October 2011
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Finally, some great satire to go along with the... →
In related news (literally), it’s almost impossible to find more information about this facet of the movement. Which is a shame, because it’s very very clever. There’s another glimpse of it in this video (1:41-1:49). Reminds me a TON of the work of Mrs. Evita Bezuidenhout.
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“The truth is, if old Major Dover hadn’t dropped dead at Taunton races Jim...”
– Wry, playful, mysterious. I might make a habit of posts like this.
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a post for post-grads
So there’s this really cool thing called neoteny. It’s “the retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles”. Some good examples are axolotls, a species of salamander that never make it out of the water, or flightless birds, which often resemble the chicks of other birds more serious about being birds.
When I discovered this biological...
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Chess Boxing. When you absolutely MUST prove that... →
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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
– A masterful opening. Talk about setting the tone.
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This week in OWS musings: deceleration?
(TL;DR? Ctrl+F to “momentum”.)
Is it just me, or has the general e-clamor about Occupy Wall Street decreased since this past weekend’s Occupation Party in Times Square? Maybe I haven’t been looking hard enough, but in my experience, I’m noticing fewer and fewer articles, op-eds, and blogs about the whats and what’s happenings down in Zuccotti Park, and...
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WatchToo. Good.
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When the tagline for the app you're marketing is... →
I seriously hope that this is a well-produced joke.
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In which it turns out that I AM what democracy...
(Apologies, but not really, for the long post. Also sorry that I’m not posting any of the pictures I took today; turns out my smartphone has a dumb camera.)
As many people already know, today was a big day for the Occupy Wall Street movement. People closed their accounts at Citibank (and got arrested for trespassing), people got together and protested (and got arrested and/or beaten for...
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There is no way this episode of Nature can... →
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My two new(est) favorite tumblrs
Shit That Siri Says
We Are The 1%; We Stand With The 99%
Check ‘em out.
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New strategy: stop shaving, start writing. →
In, necessarily, that order.
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OWS - First Impressions
OK. So I’ve got some firsthand experience with Occupy Wall Street now. This afternoon, I went down to Washington Square Park and was a participant in the afternoon General Assembly held there. Here is a picture! Overall, I must admit that I had a very conflicted experience. In the spirit of Mic Check*, let me try to be concise, clear, and focused.
I will not deny that the amount of people...
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"This is not a movement with a traditional... →
“Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don’t get it” - Douglas Rushkoff, CNN.com
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Say what you want about Keith Olberman, but don't... →
Armchair activism aside, reblog this. Reblog this.
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Armchair Activism?
So there’s been a lot of stuff to be up-in-arms about lately (duh, say the people who have been fighting their various good fights for decades, and more). I’ve been thinking a lot about it recently, for any number of reasons, and I thought I’d take a moment to actually write about it.
I get most of my information about the world these days from a combination of Facebook, Tumblr,...
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