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“you’re not going to get tenure from it or anything, but”
In an interesting move, my institution now has a line item in our annual reports for “professional/academic blog contributions”. There remains a conservative hierarchy of valuation, though. karaj: today i had a really ecstatic discussion about tumblr with one of my favorite professors. we were talking about feminism and the theoretical really, really for real…
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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, “You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I’m not your agent and I’m not your mommy. I’m a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?” And I really,…
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thenewinquiry: The transition from signs which dissimulate something to signs which dissimulate that there is nothing, marks the decisive turning point. The first implies a theology of truth and secrecy. The second inaugurates an age of simulacra and simulation, in which there is no longer any last judgment to separate truth from false, the real…
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Nokia Releases A Font Designed To Work In Any Language
Nokia Releases A Font Designed To Work In Any Language bmdesign:
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pbsarts: Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic? Everyone has already heard about the Tupac Hologram that played at Coachella earlier this year. But with Queen’s recent announcement of a Hologram Freddie Mercury and TLC’s plans for a Hologram Lisa Left Eye Lopes, it looks Hologram pop stars are here to…
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mightyflynn: Peanuts #1, ca. 1953 cover by Charles M. Schulz
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“hire me! even for free!”
karaj: cocothinkshefancy: Fair Pay For All Work: Why Unpaid Internships are a Feminist Concern It’s that time of year—across campus, students are checking email and voicemail messages in anticipation of what seems like the golden ticket to success: a chance to commit three months of summer to a low- or unpaid desk job. As we…
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We are three women who majored in engineering, math, and science. Throughout our education and at work, we were all far outnumbered by men. We realized that our own experiences in childhood were integral in attracting us to math and science as adults. Alice grew up playing in a robotics lab and her father gave…
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The founding act of the barbarian age (Le Devoir)
towerofsleep: translatingtheprintempserable: Gordon Lefebvre, retired instructor; Éric Martin, professor of philosophy at Collège Édouard-Montpetit 23 May 2012 French text:http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/350622/l-acte-fondateur-de-l-age-barbare For the first time, we are taking pen in hand in Quebec with the fear that this could bring reprisals against us. Despite that, there are things that must be said and written when significant crises burst out that…
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http://www.harwoodpodcast.com/sketchup
http://www.harwoodpodcast.com/sketchup notational: Over the past few days I’ve been going through these podcast tutorials about Google Sketchup. Clear and accessible. At first I thought the pace was too slow but have decided that in fact it’s quite well-paced. I’d recommend it to anyone looking to get started with this free tool.