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For a pair of Torontonian Luddites and their followers, today is Quit Facebook Day—a day ironically memorialized by a page on, what else, Facebook. In response to privacy concerns and other issues with the social networking juggernaut, Joseph Dee and Matthew Milan launched quitfacebook.com. So far, over 23,000 people have pledged to commit Facebook suicide today. The only problem is that deleting one’s account is the easy part (even though it’s notoriously difficult to do). The real trouble begins when the harsh emptiness of a Facebook-free life sinks in. To help with the blow, here are nine tips for dealing with Facebook withdrawal.
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World bitters shortage, the end of “foodie,” early bird specials as youth fad
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• A hiatus at the Angostura Bitters plant in Trinidad has resulted in a paucity of the boozy drink ingredient at American bars. The recent resurgence of such old-timey drinks as manhattans, old-fashioneds and dark and stormys has led to a rise in the use of bitters in fashionable bars everywhere. Freemans in New York City (think Le Petit Castor, but on the Lower East Side) is reporting that suppliers are rationing three bottles per account, on-line retailer BevMo is sold out, and San Francisco bartenders are canvassing the city, looking to hoard the stuff. At least some bars here in Toronto aren’t suffering—they’re making their own. [Grub Street]
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