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brianmichaelbendis: Apocalypse the Pooh by Charles Paul Wilson III.
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tumbling vulnerable feels
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shrinkrants: “We are not spectators in the world, for we are always enmeshed in a lived relation with it, grounded in the activity of the body. Furthermore, this active relation engages all the senses – not only vision – so we do not picture the world but live it through our bodies.” Ian Burkitt –…
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tanacetum vulgare: spoopywood: Does anyone on here know much about art history? I’m…
tanacetum vulgare: spoopywood: Does anyone on here know much about art history? I’m… spoopywood: Does anyone on here know much about art history? I’m trying to find a painting depicting Manifest Destiny – other than Gast’s “American Progress” – that refers either to the “experiences of Native Americans or Mexicans/Mexican Americans during the period of…
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alfagamma: “The Myth as a Meta Language” by Roland Barthes, from Mythologies notes: – This demonstrates the construction of myths as connotations accepted as natural and true (eg inequalities) – The ‘sign’ (signification) is the product of a signifier and signified, which goes on to act as a signifier in its own right – The…
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kateoplis: “You have to understand: it’s not madness. It’s conscience.” “He died of hopelessness.” Solaris
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If you want to understand the deepest malfunctions of systems, pay attention to the rules, and to who has power over them. Donella Meadows in Whole Earth Review (Winter 1997). Places to Intervene in a System A longer version of the article at Sustainability Institute. (via protoslacker)
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Despite the complexity of our economy, most of the emissions problem seems to be quite simple: stop burning coal to generate electricity. Given the basic political will to take on the problem at all, this really shouldn’t be that hard. The problem, of course, is that such political will is lacking in the country that…
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So what Anderson and Bows are really saying is that there is still time to avoid catastrophic warming, but not within the rules of capitalism as they are currently constructed. Which may be the best argument we have ever had for changing those rules. Naomi Klein at Alternet. Naomi Klein: Why Science Is Telling All of…
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Scientists: Pacific Ocean heating up faster than in past 10,000 Years
Scientists: Pacific Ocean heating up faster than in past 10,000 Years The Pacific Ocean is warming at a faster rate than it has in the previous 10,000 years, suggesting more difficulties in countering the effects of global warming, according to a new study published Friday in the journal Science. The study, “Pacific Ocean Heat Content During…