Ellen Oh's Blog, page 49
February 6, 2017
Reuters orders reporters to cover Trump like an authoritarian regime: Expect ‘physical threats’
nprbooks:
Pinball is big business in Japan. Known as pachinko,...
Pinball is big business in Japan. Known as pachinko, the multibillion-dollar industry is dominated by Korean Japanese, an immigrant community that has been unwelcome and ill-treated for generations. In her new novel, Pachinko, Min Jin Lee tells the story of one family’s struggle to fit into a society that treats them with contempt.
Lee got the idea for her book when she was still a college student. It was 1989 and she went to a lecture by an American missionary who had been working...
micdotcom:This woman couldn’t get ahold of her senator, so she...
This woman couldn’t get ahold of her senator, so she ordered him a pizza
AWESOME IDEA!!! But I would’ve put anchovies and pineapples on it.
a shitposter’s guide to political bias in major news outlets
aspiringwarriorlibrarian:
whatareyoureallyafraidof:
“Burnt out?”...
“Burnt out?” In just two weeks? Really?
Hon, we need a vacation from you, not the other way around.
February 4, 2017
micdotcom:
Trump administration already has more than one...
Trump administration already has more than one bizarre response to federal judge’s Muslim ban blockIn less than 24 hours, the Trump administration has crafted three statements in response to the Seattle U.S. District Court judge’s temporary block against President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking refugees and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer released an initial statement saying the Wh...
