February 2012
27 posts
“Linsanity is not a story of Jeremy Lin or even basketball but a story that gains...”
– Dr. David Leonard, “Family Ties: On Jeremy Lin, “Tiger Moms,” and Tiger Woods, Racialicious 2/28/12. (via racialicious)
“It’s a Tuesday everywhere else, but in New Orleans, it’s Mardi Gras.”
– Ben Ellman of Galactic in an interview with All Things Considered host Melissa Block. (via nprmusic)
Wrong. It’s Mardi Gras in Haiti too.
Labor market fact of the day →
Although Latinos make up only a seventh of the population, they have “racked up half the employment gains posted since the economy began adding jobs in early 2010″, the Los Angeles Times reported this morning. In 2011, the trend accelerated. Of the 2.3 million jobs added in 2011 according to the Household Survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1.4 million, or 60 percent, were won by Latinos.
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“How does a white woman claim to be the victim of yellow fever? I know, it’s so...”
– Elisha Lim breaks down the ridiculousness of another manifestation of white female privilege—being a “victim” of the “sexual sway” of women of color, in this particular case, of Asian women—at the R today. (via racialicious)
Is Twitter a newspaper, or is it the phone... →
infoneer-pulse:
Is Twitter a publisher and distributor of information like a newspaper, or is it just a dumb pipe like a telephone network? Lawyers in Australia seem to believe that a case could be made that Twitter is a publisher, like a newspaper, and therefore it can be sued for defamation as a result of a single tweet. That may be a stretch — especially in the United States, which has...
Mainstream Media is Male and Getting Maler →
sasquatchmedia:
Need a drink after reading this passage:
“Last year, women made up only 22 percent of the local radio workforce, compared to 29.2 percent in 2010. Women’s representation in sports news hasn’t budged since 2008 (just 11 percent of editors, 10 percent of columnists, and 7 percent of reporters are women). In one year, women dropped from 20 percent of behind-the-scenes...
“Part of that narrative further links Mayweather’s statements to Thomas’: it’s...”
– Arturo García does a great analysis on how Jeremy Lin is getting played as the “savior” of basketball at the R. (via racialicious)
“Today’s sysadmin todo list:
0. Get corporate membership with EFF.
1. Identify...”
– foxylad on hacker news
Today’s sysadmin todo list:0. Get corporate membership with EFF.1. Identify all … | Hacker News
(via fred-wilson)
The Career Consequences of Failing versus... →
Now ask yourself this: How would your career have been different if you had failed all the classes you’ve totally forgotten?
According to the human capital model, failing (i.e., never knowing) course material should have exactly the same career consequences as forgetting (i.e., no longer knowing) course material. Either way, you lack the skills - and the labor market should treat you...
“Though it is unsurprising, it still stings a little to see that fans of Lin are...”
– Sonita Moss, Linvicible On The Court, Not To Realities Of Race, Racialicious 2/15/12 (via racialicious)
His numbers are gonna come down, but he’s definitely a starting PG in the NBA.
“This brings everyone in competition with Goliath to the question: what is the...”
– The End Of Sabanball: Details, Barbarians, And Precision - SBNation.com
“please see Texas and the relative squandering of talent they’ve managed...”
– The End Of Sabanball: Details, Barbarians, And Precision - SBNation.com
“The thing that American football brings that is absent in other sports in...”
– The thing that American football brings that is absent in other sports in immens… | Hacker News
I’m amazed at how much we spend watching timeout-based games
Why is NBA TV viewership up so much? →
ESPN viewership is up 23 percent.
TNT viewership is up 50 percent.
NBA TV viewership is up a [ridiculous] 66 percent.
NBA on regional cable sports networks are up 12 percent.
Local over-the-airwaves broadcasts are up 36 percent.
That is from Henry Abbott, here is more. Many people thought the strike would hurt fan interest, but apparently not. Do more frequent games, in response to the...
Why is NBA TV viewership up so much? →
ESPN viewership is up 23 percent.
TNT viewership is up 50 percent.
NBA TV viewership is up a [ridiculous] 66 percent.
NBA on regional cable sports networks are up 12 percent.
Local over-the-airwaves broadcasts are up 36 percent.
That is from Henry Abbott, here is more. Many people thought the strike would hurt fan interest, but apparently not. Do more frequent games, in response to the...
“For Asian Americans, there is often a double-bind to media representation....”
– Vivian Lu, Growing Up In J-Lin Nation, Racialicious 2/13/12 (via racialicious)
Bias and the death penalty →
As a part of the criminal justice system, death penalty sentencing is also biased. While there are persistent difficulties with finding data related to bias, partly due to the nature of bias and insufficient data collection, there are studies and cases that point to the nearly arbitrary nature of sentencing.
One relevant study, “The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on Death Sentencing...
“Google’s Influence Is Slipping, But At A Glacial Pace… – When we looked at the...”
– Citi’s Annual ‘Net Influence Report: Google Continues To Lead As Source Of Traffic To Websites -
[excerpted from an email]
(via rafer)
Map of the Drug War in Mexico →
MapReduce Patterns, Algorithms, and Use Cases →
Not Just Marriage: The Other Fights for Gay and... →
The fight for same-sex marriage is only a piece of a larger civil rights struggle. And with all eyes focused on the issue of matrimony, it’s easy to miss some of the other battlegrounds.
For instance, parental rights has long been an issue for gay couples concerned about legal protections. In Iowa, health officials are looking to the courts for how to identify same-sex couples with...
Why I’m Team Kalinda: A New Face For Desi Women On... →
The New SolrCloud: Overview « Sematext Blog →
SolrCloud is in trunk now.
