feb. 24
Links we love today: The Oscars approach, a hip hop mix, real-life Ron Swansonand more
Here are the links we loved today:
The Times debates: Why don’t comedies win Oscars? Nick Kroll’s Oscar picks; Here’s who will present what category at the ceremony; 9 Oscar-themed hot dogs.
Maude Apatow interviews Paul Rudd; Tennis performs live on The Current.
Online board game night: The Internet edition of Risk.
20 ‘shameful’ single-people behaviors (like, “Eating straight out of the fridge or in bed with the laptop” — I’m not going to be embarrassed about that one, though.)
Jonathan Meiburg of Austin band Shearwater talks books with Vol. 1 Brooklyn; Chip Kidd talks book cover design with the Dallas Voice.
Leah Manners of KOOP’s Hip Hop Hooray has compiled a mix for Side One Track One.
Shocker: Some mental health experts are turning to Facebook to identify depression in teens.
A history of the tiny horse! A real-life Ron Swanson!
How to draw cat people; Famous art recreated with packing tape.
“Lonely deaths” are on the rise in Japan.
Photos from Tehran, 60s-style.
The A.V. Club explains why it’s important for bands to stop sucking on SNL; Larry David remembers the time he quit SNL.
