var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-3386386-3’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); my links, pics, projects and musingsTumblr (3.0; @amzam)http://amandazamora.com/english2english: Right, then. Prince Harry’s visit to the USA is as good a time as any to point...http://amandazamora.com/post/50509624398http://amandazamora.com/post/50509624398Wed, 15 May 2013 14:36:39 -0400newsguardianjournalismlanguage“So many lines are being crossed in so many directions, it is tough to keep track of who are...http://amandazamora.com/post/50492714515http://amandazamora.com/post/50492714515Wed, 15 May 2013 08:40:13 -0400technologydatadata privacysurveillancenewsmediagovernment surveilancetech<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e33d57e9a47d6d4d80a1f571e82645d9/tumblr_mmstdzl8Yx1qcf2yso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://officialssay.tumblr.com/post/50443154787/a-slide-from-a-recent-dress-for-success">officialssay</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A slide from a <a href="https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2013/may/14/dia/">recent “Dress for Success” presentation</a> given at the Defense Intelligence Agency. The presentation recommended that women dress conservatively, but that they not take a “Plain Jane” approach to makeup.</p> <p>“Even smart people do dumb things sometimes,” the <a href="http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/698702-dia-dress-code.html#pages/p18">DIA director said</a>, in an email to employees apologizing for the training.</p> </blockquote> <p>woops.</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/50457514297http://amandazamora.com/post/50457514297Tue, 14 May 2013 20:16:19 -0400quotesnewsofficials say<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dbc2ca23f4a194b4bc45641396ece8d1/tumblr_mmjfht4sGw1qcr1h2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fascinating look at emotions that don’t translate to English. (via <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672500/infographic-19-emotions-for-which-english-has-no-words#1">1 | Infographic: 19 Emotions For Which English Has No Words | Co.Design: business innovation design</a>)</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/50016659359http://amandazamora.com/post/50016659359Thu, 09 May 2013 11:39:29 -0400languagechartsemotions<iframe class="spotify_audio_player" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Auser%3Awilcohq%3Aplaylist%3A5IlNlnPMyljEcgL1vQCtvs&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" width="500" height="580"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Been cranking through work all week w/ this @wilco playlist. And still digging it. Happy almost Friday!</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/50010788112http://amandazamora.com/post/50010788112Thu, 09 May 2013 09:25:46 -0400musicspotify<iframe class="spotify_audio_player" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0ke0VwcET1D6neauEyk4U4&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" width="500" height="580"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sort of obsessed with Gatsby soundtrack. Sure hope the movie isn’t total flop.</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/49863977082http://amandazamora.com/post/49863977082Tue, 07 May 2013 13:19:33 -0400musicspotify“Now whether she was better roasted, boiled or carbonado’d (barbecued), I know not, but of...http://amandazamora.com/post/49440403390http://amandazamora.com/post/49440403390Thu, 02 May 2013 11:25:03 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/879e0c2daa8d26e556fa827591f3cbff/tumblr_mm0w59IZ2S1s3tjego1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://propublica.tumblr.com/post/49181678731/if-you-complain-too-much-they-wont-take-you-to">propublica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption"><strong>“If you complain too much, they won’t take you to work anymore.”</strong> — In Chicago, immigrant labor brokers known as raiteros have helped create a system where temp agencies and their corporate clients benefit from cheap, just-in-time labor as workers’ pay falls well below the minimum wage. Read our latest investigation, <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/taken-for-a-ride-temp-agencies-and-raiteros-in-immigrant-chicago">Taken for a Ride</a>.</span></p> <p>+ <strong><a href="http://www.propublica.org/images/social/taken-for-a-ride-share-chart-final.png">View enlarged graphic</a>.</strong></p> <p><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption"> </span></p> </blockquote> <p>Latest ProPublica investigation: how temp workers in Chicago <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/taken-for-a-ride-temp-agencies-and-raiteros-in-immigrant-chicago">are being exploited by raitero system</a> as brand-name companies like Ty Inc., Sony, Frito Lay and Pampered Chef benefit.</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/49184572270http://amandazamora.com/post/49184572270Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:21:32 -0400newslaborexploitationcharts: If Jill Abramson were a man...: changetheratio: annfriedman: She’s a source of widespread...http://amandazamora.com/post/48814983938http://amandazamora.com/post/48814983938Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:44:14 -0400“I think there’s a really easy caricature that some people have bought into, of the bitchy...http://amandazamora.com/post/48814178571http://amandazamora.com/post/48814178571Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:34:45 -0400“Go to sleep or I will call the planes.” - what some Yemeni parents say to their...http://amandazamora.com/post/48777765396http://amandazamora.com/post/48777765396Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:31:39 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f1ac0a76181621cb058dd2180e2699b/tumblr_mlrl3u7vfV1qav5oho1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://newyorker.tumblr.com/post/48775645141/why-a-certain-generation-will-always-love-winnie">newyorker</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/04/i-love-winnie-cooper.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">Why a certain generation will always love Winnie Cooper</a>: “It is not so much a phenomenon as a textbook example of nature versus nurture—we were all nurtured to love Winnie Cooper, and to see ourselves as her counterpart, Kevin Arnold.” </p> </blockquote> <p>I was a fan. </p>http://amandazamora.com/post/48776883342http://amandazamora.com/post/48776883342Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:13:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3cd4a647092922fdd1ec7d465b7dfb93/tumblr_mlpkz1v0L81qcr1h2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The annual trespassing, photo-snapping, baby-butt imprinting season of the Texas bluebonnet is here. And the New York Times decided it was amusing enough to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/us/bluebonnet-season-in-texas-brings-out-the-crowds.html?ref=todayspaper">write about</a>.</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/48690007933http://amandazamora.com/post/48690007933Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:49:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a480044d892284dec38e01a1ebd8922/tumblr_mllycrnmLI1qcr1h2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunday morning in Times Square for day 2 for @globaleditors #editorslab (at Times Square)</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/48522712647http://amandazamora.com/post/48522712647Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:48:27 -0400editorslab<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27adcbebfce8176cb0889b2a8b65e1f4/tumblr_mlevur5TVG1qcr1h2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>so hot out here my butter’s melting. #nyc #spring (at Roc)</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/48211278179http://amandazamora.com/post/48211278179Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:11:15 -0400nycspring<iframe class="spotify_audio_player" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A4cmcEMBzsbWHAziDutAIWI&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" width="500" height="580"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Imagining my grandparents (whom I never met) dance to this waltz, one of their favorites according to my father. They were born in the 1880s, Maria Guadalupe in Monterrey and Jose Matias in the nearby village of Cadereyta, Mex. They met in San Antonio, where she had family and he had work, and eventually moved to Mexico City. That’s where my father father was born. </p> <p>On something of a family treasure hunt these days, and enjoying it immensely.</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/47995943786http://amandazamora.com/post/47995943786Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:22:46 -0400musicspotify<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b4ee7f3f36a3765369dc64362b6ec80/tumblr_ml91vmmL4u1qcr1h2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunday morning run. (at Prospect Park Lake)</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/47954012135http://amandazamora.com/post/47954012135Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:35:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25b34bd18d768e37ee8ad8fb0a93afb7/tumblr_ml7ps9O78D1qcr1h2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>standing tall. (at Washington Square Park)</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/47894822331http://amandazamora.com/post/47894822331Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:16:57 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5bd764269a3aade70c1cda3bcf91a8b/tumblr_mkyfkihOau1qcokc4o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theatlantic.tumblr.com/post/47480589850/a-map-that-shows-the-dramatic-spread-of-legal-weed">theatlantic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/04/map-shows-dramatic-spread-legal-weed-us/63997/"><strong>A Map That Shows the Dramatic Spread of Legal Weed in the U.S.</strong></a></p> </blockquote> <p>taking over like … weeds?</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/47698042643http://amandazamora.com/post/47698042643Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:05:28 -0400charts<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8fa13ab15d5400f509462190be38d0b3/tumblr_ml2c2zUpzR1qcr1h2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>storm’s coming.</p>http://amandazamora.com/post/47656109673http://amandazamora.com/post/47656109673Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:32:58 -0400