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thenearsightedmonkey: Cave art and harpoon tips show African roots of our creative genius Robin McKie The Observer, Saturday 11 October 2014 16.30 EDT The discovery of wall paintings in Indonesian caves suggests that the human ability to express ourselves began before we trekked out of Africa On the third-floor corridor of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum…
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The real problem is that, in a meritocratic system, whites would be a minority — and Harvard just isn’t comfortable with that. Is Harvard Unfair to Asian-Americans? (via joshuanguyen)
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When I pay you to babysit my dog I expect you to keep up his Instagram account. I didn’t give you his password for nothing. white woman, in Boulder, on the phone, presumably to her negligent dog sitter submitted by Johan (via stayoutofmynamastespace)
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My Career is not about Stopping Gamergate
spacekatgal: I would like to tell you a story about what my life is like these days. Friday morning I wake up. I glance at my Twitter feed, which is full of attacks against me, so I pass it off to one of my people to clean up. I spend the morning dealing with the…
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litafficionado: Borges and Italo Calvino. Roma, 1983.
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formerinternetofthings: Originally launched on the market in 2005 under the name of Nabaztag, Karotz has been a pioneer in the field of connected and communicating devices.The very active community around this rabbit has widely contributed to make it so popular. Today, nearly 10 years after its first appearance, Karotz is facing a very strong technological…
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formerinternetofthings: Originally launched on the market in 2005 under the name of Nabaztag, Karotz has been a pioneer in the field of connected and communicating devices.The very active community around this rabbit has widely contributed to make it so popular. Today, nearly 10 years after its first appearance, Karotz is facing a very strong technological…
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notational: kenyatta: I gave people around me a pass on this last week but this week, with shit going down in my backyard, everything is weighing that much heavier. I will take care of my shit because that is what I do and have always done. But if you come near me without an ounce…
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WG: We’ve lost the hierarchy of “official” news. We’ve lost the editor. But while we may justifiably have suspected the editor of unreliable narration, we’ve gained a great deal of random noise. So we begin to know to wait, before retweeting, for confirmation from something akin to the old hierarch. http://artforum.com/inprint/issue=201410&id=49144 ArtForum interviews William Gibson.…