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May 27, 2011

What foxes eat, with a twist ending

Having seen a fox crossing Comm Ave in Boston yesterday…


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…I googled to find out what they eat. I went to a helpful article in Time magazine, and discovered that foxes are 44% rabbit.

But the last sentence in the article gave me a WTF moment.

After I realized what was going on, it seemed to me that the article provokes several topics for discussion: The Demeaning Power of Condescension. The Ease with which an Entire Culture can be Trivialized. And, Please, People, Make Your Metadata More Obvious!

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Categories: everythingIsMiscellaneous Tagged with: foxes • metadata • racism Date: May 27th, 2011 dw

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