Holiday Road (4/11)

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  SF housing protests get personal as another Googler is confronted at home

  Ars Technica - Joe Mullin

  Protest is the third in recent months to target a Google employee. There's an undeniable second boom underway in the tech sector, and the …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  Why We’re in a New Gilded Age | Paul Krugman

  nybooks.com - Paul Krugman

  Thomas Piketty, professor at the Paris School of Economics, isn’t a household name, although that may change with the English-language publication of …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  Seven Lines From NPR’s Interview With Brittney Griner That Put Me On The Floor -The Toast

  the-toast.net

  7. “Brittney Griner is 23 years old, 6 feet 8 inches tall and one of the best female basketball players in the world. She was the WNBA top draft pick …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  Susan Straight on learning to write without a room of one’s own

  Los Angeles Times - Susan Straight

  What does it take to be a writer: A room of one’s own? A weakness for words? To celebrate the Festival of Books, we asked five celebrated authors to recall a turning point in their evolution as writers. First up is Susan Straight, recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes’ 2013 Robert Kirsch …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  

  kottke.org

  kottke.org - Jason Kottke

  screenrant.com · Feb 8 @ 09:57 PM Disney: Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Toy Storys. nytimes.com · Feb 8 @ 06:52 PM John Cleese is doing a Fawlty …

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  Shona Sanzgiri

  Apr 13, 2014