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ebertchicago

  1. Do Creationists make good high school science students? A downloadable PhD thesis by Dave Van Dyke. bit.ly/eNsswge about 2 hours ago via SocialOomph
  2. Stephen Fry finds the BBC's coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee "mind-numbingly tedious." tgr.ph/LsG3J1 about 3 hours ago via SocialOomph
  3. Mark Wexler's "How to Live Forever" comes out on DVD, iTunes, etc. tomorrow. He's sorta serious. My review: bit.ly/jqtpdY about 4 hours ago via SocialOomph
  4. "Mr. Trololo" dies at 77. He was amused by his sudden fame. bit.ly/KK4lRm about 5 hours ago via SocialOomph
  5. Why Indian Americans are consistent winners of spelling bees. on.wsj.com/Lrsf1v about 5 hours ago via SocialOomph
  6. My Daily Streamer: Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation," new on Netflix Instant. The poster and my review: on.fb.me/K4cP7V about 16 hours ago via SocialOomph
  7. "Margin Call," an uncanny vision of what it must have been like on Wall Street when the markets melted. Omar Mozzafar: bit.ly/JIbhPs about 17 hours ago via SocialOomph
  8. How porn and video games are endangering the growth of boys into men. lat.ms/KZt0jJ about 19 hours ago via SocialOomph
  9. Indie Boxoffice: "Moonrise Kingdom" is huge, "Marigold Hotel" has good legs. dld.bz/b4cbv= about 21 hours ago via SocialOomph
  10. Has the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance been solved? dld.bz/b4bSx about 22 hours ago via SocialOomph
  11. Jim Emerson's video essay on the "Other Women" episode of "Mad Men." dld.bz/b4bQM about 23 hours ago via SocialOomph
  12. "26 Things That Used to be Better, According to my Old Man." bit.ly/M9T24w about 23 hours ago via SocialOomph
  13. My new Great Movie review: Jean Renoir's deligtful musical "French Cancan." Jean Gabin founds the Moulin Rouge. bit.ly/KE8u9r 11:15 AM Jun 3rd via SocialOomph
  14. MRI shows "Snow White" at 67.7 positive; RT and Meta have it at 46 and 57%, mebbe because MRI reads more closely. dld.bz/b4bw5 10:35 AM Jun 3rd via SocialOomph
  15. "Royko in Love," a free e-book from the University of Chicago Press. bit.ly/KI6tJm 9:16 AM Jun 3rd via SocialOomph
  16. Everything you were afraid was true about the "new bit.ly," a catastrophe. Doc Searls of Harvard can't figure it out. hvrd.me/KY347V 8:30 AM Jun 3rd via SocialOomph
  17. Chicago Underground Film Festival, underway at the Siskel Center. Capsule reviews by Bill Stamets: bit.ly/LTJkUz 7:50 AM Jun 3rd via SocialOomph
  18. Why won't the Netflix site behave on Chrome? 7:01 AM Jun 3rd via SocialOomph
  19. Daily Streamer: The Chabrol thriller "Merci pour le Chocolate," with Isabelle Huppert. On Netflix Instant. Info: on.fb.me/LZ4rVv 8:21 PM Jun 2nd via SocialOomph
  20. The war against texting in theaters. dld.bz/b3YN6=# 2:43 PM Jun 2nd via SocialOomph