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As noted by @agolis, Sarah Palin refers to Family Guy as "lame," while critiquing a joke about the disabled.	Mar 3, 11:16 pm	65	view
The Twitter feed of the random young woman (and only person) Conan decided to follow.	Mar 6, 10:20 am	59	view
Here's Sandra Bullock's real Oscar-worthy performance.	Mar 7, 11:48 pm	58	view
Brilliant. Data presentation guru Edward Tufte gets Presidential appointment to illustrate how Recovery funds are used.	Mar 8, 10:13 am	57	view
New York's Taxi Commissioner explains how to create magical money out of nothing but good will and hope.	Mar 3, 7:41 am	53	view
The duo who makes free, odd commercials for small businesses releases a spot for Butt Drugs, in Corydon, Indiana.	Mar 3, 11:28 pm	53	view
Some other ideas for leggings that simulate pants:	Mar 5, 12:09 pm	51	view
Via @BrianStelter, a site that progresses through a Google query one word at a time, exploring its recommendations.	Mar 5, 11:52 am	50	view
There is a rash of ill animals, like a dolphin and a seal, that are turning up in odd places around the city.	Mar 3, 5:13 pm	49	view
Gawker seeks out the little girl who gave Karl Rove a bloody nose when he was nine. Good luck to them.	Mar 6, 8:34 pm	47	view
Two observations at the Brooklyn Flea.	Mar 6, 1:17 pm	47	view
Political Wire blurbs that a new memoir by Rove "lifts the veil" on the Bush years. Sure it does.	Mar 4, 9:21 am	46	view
Come up with your own political jokes: public school janitor steals $29k to pay for a private school for his kids.	Mar 4, 2:27 pm	46	view
Can you imagine a movie with Depp, Whitaker, Berenger, and Dafoe - starring Charlie Sheen? And then it wins an Oscar?	Mar 5, 6:21 pm	45	view
A rally protesting MTA cuts on Seventh Avenue, seen from 19 floors above.	Mar 4, 5:39 pm	44	view
I love this 8-bit NYC map so much that I want it adapted into a Nintendo game, and then I want a Nintendo. Via @kottke.	Mar 8, 3:12 pm	43	view
The gender-based differences in web designs.	Mar 7, 6:57 pm	43	view
On the train today, I literally thought to myself, "Why doesn't Facebook embrace geolocation methods?" And, voila.	Mar 9, 11:21 pm	40	view
The remarkable story of yesterday's quick-burning John Roberts retirement rumor. Caveat twittor.	Mar 5, 3:59 pm	39	view
The Times' Pentagon shooter story mentions his "longtime friend" Reb Monaco - but not that Reb's a county Supervisor.	Mar 6, 6:32 pm	38	view
Why anyone would watch American Idol when Enter the Dragon is on (and in hi-def!) is beyond me.	Mar 3, 8:03 pm	38	view
Got the flu? You're in an unexpectedly small minority. Flu season this year peaked in October, far earlier than normal.	Mar 3, 4:38 pm	38	view
The #Armory Show, 2010 - a look at contemporary art from two piers on the Hudson waterfront. Bleak, sometimes crass.	Mar 7, 4:32 pm	38	view
History repeats itself in Columbus, Ohio.	Mar 9, 8:03 am	38	view
Researchers learn that ballplayers who smile in their card photos live longer. Bonus: article has a picture of Jim Rice.	Mar 5, 1:23 pm	37	view

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The NOAA has a map of predicted tsunami energy levels radiating from the epicenter of the Chile earthquake.	Feb 27, 2010, 3:22 pm	1145	view
Social media as Schrodinger's cat: online speculation can be infinite but analysis, finite. Via @macon44.	Feb 17, 2010, 4:21 pm	521	view
Old NYC photos from the Library of Congress.	Jan 17, 2008, 11:59 am	510	view
Facebook graphs our collective happiness, as indicated in status messages. That makes me very, very sad.	Oct 5, 2009, 12:58 am	379	view
The Times does a robust assessment of the increased cost of gay couples' inability to marry.	Oct 3, 2009, 10:37 am	374	view
Ever heard of the Astor trial? Well, for the last six months, I've served as juror #3. Today we reached a verdict.	Oct 8, 2009, 2:46 pm	361	view
" "He's not some venal credit card thief or pickpocket," said [Anthony Marshall attorney John] Cuti." So what is he?	Dec 21, 2009, 3:20 pm	256	view
Dear AT&T: fuck you.	Oct 20, 2009, 7:01 pm	247	view
Why I don't buy the hype on Foursquare. Also in this post: what's Foursquare?	Nov 19, 2009, 9:55 pm	246	view
Interesting piece about how Facebook could eat the web; users are, in some ways, using Facebook as a browser or OS.	Feb 5, 2010, 9:24 am	235	view
At Citi, a retiree completes his life-long quest: seeing every baseball team play every other, home and away.	Oct 3, 2009, 12:18 am	226	view
Gawker alerts us to the awful Carly Fiorina campaign website. This is like handing out your resume in crayon.	Sep 23, 2009, 10:29 pm	218	view
Poor China. Not only does she have to fly business class to Switzerland, she has to sit next to this guy:	Jan 17, 2010, 5:31 pm	213	view
News flash: I didn't become rich serving jury duty. But the Times has a spectacular quote from me, so it's okay.	Oct 9, 2009, 9:06 pm	198	view
pbump.net was always intended to collect as much info as possible about my life. And now: geotagged posts.	Jan 11, 2010, 1:46 am	193	view
Did a piece about the trial, especially how I moved past reasonable doubt on a critical charge, for the Daily Beast.	Oct 10, 2009, 12:15 am	192	view
Bad signs for Alan Khazei: mentioned last in primary coverage; strategy focused on non-voters in low turn-out election.	Dec 8, 2009, 2:13 pm	191	view
A map of the balloon's origin, an estimate of where it landed, and the spot at which it's thought something fell.	Oct 15, 2009, 5:16 pm	189	view
So, a preview of the upcoming Family Guy Windows 7 infomercial is out - and it recycles an old joke. Um, what?	Oct 20, 2009, 4:00 pm	186	view
The last words of inmates executed in Texas. Tremendously sad. Denying that says more of you than them.	Sep 20, 2009, 4:21 pm	185	view
The GOP added a URL-shortener to their site, without thinking through how it would be used.	Dec 16, 2009, 9:17 am	185	view
This gentleman has well-considered opinions on things.	Sep 29, 2009, 8:08 pm	182	view
This is what happens when you give your dog an entire piece of pizza. Not recommended.	Sep 18, 2009, 9:44 pm	181	view
Gawker has an exclusive from a former colleague of Richard Heene's, who worked with him to plan a UFO-related hoax.	Oct 17, 2009, 5:52 pm	181	view
Recently discovered amateur video of the Challenger explosion. Like seeing a video of yourself you didn't know existed.	Feb 1, 2010, 10:25 am	176	view

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