Local officials, fearing the loss of thousands of jobs and a considerable amount of prestige as a tech center, are scrambling to placate the disgruntled businesses. But the city is also struggling with a budget deficit that may require firing hundreds of public employees to bring it under control.
via Prominent Start-Ups in San Francisco Resist a Payroll Tax – NYTimes.com.
Each Conflict Kitchen iteration is augmented by events, performances, and discussion about the culture, politics, and issues at stake with each county we focus on. We are currently presenting the second iteration of Conflict Kitchen via Bolani Pazi, an Afghan take-out restaurant that serves a savory homemade afghan turnover filled with either pumpkin, spinach, lentils, or potatoes and leeks. Developed in collaboration with members of the Afghan community, our bolani comes packaged in a custom-designed wrapper that includes interviews with Afghans both in Afghanistan and the United States on subjects ranging from Afghan food and culture to the current geopolitical turmoil.
“I gathered my meat grinder, food processor, gigantic Chinese cleaver, and 10 pounds of fresh beef chuck to find out.”
via The Burger Lab: What’s The Best Way To Grind Beef? | A Hamburger Today.
Certainly not Mashable. It’s been over years ago…
Slightly fuzzy maths, but proves once again that 1% of users make 90% of the noise. And that people are curious to try out what they heard about in the media, never to come back again after the first try. Second Life anyone?
via CHART OF THE DAY: How Many Users Does Twitter REALLY Have?.
“I want to thank all of our wonderful fans for their support,” Weiner said in a statement. “I also want to thank AMC and Lionsgate for agreeing to support the artistic freedom of myself, the cast and the crew, so that we can continue to make the show exactly as we have from the beginning. I’m excited to get started on the next chapter of our story.”
via Mad Men Creator Signs Longterm Deal, Show Now Renewed Through Season 6 – TVLine.
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Purchase of digital downloads from the Amazon MP3 Store can be automatically saved to Cloud Drive.
The last bubble burst really hit the people hard. And this time, because its had more time to inflate and because its built around user generated content, the failures will have a wider impact, again on people, and on the web.
via Scripting News: Is it a bubble? It matters if we think it is..
An animated map of protests in the Middle East as they spread from country to country, updated with the most recent events.
via Middle East Protests: An animated map. – By Elizabeth Weingarten and Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine.
