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Have you ever wondered where books come from?
neil-gaiman: allofthefeelings: bluelightseven: zwischendenstuehlen: Well then, let me show you, because that’s what I do for a living. Right now, it’s this time of the year, and the little ones have just freshly hatched: You’ll notice they’re still blind and naked when they hatch. So I make them little coats to keep them warm during…
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gjmueller: Pepper Grinder Shuts off Tech to Reclaim Family Dinner Time Dolmio, the Australian pasta sauce brand, has developed a high-tech pepper grinder that blocks Wifi and shuts down electronic devices including tablets and TVs. The Australian brand aims to make dinnertime more about the ritual of families eating and connecting and less about faces…
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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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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…