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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 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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.… Continue reading
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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/ Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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The racism of millennials
The danger in invoking the myth of the presupposed racial tolerance of millennials (and subsequent generations) is that it works to absolve today’s society of actively confronting and undoing the damage of the legacy of slavery, segregation and institutionalized racism.… Continue reading
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James Joyce — Modern Psychonaut – disinformation
James Joyce’s influence on Psychonaut Culture Sourced through Scoop.it from: disinfo.com Continue reading
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Leonard Nimoy’s son beams up ‘Mr. Spock’ documentary
Adam Nimoy is unique. He’s the only person who can claim to be both the first Trekkie and the son of Spock, the Star Trek Enterprise’s science officer. Not that that dual existe… Sourced through Scoop.it from: mashable.com Continue reading
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Explosive intervention by Pope Francis set to transform climate change debate
The most anticipated papal letter for decades will be published in five languages on Thursday. It will call for an end to the ‘tyrannical’ exploitation of nature by mankind. Could it lead to a step-change in the battle against global… Continue reading
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IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME: ART CONSPIRACY 2005 – 2015
Originally posted on Human2Human: Texas Theater in Dallas. Photo credit: Art Conspiracy DALLAS: In 2005 when public relations professional Cari Weinberg got a call to help get the word out about an artsy, one-night fundraiser being held in an old,… Continue reading
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Heather Cassils: the transgender bodybuilder who attacks heaps of clay
By playing with body art, gay male aesthetics and extreme physical training – from weightlifting to martial arts – the artist has adapted his own female body into a series of powerful physical shapes that challenge any notion of binary… Continue reading
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