“The point of having f**k-you money”: We’ve seen how the economy broke down in ’08 — Showtime’s “Billions” shows us why – Salon.com

HBO’s 2011 film “Too Big to Fail” is not even the second-best film about the 2008 financial crisis—Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated “The Big Short” and 2011’s “Margin Call” would probably take those two spots. But “Too Big to Fail” is, like “The Big Short,” an attempt to tell a true story, admittedly with significantly less punchy…

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Angouleme organizers criticized for presenting fake awards [Updated] | Robot 6 | The Comics Culture Blog

.post_category Angouleme organizers criticized for presenting fake awards [Updated] by Brigid Alverson | January 31, 2016 @ 2:42 PM | 5 Comments| post_date .promote .clearer INFOLINKS_ON As if this year’s Angouleme International Comics Festival hadn’t been plagued by enough controversy, the organizers decided to play a practical joke at the closing ceremony that a lot…

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The economics of a web-based book: year one | Butterick’s Practical Typography

The economics of a web-based book: year oneAt the end of July 2014, this book com­pleted its first year on­line. When it launched, I de­scribed it as “partly an ex­per­i­ment in tak­ing the web se­ri­ously as a book-pub­lish­ing medium.” In the in­ter­ests of sci­ence, a few words about how that ex­per­i­ment is go­ing. Noth­ing here…

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‘Metaphysical (feat. Janelle Kroll)’ – YouTube

iTunes: http://found.ee/metaphysical-itSpotify: http://found.ee/metaphysical-spBandcamp: http://found.ee/metaphysical-bc METAPHYSICAL, 2015acrylic, spray paint, mixed media on wood24 x 24 Finished this new art piece! To us Metaphysical isn’t about the origin of the universe. It’s about the reality we create in our own lives. When we peel back the layers, we’re all just human inside. Also made this interactive art…

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I’m So Damn Tired of Slave Movies

The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker’s Sundance darling period piece about the deadliest slave insurrection in American history, was purchased by Fox Searchlight on early Tuesday morning for $17.5 million. It was the largest deal in Sundance history, and coverage immediately suggested that The Birth of a Nation will function as some way through…

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