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Critical Toy, work in progress, second attempt. Model was reduced in scale be a fraction, from 3.5" in the x dimension to 3.25". The y and z dimensions were scaled proportionately. Work piece (block of Freeman jewelers’ wax) was moved +1 cm in the x and y from the origin. Last time I had tried…
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Peter Brinson (The Cat and the Coup) is working on a thoughtful, cool, new game! “ This videogame is about conversations that will never take place. https://www.facebook.com/RehearsalsAndReturns Description The core mechanic of Rehearsals and Returns involves saying something explicitly nice, mean, or wise to various people alive and dead such as Mao Tse Tung, Richard…
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Printing out the Internet: Proposal
Printing out the Internet: Proposal kadist: via printingtheinternet ~~ In memory of Aaron Swartz ~~ LABOR, UbuWeb and Kenneth Goldsmith invite you to participate in the first-ever attempt to print out the entire internet. The idea is simple: print out as much as of the web as you want — be it one sheet or a…
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mikeyfriskeyhands: Chickens chickens chickens!
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currently watching Fahrenheit 451. IMDB summary: Based on the 1951 Ray Bradbury novel of the same name. Guy Montag is a firefighter who lives in a lonely, isolated society where books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. (via Fahrenheit 451 (1966) – IMDb)
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frederico-seve-gallery: Unbelievable! Past exhibition in Madrid by Brazilian arist Lygia Pape. It is an older post, but we had to share this beautiful, amazing installation all done in gold thread. Lygia Pape (Brazil, 1927-2004) Ttéia 1, C (Web), 2002 Gold thread in square forms Installation View, Espacio Imantado / Magnetized Space Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
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Researchers are providing drug addicts with heroin to see if a dependable supply will improve lives and save taxpayers’ money
Researchers are providing drug addicts with heroin to see if a dependable supply will improve lives and save taxpayers’ money
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Houston’s energy sector is remarkably old – the average age is over 50 – and companies were nervous about laying off too many veteran workers before they had time to pass their skills down to the younger generation. Houston Is Unstoppable: Why Texas’ Juggernaut Is America’s #1 Job Creator – Derek Thompson – The Atlantic
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Remarks by Ben S. Bernanke at the Princeton University commencement ceremony, 2013: 3. The concept of success leads me to consider so-called meritocracies and their implications. We have been taught that meritocratic institutions and societies are fair. Putting aside the reality that no system, including our own, is really entirely meritocratic, meritocracies may be fairer…
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decolonizingmedia: “Revolutionary! A protester on top of Ataturk Cultural Center overlooking #Taksim Square. #OccupyGezi” Solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Turkey.