Since Jeff Sconce has abandoned the all important rodent news beat, it is my duty to alert you to this important and controversial rodent-related Wikipedia page. I also really enjoy the deletion discussion. The article is already sourced to the New York Times, Washington Post, Toronto Sun, and the St. Louis and Pittsburgh and Seattle …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Cancer Crawl, 10 Oct 2011
And now, another post about cancer! This is one of those “good news/bad news” situations. I confess to some unwarranted cockiness in the cancer department upon returning from California. As Carrie put it, we thought we’d “beaten it” for now. I returned from sabbatical many pounds lighter and a few sizes smaller than I’d left, …
#VisitOccupyWallStreet
A week ago today, while in New York, Carrie and I wandered down to see what was happening at #occupywallstreet and then have a look at the 9/11 memorial. It was not a special day in the movement’s history–no failed attempts to take over the Brooklyn Bridge, no major unions marching down to join the …
Added to the blogroll
Ye Olde Blogrolle* is due for some serious maintenance, but in the meantime, here’s two new additions: http://dylanmulvin.com and http://caitlinmckinney.ca/ — * A friend told me that “Ye” was actually pronounced “the.” Go figure.
Phonautograph + Really?
First, the Cabinet event last night was amazing and a lot of fun. Also it is probably my first and only-lifetime appearance in Time Out. Sari Carel (my copanelist with curator Leah Abir), her partner Justin and I are talking about some kind of “Explore the Phonautograph” website once she’s done with her Semaphore Island …
MUNACA Update
I haven’t been blogging the strike as well as I should have been, but luckily MUNACA has been at http://munacastrike.wordpress.com. Highlights of the last couple weeks: solidarity groups have really come together. Although MFLAG’s website shows little action (that should change soon), the group has been furiously busy. There has also be a little administration …
A step toward improving peer reviews: sign them
Read the post over at Antenna, where Jonathan Gray has been running a work/school/life series.