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madeinhexels: Love this cute little shop by zoundmixa <3
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Interview with Manuel De Landa (1999)
Interview with Manuel De Landa (1999) neonkhanate: I would never speak of “power” in general, or of “the State” in general, but only of specific “institutional ecologies” comprising a heterogenous mixture of bureaucracies, markets, antimarkets, prisons, schools, factories, hospitals etc., and of specific exercises of power within and between these organizations. In a sense, the…
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flash-thunder: Women make up 45% of the gaming community and 0% of the protagonists of the 25 biggest games of the year. “Yes, but that’s still a minority! If more women played video games, there would be more reason to have female protagonists!” Men make up 35% of the cinema audience and 84% of the protagonists of the 25…
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fastcompany: Guillermo Del Toro created this sketch for his Left Hand of Darkness adaption of The Count of Monte Cristo that he undertook after his father was kidnapped in 1997.
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some more homages to a square, these with Agnes Martin in mind. they have much less finesse than her paintings, though. the one on top got out of control. it worked better when I reset the rotation to zero at the bottom of the loop. also, hints of green can be perceived at the adjacencies…
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My aunt just sent me a picture of an effigy of the old year that has traditionally been burned at midnight in rural parts of Colombia. It’s “filled” with gun powder so the year ends with a bang. Esto es un ano viejo. Esta lleno de polvora y la gente lo quema a la medianoche.…
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Notes from “Cat’s eye” by Margaret Atwood
December 31, 2013 Chapter 20 On the darkening streets the poppies blossom, for Remembrance Day. They’re made of fuzzy cloth, red like valentine hearts, with a black spot and a pin through the center. We wear them on our coats. All Excerpts From Atwood, Margaret. “Cat’s eye.” Anchor Books, 1998-07-15 00:00:00+01:00. iBooks. This material may…
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Self Publish or Perish- a “short” essay. (Or: 4,000 words about boxes and boxes of comic books)
Self Publish or Perish- a “short” essay. (Or: 4,000 words about boxes and boxes of comic books) beckycloonan: Ah, yes. I’ve just made some more coffee, and sat down at my desk. I usually do a little “year in review” post on my blog, but I don’t use my blog much anymore. Tumblr is kind…
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In 1969 the median salary for a male worker was $35,567 (in 2012 dollars). Today it is $33,904. So for 44 years, while wages for the top 10 percent have continued to climb, most Americans have been caught in a ”Great Stagnation,” bringing into question the whole purpose of the American capitalist economy. The notion…
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What is high modernism, then? It is best conceived as a strong (one might even say muscle-bound) version of the beliefs in scientific and technical progress that were associated with industrialization in Western Europe and in North America from roughly 1830 until World War I. At its center was a supreme self-confidence about continued linear…