Category: Whatever
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The War Photo No One Would Publish
When Kenneth Jarecke photographed an Iraqi man burned alive, he thought it would change the way Americans saw the Gulf War. But the media wouldn’t run the picture. Source: www.theatlantic.com The hardware-focused coverage of the war removed the empathy that Jarecke says is crucial in photography, particularly photography that’s meant…
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Recuperating Marcuse Against a Culture of Cruelty
In light of the counter-revolutionary successes after Reagan and Powell, Herbert Marcuse’s ”philosophy of psychoanalysis” must be repurposed. Source: truth-out.org In light of the counter-revolutionary successes after Reagan and Powell, Marcuse’s “philosophy of psychoanalysis” in Eros and Civilization must be repurposed to go beyond the new system of violence so as to…
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New video shows NASA’s cool Flying Saucer in action at last
At last, here’s the video of NASA’s LDSD test—the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator system that will take a new rover to Mars, one even larger than Curiosity. It’s impressive to see the entire system in action, working like clockwork even while the supersonic parachute display failed. Source: sploid.gizmodo.com For those who…
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Lessons From Social Movements: Six Notes on the Radical Imagination
The imagination can be the catalyst for collective liberation, but only if we embrace radical ideas and practices, and open ourselves to the possibility that our world could be radically different. Source: truth-out.org How can we understand the radical imagination as more than a hollow slogan?
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Is This a Sandwich? — Medium
Teaching the Platonic Dialogues through sandwiches, by Dr. M. Ritchey, PhD Source: medium.com
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Robert Aickman’s cult horror books are being resurrected for the centenary of his birth
However much you admire the masters of uncanny or supernatural fiction, from MR James or Henry James to Sheridan Le Fanu and Walter de la Mare, you would be hard put to imagine any of them in the vicinity of Marianne Faithfull’s bed. Not so Robert Aickman – even if…
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What is Rebooting? « going mobo
Source: www.goingmobo.com Rebooting is reprogramming yourself.
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Christina Hendricks tries to navigate the modern office environment in the latest Funny Or Die clip
Sterling Cooper & Partners would be nothing without the office savvy of Joan Harris. But as Christina Hendricks demonstrates in the new clip from Funny Or Die, the former Miss Holloway would be practically useless in a modern office environment. Erasing typos on the screen with an actual eraser, Source:…
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Robert Reich: The Ivy Leagues are a ludicrous waste of resources
The former secretary of labor on the myth of “paid-what-you’re-worth” and how our money can be better spent Source: www.salon.com
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Free markets killed capitalism: Ayn Rand, Ronald Reagan, Wal-Mart, Amazon and the 1 percent’s sick triumph over us all
Monopoly is back: Barry Lynn on the concentration of American economic power — and how we can restore fairness Source: www.salon.com
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The Distracted Generation Infographic – e-Learning Infographics
The Distracted Generation Infographic: Tools and Tips to Get Children Refocused! Source: elearninginfographics.com
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xMOOCs and cMOOCs – do we even care?
First published by EDU Tech on 24th July, 2014 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are an exciting new development in online education. In this article, Viplav Baxi explores the origins of MOOCs, t… Source: learnos.wordpress.com “What we should be doing instead, is to build massively open connective learning ecologies that can help…
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Spiti: At the lotus feet of the Buddha
In Spiti, every step you take in the 1,000-year-old Tabo monastery is like a walk through the pages of history Source: www.business-standard.com Basically, the origin point of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Fantasy and the Buffered Self
If we live in a disenchanted age — an era of science, technology, and secular reason — why are stories about supernatural forces, magical beings, and godlike powers so popular? Alan Jacobs explains what fantasy lets us safely see. Source: www.thenewatlantis.com
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New Law Requires Welfare Recipients To Submit Sweat To Prove How Hard They’re Looking For Job
WASHINGTON— In an effort to ensure that those on welfare are actively seeking employment, a new law enacted this week will require recipients of federal aid to periodically submit vials of sweat for measurement by government officials. Source: www.theonion.com Too wonderful. 🙂
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Rick Scott, Meet the Politics of Climate Change
Florida Governor Rick Scott, once a proud climate denier, is now reluctant to talk about it. What changed? Source: www.newrepublic.com
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Why Israel Lies: Chris Hedges
Its use of the kinds of big lies favored by totalitarian regimes is aimed at feeding two reactions: racism among its supporters and terror among its victims in Gaza. – 2014/08/03 Source: m.truthdig.com
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revolutionaries and reformers
A sensitive and honest-minded man, if he’s concerned about evil and injustice in the world, will naturally begin his campaign against them by eliminating them at their nearest source: his own person. This task will take his entire life.
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