(Apologies for terrible formatting after the cut; I'm copy-and-pasting from an equally hard-to-read e-mail.)

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In case you haven't heard, Potterheads: The Dumbledore love that dares speak its name at last. For real.

Enjoy.

The Progressive Academy Online, free and flexible education from Young People For, has a new six-week course that might just have your name on it.

Six Steps to Winning Your Election (now enrolling, running through Oct. 19) is a public sector course within the Progressive Academy Online. In this course, participants will explore and discuss the ( Read more... )

I just thought of a terrible joke, and I'm going to inflict it on you.

The scandal over Larry Craig's arrest for allegedly cruising in a men's bathroom... ( Read more... )

New proposed rules would make it illegal to take pictures or shoot films in New York City without first getting a permit from the Mayor's Office of Theater, Film, and Broadcasting.

Today is the last day for public comment. Go to www.picturenewyork.org to learn more and take action.

If you live in New York and want to be able to shoot video outside ( Read more... )

On at 7:30.

The Twisted Economics of Harry Potter

I'd say this gives you an idea of how old my computer is, but there's really no excuse.

The stumper this time? "Blogger." (I know, it's meta to post about this. Hush.)

Suggested matches:
- logger
- flogger
- boggier
- Bolger

(Bolger, in case you're wondering, was the prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997.)

I wish the New York Times paid me to do this sort of piece.

(Try bugmenot.com if you don’t have a login.)

I always find it strangely both depressing and supportive to find evidence supporting claims that many of us have been vaguely certain about for a long time.

Torture flights continue to land in the UK - with the help of the United States military, of course ( Read more... )