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Freelance Nation: How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying | The Nation
This originally appeared as a Tomgram over at Tomdispatch and was picked up by the Nation… …what a weird economic downturn and recovery this has been. From the end of an “average” American recession, it ordinarily takes slightly less than… Continue reading
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Blogs I ♡: Tender Heart Musings, Himani B. | man of words
Himani is an ecstatic poet of note, she wanders through this world inviting ecstasy and pain in equal measure. A trail of Tender Heart Musings tell the tale. Utilising deeply evocative imagery and her unique connection to the unquantifiable elements of existence;… Continue reading
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Our Lady of the Web
d|gI+Al hEGeM0n …d|g|Z|nE View original post Continue reading
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Daodejing 11
#11* Thirty wheel spokes sharing one hub. The empty space in the middle has the usefulness to a cart. Knead clay to make a vessel. The empty space in the middle has usefulness to the vessel. Cutting the door and… Continue reading
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Pyramid of Khufu Revealed
Exploration of an interesting theory on how the Great Pyramids were constructed. 4500 years after the construction of the great Pyramids, their secret still remains. Jean-Pierre Houdin‘s very serious ramp theory explains how the Great Pyramids could have possibly been… Continue reading
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Recognized by a Man of Words
Blogging contains the remnants of the old bulletin board system that I originally used way back in 1991. Then and now, I posted things that I hoped other folks would find of some interest. I want Reason and Existenz to… Continue reading
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Slow Down Jolene | YouTube
Wow. No, its not Tracy Chapman or Cher doing Jolene–it’s Dolly Parton: a 45rpm played at 33rpm. Thanks to my good brother Todd for posting this to my FB wall. Continue reading
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the escape from reality
Originally posted on coromandal: Here is the economist John K. Galbraith making two more excellent points about the popularity and insanity of speculation. He describes two reasons why after a bubble bursts — as it did in a spectacular fashion that… Continue reading
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dignity, trust, failure
Originally posted on coromandal: Acumen Fund’s observations about poverty alleviation at their 10 year anniversary. What does not help: money and markets as the only measure, parachuting solutions remotely, depersonalized analytic approach. What does work: dignity, local leadership, government, patience… Continue reading
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ABE : Psychotic Robot Butler
London filmmaker Rob McLellan;s straightforward short film ABE takes some heavy minutes out of Silence of the Lambs, speciifically where serial killer Buffalo Bill interacts with the girl in the well. The twist: gender enraged psychopath making a “girl dress” is… Continue reading
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