It’s time for your weekly dose of links, dear readers!<\/p>\n
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Jack Anderson to FBI: F*** you!<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Wait: he’s white<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun<\/a>. (Via Kottke<\/a>)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Christoph Neimann diagrams the cheat codes of New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n What do quantum crypto and this blog have in common? They’re both awesome and pointless<\/a>!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n David Gates has about as odd a selection of music<\/a> as I’d expect.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n How do you redesign a magazine<\/a>?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Jeremiah laments the New Jerseyfication of East Harlem<\/a>. (Seriously, NYC: if you want Target and Whole Foods and the Gap everywhere, just come to Paramus! 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But they're still awesome! Just click \"more\"! Just clowning. Here's Ta-Nehisi Coates on the \"meh\" aspect of BHM! * * * I looked over the guest list for the New York Comic-Con\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Comic books & strips"","block_context":{"text":"Comic books & strips","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature\/comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3012,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/bleh","url_meta":{"origin":2657,"position":1},"title":"Bleh","author":"Gil","date":"December 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm home sick today with a headcold. I don't feel like writing, but I don't want to deprive you, my devoted readers, from a little dose of VM entertainment. So here's a link to illustrator Christoph Niemann's latest visual blogpost, covering his history with coffee! 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But hey: we'll always have journalism, kid. * * * My wife thinks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Architecture"","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2365,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-sept-5-2008","url_meta":{"origin":2657,"position":5},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Sept. 5, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"September 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"No more Friday summer hours at my office! I'm almost too sad to post a passel of links! (for more, just click more!) 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