February 2012
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Without wishing to overstate my case, everything in the observable universe...
– Alan Moore addresses the appropriation of the Guy Fawkes mask famously used in his work by the protest movements today/// BBC News - Viewpoint: V for Vendetta and the rise of Anonymous (via takethecityandrun)
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...: The Death of the Cyberflâneur →
“As the popular technology blogger Robert Scoble explained in a recent post defending frictionless sharing, “The new world is you just open up Facebook and everything you care about will be streaming down the screen.”
This is the very stance that is killing cyberflânerie: the whole point of the…
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Why economic inequality leads to collapse →
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The Sense of Uncertainty By Mills Baker
If you enjoy reading I recommend to you the latest eassy by Mills Baker:
The Sense of Uncertainty
Mills turns in a beautiful meditation on Memory, History and Writing, all in the guise of a book review.
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January 2012
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Xuyen’s definition of “food sovereignty”: The ability of community members to...
– Xuyen Pham LINK
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How then, are we to interpret the current mess? Does this crisis signal, for...
– David Harvey, The Enigma of Capital (via pragmatica)
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I can’t help but wonder if the party moderates are just letting this parade of...
– Warren Ellis on the GOP Primaries
Link to interview: Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich, Space Realism and Future America
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When any new form comes into the foreground of things, we naturally look at it...
– Marshall McLuhan - on new media technologies
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Why Twitter’s new policy is helpful for... →
lukesimcoe:
A little counterpoint to the ZOMG! TWITTER IS CENSORING STUFF! hysteria today.
Twitter Announces Micro-Censorship Policy →
emergentfutures:
Paul Higgins: This does not sound too good
courtenaybird:
Via NYTimes.com: So much for the free-wheeling, libertarian reputation of Twitter. The company announced Thursday that it could start censoring certain content in certain countries, a sort of micro-censorship widget that would pop up up in a grey box on the Twitter feed.
“Tweet withheld,” it would read “This tweet...
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wolfandfox:
The Skin I Live In (Almodovar 2011) (thanks to)
Another Incredible film from 2011.
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Johnny Otis (21 minutes) →
Via Fresh Air from WHYY
Johnny Otis recounts a career as band leader and cultural rebel. Musical and cultural history recounted by a man who deserves our respect and admiration. Johnny Otis was a founder of Rhythm & Blues.