May 2012
7 posts
“The theory of machinery is that it saves time, but Stanford himself noted of...”
– From Rebecca Solnit’s River of Shadows (via viafrank)
Qns About MUSIC →
Sure, make it happen.
tomewing:
1) What album do you consider to be “epic”?
2) Which band do you feel is more important: Crass or The Clash?
3) You’ve been in a terrible accident. You were horribly injured, so badly your heart actually stopped. Shit, man—you were legally dead for three minutes. Then you were in a coma for a week. When you’re finally starting to recover, your best friend...
April 2012
3 posts
“I do have a certain amused contempt for the number of people who walk sideways...”
– David Simon, the most fun person on the planet. (via seanfennessey)
The future is... what?
Our institutions (finance, politics, media, education), our pillars, are failing us and cannibalizing themselves to provide the illusion of solidity when they are merely calcified. It’s going to get darker before the rebirth. What can we do to push it forward?
March 2012
20 posts
Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC: Path →
jayparkinsonmd:
Just logged in to Path for the first time in about a month. I read through everyone’s updates about when they slept and when they got up and where they were and what they were doing. It was like being stuck in the worst party ever where everyone is just talking about nonsense. I just had to get…
“… whenever the English feel awkward or uncomfortable in a social situation (that...”
– Watching the English (Kate Fox)
processproduct: They all look the same. We all the... →
processproduct:
You’re dogged by all these white girls with long, straight hair and understated outfits. These wannabe authors in artsy, angled photos with oh-gosh smiles that are shy but beaming, who natter daily about the colors of sunsets and the taste of cigarettes and the hot, sour stings of love. There’s so…
rage blackout.
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Woman: Well, why can't I have birth control?
Government: Because. Sex isn't for recreation.
Woman: It can help regulate my period and benefit me in other ways.
Government: Too bad.
Man: For no reason other than for recreational sex, may I have birth control?
Government: Do you have a penis?
Man: YES, YES I DO!!
Government: WELL HOWDY, VALID CITIZEN. You can buy condoms by the dozens. Here, here's a pack of special condom for "His Pleasure." Oooh, these come in different colours and flavours. Here, try these. They have ribs on them. And this one glows in the dark!! LOL OMG DICK LIGHTSABER!!
Government: But seriously, you're a man. You can do what ever you want.
Woman: But-
Government: Shut up, you sinning, freeloading hussy.
“So Miss Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to...”
–
Rush Limbaugh, a conservative talk show host, addressing Sandra Fluke, the woman denied the right to testify at the recent all-male meeting of “birth control experts”.
This is the most disgusting and infuriating thing I’ve heard in a long time.
(via burnthebourgeoisie)
Translation: I’m happy...
February 2012
15 posts
“When I see an old movie, like from the ’40s or ’50s or ’60s, the people look so...”
– Rudy Rucker (via wilwheaton)
“It’s not that Chris Brown is categorically unforgivable. It’s more that he’s no...”
– VICE on Cord’s Chris Brown post (via ceedling)
processproduct: They all look the same. We all the... →
processproduct:
You’re dogged by all these white girls with long, straight hair and understated outfits. These wannabe authors in artsy, angled photos with oh-gosh smiles that are shy but beaming, who natter daily about the colors of sunsets and the taste of cigarettes and the hot, sour stings of love. There’s so…
“Scooter reflected more of Hunt’s soul than any other character, in his desire to...”
– A quip from Street Gang on Richard Hunt (via nevertoooldtolovemuppets)
January 2012
15 posts
1 tag
True, and sad.
the world: hey man we've got some really serious problems like global warming and mass economic failure and riots and genocide and aids and cancer and your healthcare system is shit so maybe we should get to work
US government: sit down I have to stop people from sharing things online
US government: also pizza is vegetables
Lessig Blog, v2: Me, MIA?: On the SOPA soap opera →
lessig:
So it’s flattering to be missed, @JeffRoberts. Thank you for that. You’re right, I am not at the center of the SOPA fight (though obviously a strong supporter). Here’s a couple sentences why.
First, and again, this is a critical battle to wage and win. SOPA is just the latest, but in many…
1 tag
The Atlantic: How Radiolab is changing the sound... →
“What’s different about Radiolab (and what I think is changing about the web) is that it *is* a production, just one of a very new kind. Radiolab is actually post-blog and post-livestream. It’s not aping the oratory of old or the raggedness of the new. It’s a hybrid that takes lessons from the past, recent and deep. “