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Intimate Curves of Earthly Existence
Geography and the Earth sciences, if they are to truly account for Earth, must study intimacy. I would argue that intimacy has something to do with roundness….curves. What is needed is geography…Source: becomingintegral.com Continue reading
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Ted Peckham’s ‘Gentlemen For Rent’
In the nineteen-thirties, what was a single girl to do when the best tables were behind closed doors?Source: www.newyorker.com Continue reading
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Night Vigil 20140702
We are all hunting. Some for yesterday (redemption), some for tomorrow (expectation). But those who hunt for today (detachment) capture neither debt nor anxiety. Let-go! Continue reading
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Brain Pickings
An inventory of cross-disciplinary interestingness, spanning art, science, design, history, philosophy, and more.Source: www.brainpickings.org Continue reading
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Tove Jansson’s Rare Vintage Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland
Down the rabbit-hole, Moomin-style.As a lifelong lover of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, I was thrilled to discover one of its mosSource: www.brainpickings.org Continue reading
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Are You Ordering The Right Coffee?
When I was a barista, I got it all the time. A customer walks in, marches up to the counter, assumes the demeanor of a connoisseur, and demands: dark roast.It was a dicey moment, because at Blue Bottle we do… Continue reading
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Noam Chomsky | Whose Security? How Washington Protects Itself and the Corporate Sector
What happened when the Russian threat disappeared in 1989? Answer: everything continued much as before.Source: www.truth-out.orgThe Security State as mask for the Society of Control. Continue reading
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Dahr Jamail: What’s Happening in Iraq Is the Legacy of the US Invasion and Occupation
For this week’s episode of ”Unauthorized Discloure,” Kevin Gosztola and Rania Khalek spoke with Truthout staff reporter Dahr Jamail about Iraq’s continued descent into chaos.Source: truth-out.orgA conversation with Truthout’s DAHR JAMAIL. Continue reading
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A Treasury of Justice Ginsburg’s Real Talk In Her Hobby Lobby Dissent
One bright, shining light did come out of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby cases this morning: a 35-page dissent by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You might find it depressing to be the position of seizing what hope… Continue reading
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Five Reasons That Hobby Lobby Decision Is Bananas — TheLi.st @ Medium — Medium
(Not including the five dudes who voted for it!)Source: medium.comActually the most backward thing about this is that Hobby Lobby claims to run its company “in a manner consistent with biblical principles.” Which means you’d best be getting yourselves to… Continue reading
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