Twelve stories doing the rounds for the midday lull.
Brian Cox’s search for alien life nixed by BBC health and safety tsars (Guardian) – the BBC literally won’t let Professor Cox look for alien signals because if he found them he’d be breaching their internal codes of conduct.
Fate of Moore Street Buildings Up For Debate (The Journal) – our Street Style in this month’s issue (OUT NOW) is on Moore Street, but there’s stirrings underfoot about the Irish Alamo.
The Saga Of Weird Twitter (Digifesto) – in which a PhD student with an interest in community formation describes Weird Twitter, follows its response to being deconstructed and then reflects on the whole ordeal.
Dying of the White (Gawker) – a defeated Republican Party in the US reflects on the fact that its country is not what it imagined it to be any more.
Fact-Checking the ‘Slut Vote’ (Gawker) – Sluts: they vote for the Democrats.
You’re Not Moving To Canada (The Atlantic) – a psychological insight into the fact that, despite losing an election, most Americans are not actually moving to Canada now, in direct contradiction of previous claims.
Modern Merse (Danger Here) – a glossary of terminology used by football commentator Paul Merson, e.g. “Ohhhhh. he’s hit the Casper, Jeff.” “What…” “Casper the friendly post.”
Tendai Maraire (of Shabazz Palaces) breaks down his new mixtape (Africa’s A Country) – a track-by-track explanation of the Fly Guy’s African hip hop mixtape from the Zimbabwe x Seattle musician
Bram Stoker celebrated by Google (Irish Times) – Dracula’s creator, a Dubliner, is honoured by the powers-that-be.
William Basinski (Pitchfork) – an interview with the Disintegration Loops experimentalist.
I Ain’t Afraid of No Goals (The Classical) – Irish football blogger savant Fredorrarci teaches Americans about the League Cup and all those goals that happened in it.
Diane von Furstenburg: Icon of the 1970s (W) – womanliness, sensuality and all that.
