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austinkleon: David Bowie, “Oh! You Pretty Things” (Live HQ TV Performance On “Old Grey Whistle Test,” 1972 This is a fun one to sing to the kids: Wake up you sleepy head Put on some clothes,shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me I’ve made some breakfast and coffee Look out my…
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hyperallergic: Wim Wenders has a unique ability to use documentary as a window onto other artistic mediums, whether they be music (Buena Vista Social Club), dance (Pina), or, in his latest film, photography. Wenders co-directed The Salt of the Earth, a portrait of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, with Salgado’s son, Juliano Ribeiro. The film is…
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There are tumblr bloggers who obfuscate their communication by hiding entire posts in tags. My colleague, Molly Templeton introduced me to what she calls “delete culture”—the act of removing social media posts from the Internet that are no longer relevant to the exact moment you are in. She’s shown me Instagram users who limit their…
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bookporn: Today the world lost two great writers. One was Eduardo Galeano. His words will remain with us until the end of out days. Latin América weeps. Image source x
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Even bad books are books and therefore sacred. Günter Grass (via bookporn)
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nevver: Found notes
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On the Hugo Award hijacking
mostlysignssomeportents: A group of right-wing Internet users calling themselves “Sad Pupping” have hijacked the Hugo Award ballot this year, buying voter-only memberships to the World Science Fiction Convention in order to fill the ballot with stories aligned with their political agenda, including one published by “Patriarchy Press,” calling on Gamergate supporters to join in with…
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There was an old and solitary man who spent most of his time in bed. There were rumors that he had a treasure hidden in his house. One day some thieves broke in, they searched everywhere and found a chest in the cellar. They went off with it and when they opened it they found…
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The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard climateadaptation: Abstract Taking notes on laptops rather than in longhand is increasingly common. Many researchers have suggested that laptop note taking is less effective than longhand note taking for learning. Prior studies have primarily focused on students’ capacity for multitasking and distraction when using laptops. The present research…
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The next Tumblr
The next Tumblr brucesterling: *More monetizable Big Data algorithms, fewer sensitive, expressive teens. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com//2015/04/10/marissa-mayer-shuffles-yahoo-leadership-team/ (…) “Under the new structure, Simon Khalaf, the Internet company’s data-spouting prophet of mobile, will become a senior vice…