February 2010
“… the most hyped solutions for survival in a free economy always turn out...”
– Astra Taylor - Serfing the Net published in The Baffler (Vol. 2, No. 1)
“The problem isn’t really that we don’t know what the Internet looks like. It’s...”
– Christine Smallwood - What does the Internet look like? published in The Baffler (Vol. 2, No. 1)
“Two hypotheses:
1. We believe that the Internet has banished solitude.
2....”
– Christine Smallwood - What does the Internet look like? published in The Baffler (Vol. 2, No. 1)
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January 2010
“Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.”
– Gehm’s Corollary to Clarke’s Third Law
True Transhumanism :: Max More :: Global Spiral (via wildcat2030)
Medicare-for-All: The Answer to a President's Call... →
Dear President Obama,
I was overjoyed to hear you say in your State of the Union address on Wednesday night:
“But if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know.”
My colleagues, fellow health advocates and I have been...
Axelrod Struggles To Explain Why Obama’s Spending... →
“Can you tell the American people that there aren’t any savings to be found in the Defense and Homeland Security budgets?” ThinkProgress asked Axelrod. The President’s Senior Adviser acknowledged, no, “I can’t tell you that” there aren’t savings which can be found there.
Axelrod highlighted prior efforts by the administration to rein in defense spending and insisted that further cuts could still...
Dollar Stores: The Last, and Not So Healthy Eating... →
Consumers whose circumstances require them to eat for less save money when choosing dollar store items over premium brands, but they’re often eating the same food in name only. While the second ingredient in Dinty Moore stew (after water) is “beef,” the primary meat used in the Hartford House [the brand sold in Dollar Stores] is “diced beef patty,” a substance...
WatchMuddy Waters - I Can’t Be Satisfied
WatchFemme Fatale - Velvet Underground Sung by Elvis Costello
“Femme Fatale” is a song by The Velvet Underground from their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. At producer Andy Warhol’s request, band frontman Lou Reed wrote the song about Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick.[1] The song was released as a single in December 1966.
This clip is from Elvis Costello’s...
“Saying the US and Europe “have no moral authority” to control the aid going to...”
– Somali Pirates Will Donate Booty to Haiti « Repeating Islands (via curate)
Genetically Modified Forest Planned for U.S.... →
Two industry giants, International Paper Co. and MeadWestvaco Corp., are planning to transform plantation forests of the southeastern United States by replacing native pine with genetically engineered eucalyptus, a rapidly growing Australian tree that in its conventional strains now dominates the tropical timber industry. Get ready for a huge Koala boom.
