. & The Sunshine Band

Gouge Away – Pixies

I Think I Need a New Heart – The Magnetic Fields

I’m So Excited – Le Tigre

King Of Carrot Flowers Part 1 – Neutral Milk Hotel

Only Shallow – My Bloody Valentine

In Bloom – Nirvana

Near Wild Heaven – R.E.M.

All For Swinging You Around – The New Pornographers

Electioneering – Radiohead

The Execution of All Things – Rilo Kiley

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – The Smiths

Kissability – Sonic Youth

Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW – Wire

From A Motel 6 – Yo La Tengo

I’m Waiting For The Man – The Velvet Underground

I Wish – Stevie Wonder

Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones

Holiday – Weezer

Stuff I Had No Particular Theme For:

Ocean Man – Ween

Laugh/Love/F*** – The Coup

Come Into – Enon

Way You Walk – Papas Fritas

Sky Is Open – The Long Winters

Strange Powers – Mike Doughty

I Turn My Camera On – Spoon

All Dressed Up In Dreams (with Mary Timony) – The 6ths

Saliva – Viktor Vaughn (AKA MF Doom)

Let’s Get Known – The Unicorns

Moon Sammy – Soul Coughing

Voodoo Child – Rogue Traders

Weekends of Sound – 764-Hero

Monsters – Monsters Are Waiting

IOU – Metric

Tearing Up the Oxygen – Maritime

Genetic Science – Quasi

You And Me Song – The Wannadies

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