Zoë Lance.

  • Link Party: 6/27-7/1

    Here’s what I read last week: 1. I will really, really miss The Toast. 2. Bill Cunningham was a rare gem and I was very sorry to hear of his death. Because I really, really think you should know about him, here are two articles. 3. The present and future of the Washington Post, courtesy of…

  • Link Party: 4/4-4/8

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This 9-year-old reporter and her community news efforts make me so proud. 2. This is a stupendous feature on Yellowstone National Park and its wildlife. This is a must-read. 3. The work of professional taste testers. 4. Read about the guy who recorded, tamed and sold nature sounds to…

  • Link Party: 1/25-1/29

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. The performance of race, gender and identity on Vine. If you use or know of Vine, you should read this. 2. This story about the role of Facebook’s community standards for the Internet brings up some important questions about Facebook and the public. 3. The world of fake…

  • Link Party: 6/8-6/12

    I’m so overwhelmed that so many people liked yesterday’s post. Thank you. On to what I read this week: 1. I haven’t finished it because it might be a billion words, but Paul Ford’s explanation of coding is incredible. 2. We all knew this already, but closing bookstores is a very bad idea. 3. Secret…

  • Link Party: 4/27-5/1

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. A fascinating mini-profile on Louis Sarno, a musicologist that lives amongst the Bayaka in the Central African Republic. 2. It’s okay to run through The Six with your woes and then cry about it, Drake. 3. What the new Twitter Highlights tells us about Twitter and ourselves. 4.…

  • Link Party: 4/20-4/24

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Avocados are very important. 2. This is what happened when the Washington Post sent its food critic to critique a restaurant 80 Yelp users have rated 1-star. 3. Emoji are also very important, especially on the linguistics front. 4. Mallory Ortberg‘s advice to her younger self is wonderful.…

  • Link Party: 3/2-3/6

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Someone mapped out all of Drake’s references to Toronto. 2. An interesting look at forensic linguistics. 3. Daniel Norris is a millionaire and the future of the Toronto Blue Jays, but he lives in a Volkswagen bus outside of a Wal-Mart. 4. Kanye West’s talk at Oxford is everything.…

  • Link Party: 2/23-2/27

    I had a great week, and I hope you did too. Here’s what I read: 1. This chat between two editors, who had never met before but tried to get the other to feel the most profound sense of dread and panic from reading an email,  is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a…

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