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Art. tiff: (via mlkshk)

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:57:56 -0400

Art.

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sabbatical: Our lives are spent trying to pixellate a fractal...

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:22:09 -0400

sabbatical:

Our lives are spent trying to pixellate a fractal planet.

Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About | Mother Jones

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:13:32 -0500

Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About | Mother Jones:

“It’s about the loss of a countervailing power robust enough to stand up to the influence of business interests and the rich on equal terms. With that gone, the response to every new crisis and every new change in the economic landscape has inevitably pointed in the same direction. And after three decades, the cumulative effect of all those individual responses is an economy focused almost exclusively on the demands of business and finance. In theory, that’s supposed to produce rapid economic growth that serves us all, and 30 years of free-market evangelism have convinced nearly everyone—even middle-class voters who keep getting the short end of the economic stick—that the policy preferences of the business community are good for everyone. But in practice, the benefits have gone almost entirely to the very wealthy.”

Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:58:24 -0500

Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?:

Over drinks at a bar on a dreary, snowy night in Washington this past month, a former Senate investigator laughed as he polished off his beer.

“Everything’s fucked up, and nobody goes to jail,” he said. “That’s your whole story right there. Hell, you don’t even have to write the rest of it. Just write that.”

A Food Manifesto for the Future - NYTimes.com

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:50:13 -0500

A Food Manifesto for the Future - NYTimes.com

Art Project, powered by Google

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:38:03 -0500

Art Project, powered by Google:

Google street view for art museums? Yesssssssss!

This new Po Po song is pretty wow

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:23:12 -0500

This new Po Po song is pretty wow

"It is the early days for Takahashi’s new venture, Uvula. “To be honest, it’s not..."

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:20:51 -0400

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It is the early days for Takahashi’s new venture, Uvula. “To be honest, it’s not really a ‘company’ yet,” he says. “But when I went freelance, I needed a platform of expression, so I bought the domain.”

I ask him where the unusual name came from. “I was going through the dictionary app on my phone and came across the word randomly. It jumped out at me. I didn’t know the word before but it seemed so beautiful to me.”

“In Japanese, if you translate our word for that part of the body back into English it comes out as something like ‘throat penis’, something really ugly. So I like the contrast of this beautiful word in English with the weird, ugly word in Japanese.”

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- Gamasutra - News - Interview: Katamari Damacy’s Takahashi On Life After Namco

Next To Last Festival 2010

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:42:06 -0400

Next To Last Festival 2010:

So excited you guys. Get yourself a wristband and kickstart Party Party Partners at the same time!

Photo

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:24:56 -0400

therichgirlsareweeping: desnoise: PSL / / A sad and pathetic...

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:39:32 -0400

therichgirlsareweeping:

desnoise:

PSL / / A sad and pathetic failure (Prat Med: LCD Soundsystem)

Wait for this to load. Though I’ve already felt this way for a long time, and have probably even said so in this very space — this interview really cements my belief that Mr. Murphy is probably the most qualified individual to be a spokesperson for a particular demographic segment of my generation.

Income Gap Widens: Census Finds Record Gap between Rich and Poor

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:37:59 -0400

Income Gap Widens: Census Finds Record Gap between Rich and Poor:

lazz:

WASHINGTON (AP) – The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession.

The top-earning 20 percent of Americans – those making more than $100,000 each year – received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent earned by those below the poverty line, according to newly released census figures. That ratio of 14.5-to-1 was an increase from 13.6 in 2008 and nearly double a low of 7.69 in 1968.

A different measure, the international Gini index, found U.S. income inequality at its highest level since the Census Bureau began tracking household income in 1967. The U.S. also has the greatest disparity among Western industrialized nations.

At the top, the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans, who earn more than $180,000, added slightly to their annual incomes last year, census data show. Families at the $50,000 median level slipped lower.

“Income inequality is rising, and if we took into account tax data, it would be even more,” said Timothy Smeeding, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who specializes in poverty. “More than other countries, we have a very unequal income distribution where compensation goes to the top in a winner-takes-all economy.”

The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:29:29 -0400

The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex

monsterbeard: This is Water, by David Foster Wallace, Part...

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:43:00 -0400

monsterbeard:

This is Water, by David Foster Wallace, Part One

Part Two | Part Three

brandonnn: Animal Collective – “Lion In A Coma” (Animated...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:19:13 -0400

brandonnn:

Animal Collective – “Lion In A Coma” (Animated Video) at PMA | Pretty Much Amazing

'Scott Pilgrim' Versus The Unfortunate Tendency To Review The Audience

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:28:34 -0400

'Scott Pilgrim' Versus The Unfortunate Tendency To Review The Audience:

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Sesame Street - Wegman dogs get their hair cut

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:44:52 -0400

Sesame Street - Wegman dogs get their hair cut

Sesame Street - Dogs bake homemade bread

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:44:37 -0400

Sesame Street - Dogs bake homemade bread

I was at the co-op yesterday looking for something to bring to a potluck when I happened to spot...

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:17:06 -0400

I was at the co-op yesterday looking for something to bring to a potluck when I happened to spot Peas of Mind Veggie Wedgies Baked Broccoli Fries. I figured this was too weird of a novelty health food product not to share the knowledge and experience of it’s existence. For understandable reasons they were not prepared and consumed at the potluck, but I ate some tonight.

Here’s my review: After preparation these things have about the color and shape of green beans. They have the texture of french fries, but a definite mild broccoli flavor. It’s not unpleasant, however it is weird enough to be a mindfuck of the this-mutant-food-product-should-not-be variety.

piercethenight: tillowpitties: SOTD: Cut Copy: “Where I’m...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:45:26 -0400

piercethenight:

tillowpitties:

SOTD:

Cut Copy: “Where I’m Going”

i’ve already listened to this 8 times today and don’t intend to stop. really digging the Abbey Road/Who’s Next/XTC aesthetic they’ve got going on here, very excited for more