February 2012
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Feb 28th
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Tonight, we get to re-live the 1990s via American Experience: Clinton.  Love their presidential biographies! (Seriously, the HW Bush, Reagan, Carter, and Kennedy docs rocked my world.)
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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“I believe ‘curate’ finds ever-wider application because of a feature of modern...”
– Hans-Ulrich Obrist, curator (h/t Brain Pickings)
Feb 20th
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“The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely...”
– Carlo Rovelli, physicist
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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SNL ‘Linsanity’ sketch. This is brilliant. I just hope people get it. 
Feb 19th
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Amazin. Live duet. Gotye & Kimbra. “Somebody That I Used to Know” for VH1. 
Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 12th
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On the weekend agenda: seeing Pina. Eccentric. Intense. Academy Award nominee. Oh, and it’s showing in 3-D. 
Feb 10th
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POV Video: Frederick Wiseman (2001): Filmmaker... →
I saw parts of Frederick Wiseman’s 1968 documentary,”High School,” during a long-form treatment class in college. Seeing old film brought back to life in”The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975” and previews of Wiseman’s latest project, “Crazy Horse,” piqued my interest in his classic. Gonna make it a goal to see “High School” in its entirety...
Feb 10th
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Feb 8th
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Meet EL WINGADOR —  a man who can down 100 Tootsie Rolls in a matter of seconds and chew chicken wings so quickly that he has almost bitten his own finger off.   In a word: disgusting.  Still, count on Errol Morris to turn video some might consider vomit-inducing into a visual work of wonder for the NY Times’ Op-Doc series. 
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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“Well Jack I was glad to learn how you felt about your summer’s work & your...”
– 1928 letter from LeRoy Pollock to his 16-year-old son, Jackson. 
Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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The Roots. “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” I never get sick of seeing old film from the Civil Rights movement of the 60s. So much energy and hope. Kinda sad to think — we’ve come pretty far. Just not far enough. 
Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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@BillMoyers explores the downfall of #civildiscourse in #American #politics with moral psychologist @JonHaidt, author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. “We’re all born to be hypocrites,” says Haidt.  A timely and though-provoking discussion that helps to explain the serious divide we see today between liberals and conservatives.  
Feb 5th
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Check out this @Storify Timeline: How Komen and... →
Feb 4th
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“When you’re working in China, there’s a gray area that you have to navigate well.” — Zhao Liang, documentary filmmaker in China Zhao Liang and Ai Weiwei. Two remarkable and brave artists. One is a rebel-turned-collaborator with the Chinese government. The other remains defiant. As a result, Ai is monitored daily by bureaucratic thugs and banned from leaving the country.  An interesting...
Feb 2nd
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Argh. My iPhone comes with a human cost. Vid by @NYTimes. 
Feb 2nd
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