January 2011
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov, a Russian author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. (via saturn1618)
Danger Ninja / RAW Lingerie / MUA: Jodi Vaughn
hattiewatson:
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Lone Nepali Soldier Defends Potential Rape Victim... →
charlie-twist:
Just… shit the title says it all really.
Watchchrisshepherdfilms:
A really odd thing happened the other day. I was messing about with my emails trying to make myself look important when the computer went ‘ping’. And there in my inbox was a ten year time warp. What’s that I hear you say, ten years? Yes - 10 YEARS! Time creeps up on you sometimes silently - like a a Hare Krishna selling cookery books on Oxford Street. Paul Hatcher had sent...
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“I suppose I am a “cyberutopian” at heart as Evgeny Morozov calls us. I believe...”
– Fred Wilson (via ccarella)
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January Consumption
Following on from Warren Ellis and Will Ellwood I thought a list of what’s new media has been listened to, watched, read and played over the last month would be a useful exercise for me, mainly because I have a terrible short term memory. So here goes. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - X-Box: You bog standard FPS in which your squad of valiant military-spec stereotypes race around the...
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From Twitter 01-30-2011 →
13:52:31: The Unreal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gfYKNv ▸ Top stories today by @nevali @sarahspy @davidallengreen
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From Twitter 01-29-2011 →
09:20:24: @weaponizer with that guest list, I reckon your imaginary party in your head would spill out onto the front lawn pretty damn quickly..
09:23:08: @oldhat ouch! hope you feel…
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“Sukey is a free of charge communications tool for non-violent demonstrations....”
– Sukey - A tool for non-violent demonstrations
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J Dilla: the Mozart of hip-hop | Music | The... →
Turn it up!
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From Twitter 01-27-2011 →
10:10:35: Photo: Instructions by Molly Friedrich - Click to enlarge Via Warren Ellis http://tumblr.com/xnw1cvpnkj
10:46:19: Photo: Around the World with the Graf Zeppelin …
Watchtexturemusick:
A compilation of tracks from my first two EPs, and my guest spot on Harlequinade’s EP, both available free at Black Lantern Music. There’s more on the way, including a new EP featring production by Morphamish, Krowne, dustmotes and Monkeytribe, plus a guest spot on Krowne’s new EP.
“There is one group of people not shocked by the record industry’s policy...”
– The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World | QuestionCopyright.org
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Kickstarter - Diagram for Delinquents →
This is a documentary film about the most hated man in comics history: psychiatrist Fredric Wertham.
Beginning in the late 1940s, Wertham began publishing articles linking comic books to juvenile delinquency. This work culminated in his now-infamous 1954 book, Seduction of the Innocent. Burnings of comics were reported across the United States, and Congress held hearings into the matter, which...
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“The twentieth century has seen a new enclosure of the commons – robber barons...”
– Enclosure of the Commons – 21st Century Edition
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“The five males aged, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 26, are being held after a series of...”
– Five arrested under Computer Misuse Act - Metropolitan Police Service
Mark Kennedy infiltrated German anti-fascists,... →
Police chief tells German MPs in secret sitting that undercover police officer broke law while in Germany
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Mr Loop (10)
Orbital (2)
Coldcut (2)
Jeru the Damaja (2)
Quantic (2)
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From Twitter 01-25-2011 →
08:54:05: Morning folks I am at work, have just paid my credit card bill and haven’t even had a cup of coffee yet. Surely this is cruel *and* unusual
10:29:20: @icelandbob before you…
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“Mocek’s video, shot in November 2009 at the Albuquerque International...”
– Passenger cleared after TSA checkpoint stare-down • The Register
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William Gibson on wa-wa pedals, emotional... →