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There is no evidence from any other nation that replacing a public system with a privatized choice system produces anything but social, economic, and racial segregation. Understanding the Propaganda Campaign Against Public Education (via azspot)
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futuramb: Digital Life in 2025 By Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie, pewinternet.org Experts predict the Internet will become ‘like electricity’ — less visible, yet more deeply embedded in people’s lives for good and ill
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thecultureengine: Roman Signer
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lifeandcode: WHUT. I CAN’T EVEN. story-spaces: Processing + LED Building Facade = Programa La Plaza What happens when someone gets lost in Madrid? They run into a kid playing Space Invaders on the side of a building, of course. This ambitious project by Medialab-Prado (part of the Madrid City Council) allows anyone to be able…
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Contemporary artists have to be way ahead of curators. If not, they become illustrators of curatorial concepts. Anton Henning (via originalgiantcontent)
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offscreenmag: The UpsStanding Desk is a wooden construct that turns any normal desk into a standing desk. It’s height-adjustable and packs flat for easy transport. Such a great idea! I wish they offered int’l shipping. Back their Kickstarter project and grab one for just $200.
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typeswamp: Day 423 “Happy Arcade” by Matt Chinworth (follow his tumblr TypeSWAMP where he creates a new design every single day)
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daveortega: Raul Gonzalez and I are collaborating on a zine where we illustrate some well-known dichos (sayings). A really good dicho can cut to the core. Look for our zine at the Brooklyn Zine Fest next month.
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The entire idea of rereading implies just such a likeable and progressive assumption about life, one that’s meant to keep us interested in living it: namely, that as you get further along, you find out more valuable stuff; familiarity doesn’t always give way to dreary staleness, but often in fact to celestial understandings; that life…