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Interview: Nicholas Tampio on Deleuze’s Political Vision
Source: Interview: Nicholas Tampio on Deleuze’s Political Vision
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unbroken but stretching
disconnecting slowly strings of attachment unbroken but stretching unfortunate end
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Shaka, When the Walls Fell
Thanks to my friend Debbie S., for sending along this tweet. “Pooh?” said Piglet. “Yes, Piglet?” said Pooh. “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra,” said Piglet. “Shaka, when the walls fell,” said Pooh. — Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 17, 2015 It made me laugh and reminded me that I had…
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$20 Trillion Rock and Extraplanetary Capitalism
Bill Gates, Google billionaires, James Cameron and Ross Perot Jr. have decided it is worth it to bet big on a future in space mining… To become the wealthiest company in the world, Planetary Resources [would] need only capture one [small metal bearing asteroid]. Less than that, in fact. Apple,…
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impossible exchange
born within the ground bourne upon the wind, every word is prophesy to the death and resurrection of our impossible exchange our loving struggle our communication
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Paralipomena to a Re-examination of Plato’s Category of the Image
Originally posted on hyletic-discontinuity: The origin of drawing and painting in the West is often associated with the story of the potter Butades recounted by Pliny the Elder’s in his Natural History. Pliny reports how Butades’ daughter traced in sand, illuminated by lamp-light, a figural outline of her lover’s shadow. Her…
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this fork
fingers extending metallic scraping against a plate grabbing bits of a food delivering to a mouth laying on a tongue flavor, sustenance then letting-go and forgotten chew chew clink clink rest
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Aphorism 05Oct2015
Either I risk myself venturing into the world and beyond—or I never will have my ownmost Self as freedom
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The end of Aqua Teen Hunger Force marks the end of an era for TV animation · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
The Aqua Teens had no mission, no reason for being. They were mascots without a restaurant, signifiers without any signified. At their core they were talking trash, parodies of commercial waste who actually became merchandisable characters in their own right. They represented a kind of dystopian future that had, by…
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Ignoring the Borg in the Room
Frodeman and Briggle continue asking how philosophers can serve society in this age of technoscience. #SocratesTenured http://philosophyimpact.org/2015/08/31/borg-like-existence/
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The Impossibility of Hugging Yourself
When we apply this idea to infant development, it becomes clear that focusing on the sense of touch forces us to see the infant in a more active role where s/he has to “reach out” towards the world and comprehend an object outside themselves that is different from them. Through…
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#Fracketeering: Solutions for the Society of Control
My colleague Adam Briggle has been very active intellectually and politically with local bans on fracking in my hometown of Denton. In a dialog we had recently, I mentioned to him that fracking bans–and the ban on bans–could be read differently than helping the oil and gas industry at the expense…
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The Tribe Official TRAILER (2015)
Ukrainian director Grigoriy Fesenko’s “The Tribe”–about a deaf teenager struggling to fit into the boarding school system–happens in sign language with no subtitles. Looks brilliant.
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Buddhism and Psychedelic Methods
Austin Hill Shaw examines the nature of creativity, cosmology and psychedelic communion. Shaw practices in the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, “taking refuge in the Buddhist path” since 2002. Rather than seeing the use of psychedelic substances as antithetical to a Buddhist practice, Shaw considers them as a powerful, “occasional”, means for…
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International Peace Scholarship for Emmanuela Opoku
Emmanuela Opoku, my wonderful colleague and fellow in @UNT_Philosophy‘s PhD program, has been awarded a $5,000 International Peace Scholarship from the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Opoku, a native of Ghana, came to North Texas in the 2014 fall semester to further her studies in environmental ethics and philosophy. Her research project focuses on floods…
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Further down into the microcosm
Emilie Ringe stands next to the new Titan Themis gives researchers the ability to create three-dimensional structural reconstructions and carry out electric field mapping of subnanoscale materials. © Fair use for educational purposes Rice University, renowned for nanoscale science, has installed microscopes that will allow researchers to peer deeper than…
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SCOTUS: Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage
Still waiting for the mandate of when this will go into effect but, as Justice Anthony Kennedy said, ” The constitution promises liberty to all within its reach.” Expect folks like Gov. Abbott of Texas and Gov. Jindal of Louisiana to slow walk implementation. via Same-Sex Marriage Legal Nationwide, Supreme…
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