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monstereatsdesign: (via Puppy – Jerome Arul)
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theatlantic: When Americans Made Toys By Hand: Inside a 1915 Teddy Bear Factory Online, as part of our daily labor here on The Atlantic, I often find myself at the Library of Congress searching through hundreds of thousands of photographs of all kinds of things. At a time when algorithms are supposed to be reducing…
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The main obstacle for booksellers is the cost of the machine. Buying it outright could be as much as $150,000, I was told, so a five-year lease option is widely preferred – but even that can run well over $5,000 a month, plus a variety of add-ons for personnel and basic supplies. To overcome that…
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Passing tests doesn’t begin to compare with searching and inquiring and pursuing topics that engage us and excite us. That’s far more significant than passing tests and, in fact, if that’s the kind of educational career you’re given the opportunity to pursue, you will remember what you discovered. Noam Chomsky on the purpose of education.…
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Artist suspends real clouds in the middle of the room
Artist suspends real clouds in the middle of the room singularitarian: That’s not photoshop; that’s an actual cloud hovering inside an actual room. Artist Berndnaut Smilde merges art and science to create small man-made clouds that exist — albeit for just a moment — indoors.
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artismyhustle: Harvard University invited Muhammad Ali to speak to a class of recent graduates in 1975. He gave a brilliant lecture focusing on the importance of education and culture, and promptly won over his audience. A young man shouted, “Muhammad Ali, could you please recite a poem?” The old champion hesitated a moment and then…
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(via Slavoj Žižek abandons Nature « NextNature.net) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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I am thinking of giving away my collection of Graphis, Communication Arts, ID, Wired, and Print magazines. They should go to a good home, not landfill. I’m not fully decided. This isn’t a whim. I’m reflecting on the consequences. On my emotional attachment to the artifacts that may historicize late 20th century design practices.
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dragonbloodink: If you have or will have student loans, you need to read this. Something potentially life-changing for millions of people has happened. On March 8, 2012, Rep. Hansen Clarke introduced H.R. 4170, the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012. This act proposes that people with federal student loan debt pay 10% of their discretionary income for…
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Author leads caravan to “smuggle” removed books into Arizona
nbclatino: Chicano!, one of the books no longer available in the classroom in Tucson, Arizona.(Courtesy Arte Publico Press) Using a word meant to turn the infamous narco-trafficking phrase on its head, Latino activists calling themselves the librotraficantes (book traffickers) are marching their caravan of books through Texas and New Mexico to Arizona in protest of…