September 2008
10 posts
Why I'm Riding
I’m one of the dozen or so young people riding our bikes from New York City to Washington DC. We’re a motley crew, with diverse backgrounds and athletic abilities. But we have one thing in common — we’re riding for the climate. To us, riding for the climate means riding for our future. We don’t have kids and we don’t have much invested in the stock market, but...
Climate Ride!
I’ve been wearing a lot of spandex bike shorts recently and going on long rides to prep for our 350-mile trek from NYC to Washington DC, and I’m feeling strong and ready for Climate Ride 08. If you feel the hankering to support my ride, feel free to donate here: http://tinyurl.com/philclimateride This is all to say that I’ll be out of the office and mostly out of email from Today...
Barack Obama: Secret Banjoist?
From The Celestial Monochord:
Obama interrupts “Hopalong Peter” at a New Lost City Ramblers concert
In another clear sign that his campaign is in financial trouble, presidential hopeful Barack Obama is now fundraising among devotees of the southern Appalachian stringband music known as “oldtime.”
Apparently conceding bluegrass donors to his Republican rival,...
Ambient intimacy
Here’s a quick quote from a great NYT article on social media, and the rise of feeds, facebook, status messages and twitter.
You could also regard the growing popularity of online awareness as a reaction to social isolation, the modern American disconnectedness that Robert Putnam explored in his book “Bowling Alone.” The mobile workforce requires people to travel more frequently for...
WatchTake that, conservative press!
350 at the RNC
From this article in CQPolitics
The Protest RNC Facebook page has 1,600 registered members, and its MySpace page has 1,100. The group’s Facebook discussion board features 60 topics, including stories about the St. Paul Police Department’s plainclothes operations to requests on the best way to get from Los Angeles to the convention. In one exchange, a member advised anyone planning to...