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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Is Even Worse Than You Think

By the Branta Webcrawler • Mar 20th, 2013 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Reading Horror(s), eBook Shelf

Requiring nonprofit disability groups to ask permission from the government every three years and navigate a complex legal minefield to implement urgently needed accessibility technology is not compatible with progressive, conservative, or libertarian values; the goal of equal access for people with disabilities; or common sense. Even the librarian admitted in 2010 that the DMCA exemption process “is at best ill-suited to address the larger challenges of access.”
Blake E. Reid/Slate



Buzzfeed: The Best Of Online Literary Curiosities

By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 26th, 2013 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, Recommended Artistic Consumption



8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need

By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 21st, 2013 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, Ha Ha, Typography


via College Humor



20 Words You Didn’t Know Were Inspired by People

By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 11th, 2013 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Lists

Given that all we do is write about culture all day, we at Flavorpill are always fascinated by words and the tricksy ways they come to be. Recently, we’ve been thinking about the etymology of common words, particularly the ones that can be traced back to specific people in history, whether authors, scientists, or just wealthy estate agents who were, well, boycotted by the town around them.
via Flavorwire



Telegraph Journal Profile: Julie Scriver

By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 11th, 2013 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Goose Lane Authors, In Brief, Publishing

We’re neither a modest nor an ego-driven bunch at GLE, but an opportunity to share a peek behind our curtain is something we couldn’t pass up. Here is a profile of our own Julie Scriver borrowed (with permission) from the pages of the February 9th Telegraph Journal.



Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry launches at Black History Month event

By the Branta Webcrawler • Feb 4th, 2013 • Category: Editor's Picks, Events and Launches, From the Interweb, Poetry, Video

The works of 90 poets from across the nation are collected in this 256-page book and help to tell the often never-heard stories of black Canadian experiences. The book represents a huge creative range in the work of more than 90 poets, from page-based approaches to dub and slam—from George Elliott Clarke to Lillian Allen and Prufrock Shadowrunner.
Craig Takeuchi/Straight.com



N.S. police seize hoard of rare books, art from man’s house

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jan 23rd, 2013 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, In Brief, News Briefs, Recommended Artistic Consumption

The 51-year-old has been charged with four counts of possession of stolen property. On Wednesday, police officers loaded boxes of artifacts into a rented U-haul trailer. RCMP Cpl. Scott MacRae said Tillmann’s collection was set up like a private museum. “[There's] old documents, there’s antiques, there’s things like a medieval suit of amour, old carvings, paintings,” he said. “One painting was … from the Nova Scotia legislature.”
via CBC News



10 Worst Book Covers In The History Of Literature

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jan 22nd, 2013 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, Ha Ha

We’ve selected 10 abominations that are the legitimate covers, of some of the least read books in the world. Some utterly defy belief, others are serious missteps of creative direction – either way we hope you’re entertained by what you’re about to see and as always, do let us know your favs or in this case, your most cringeworthy…
via So Bad So Good



Peek Inside the Moleskines of Famous Culture Makers

By the Branta Webcrawler • Dec 4th, 2012 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, In the Other Arts, Lists, Uncategorized, Writing Routines



Filmmaker Jem Cohen’s beautiful ode to Nova Scotia

By the Branta Webcrawler • Dec 4th, 2012 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, In the Other Arts, Travel, Video