Daily Oddities, June 9th/10th

We’re starting this round of Daily Oddities with something everybody wants–a job! Today’s odd job listings include counting bees in New York City and catelouging controlled substances for the NYPD. Awesome much?
Now that you’re gainfully employed, lets take a quick gander around the globe.
GLOBE: Things are getting ridiculous in Russia, where the racing collapse of [...]

Terror Couture

Recently, I’ve become obsessed by terrorist chic- not the kind defined so brilliantly by bradtriescriticaltheory – the sort that’s already been coopted and comodified to the point that Palestinians should be embarassed to wear the kaffieyeh, but things you could only hope to buy abroad or in the untouched pockets of outer borogh New York. [...]

Swine Flu, Day 3— (news) fatigue and (24/7) general malaise

The American public, it seems, is already exhausted by our (possible) pandemic. Even as HuffPo breaks the glass on their emergency 72 point font, people are suffering the first symptoms of Swine Flu fatigue. That is, in the weekend since H1N1 entered the national consciousness, our constant tumblring and retweeting, digesting and regergitating has produced [...]

Swine Flu (why Twitter is your worst nightmare)

Mexican soldier hands out masks in the DF

Are you terrfied yet, motherfucker? Well, if you’ve been following Twitter or the increasingly rabid  homepage of  the Huffington Post, you would be.
As a CDC junkie (and a regular reader of Morbidity and Mortality weekly) , I would love to get into the nitty gritty of this disease–how [...]