Slapdash

Manhattan traffic jam, 1923. By Eugene de Salignac, from the New...

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:30:33 -0500

Manhattan traffic jam, 1923. By Eugene de Salignac, from the New York City Municipal Archives (via Alan Taylor of The Atlantic).

"In truth, the best time to caramelize onions is yesterday."

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:27:36 -0500

“In truth, the best time to caramelize onions is yesterday.”

- Or, I’d add, never. Tom Scocca on the ten-minute lie.

Path of North Minneapolis tornado now visible in Google Earth....

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:17:00 -0500

Path of North Minneapolis tornado now visible in Google Earth. (One year later.)

"She has not been effective. Her record is nonexistent. She hasn’t been the sponsor of one bill..."

Thu, 31 May 2012 12:13:41 -0500

“She has not been effective. Her record is nonexistent. She hasn’t been the sponsor of one bill that’s ever been passed, she’s in the lower eight percentile of co-sponsorship of passed bills, hasn’t worked to extend the Northstar Rail. The new bridge up in St. Cloud was building in spite of her, not because of her. She has a very low rating as far as being present on the floor voting. She has been an ineffective leader by all metrics, but a lot of people know that anyway.”

- Congressional candidate Jim Graves, responding to a question about Michele Bachmann’s legislative record. To recap: what record?

liquidchroma: “Kathy Jensen’s signature laugh” …as transcribed...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:40:34 -0500

liquidchroma:

“Kathy Jensen’s signature laugh”

…as transcribed by Prince’s trombone player.

Awesome. Also the clips on their web site are great.

This Saturday is the third and last performance of Savannah Reich’s Us with Moustaches: A...

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:19:55 -0500

This Saturday is the third and last performance of Savannah Reich’s Us with Moustaches: A Performance Manifesto. It’s a play about six performers who decide to take their art seriously. It’s very funny. If in Minneapolis, I recommend you cancel your other plans and see this instead.

MNpublius: Senate gives Vikings a sweetheart deal

Wed, 09 May 2012 10:16:47 -0500

MNpublius: Senate gives Vikings a sweetheart deal:

mnpublius:

The State Senate approved the Vikings stadium last night, making its final passage all but certain. In the process, they eliminated certain provisions in the House bill that made the deal at least palatable. The Senate’s version of the Vikings bill is a sweetheart deal for the Vikings and billionaire Zygi Wilf. A few of the differences include:

Kind of revolting, watching the Senate rush to one-up the House in how much of our money to give to one private business.

Culpable de la Crisis. Photo by Susana Vera (from “What...

Sun, 06 May 2012 11:31:12 -0500

Culpable de la Crisis. Photo by Susana Vera (from “What the Recession Looks Like in Spain”).

These ideas for Park and Portland Avenues look great: safer...

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:31:00 -0500

These ideas for Park and Portland Avenues look great: safer biking, safer walking, a greener neighborhood, minimal real impact on driving, and not expensive to implement. Yes, please!

"It’s like a weird competition all women are participating in, where no one really knows the rules..."

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:15:00 -0500

“It’s like a weird competition all women are participating in, where no one really knows the rules and there’s no winners and everyone is sad.”

- Erin Gibson on recent media coverage of women in comedy, and how they look.
(via citizen kerry)

WHAT DOES PLAYER DO?

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:31:29 -0500

WHAT DOES PLAYER DO?

“Hiroshima Maidens” section of Steven...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:17:30 -0500

“Hiroshima Maidens” section of Steven Okazaki’s White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

(via twin city sidewalks)

Notes from an Occupation 17: Dolores Park "Ruckus"

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:45:00 -0500

Notes from an Occupation 17: Dolores Park "Ruckus":

scottrossi:

I’m not one of those tin foil hat conspiracy theorists, I don’t subscribe to those theories that Queen Elizabeth’s Reptilian slave driver masters run the Fed. I’ve read up on agent provocateurs and plants and that sort of thing and I have to say that without a doubt, I believe 100% that the people that started tonight’s events in the Mission were exactly that.

OccupySF event hijacked. (via Myles Boisen)

Television Taboos, 1949, on Retronaut.

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:15:04 -0500

Television Taboos, 1949, on Retronaut.

Cathedral/Bookstore, Maastricth, Holland.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:31:09 -0500

Cathedral/Bookstore, Maastricth, Holland.

(by Amanda Erickson)

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:31:15 -0500

(by Amanda Erickson)

The City, Covered With Logos

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:31:30 -0500

The City, Covered With Logos

There’s no medicine for regret. (Military STD Posters,...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:31:01 -0500

There’s no medicine for regret.

(Military STD Posters, 1918-1945)

Boa Mistura, “Beleza (beauty),” São Paulo (via The...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:32:12 -0500

Boa Mistura, “Beleza (beauty),” São Paulo
(via The Atlantic Cities)

Bill Roschen: “In L.A., 60 percent of our land area is...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:31:02 -0500

Bill Roschen: “In L.A., 60 percent of our land area is devoted to streets and parking lots. So the real hope here is that we can take that and transform it into something really different than just spaces for cars.”