http://www.metafilter.com/tags/tucson Posts tagged with 'tucson' at MetaFilter. Thu, 21 May 2009 19:27:04 -0800 Thu, 21 May 2009 19:27:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/81842/This%2Dis%2Dan%2Dimaginary%2Dland <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/">Border Stories</a> is a series of <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/stories.html">short documentaries</a> about life on the US-Mexican border, none longer than 6 minutes. The subjects are: <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/tijuana-staying-negative.html">drug addicts on the border</a> (warning: graphic images), <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/tijuana-tj-remixed.html">electronic music group Nortec Collective</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/san-diego-fence-jumpers.html">hospital costs of fence jumpers</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/campo-high-pointer.html">lonesome Minuteman</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/nogales-mexicos-border-patrol.html">Mexican emigrant safety patrolman</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/arivaca-broken-fences.html">ranchowners whose land is an immigration throughway</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/nogales-born-and-raised.html">US-raised 18 year-old sent back to Mexico</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/sierra-vista-virtual-vigilante.html">virtual vigilantes</a>, <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/tucson-water-in-the-desert.html">two old men provide water in the desert</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/ciudad-juarez-the-war-on-news.html">dangers of journalism in Ciudad Juarez</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/ciudad-juarez-where-tires-go-to-die.html">graveyard of US tires in Mexico</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/ciudad-juarez-drug-ballads.html">drug ballads</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/lajitas-the-old-crossing.html">hardened border policy hurts cross-border community</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/san-antonio-del-bravo-la-doctora.html">another cross-border community fears closing of footbridge</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/laredo-a-place-to-work.html">working illegally in Laredo</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/laredo-nuevo-laredo-los-dos-laredos.html">mayors of the two Laredos</a>, <a href="http://borderstories.org/index.php/nuevo-laredo-mr-nobody.html">migrants' safe house</a>, <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/ebanos-crossing.html">hand-pulled ferry</a>, <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/progreso-dentist.html">dentistry in Nuevo Progreso</a>, <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/brownsville-walk.html">Brownsville high school teacher protests border fence</a>, <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/brownsville-golf.html">golf course with the border on three sides</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.borderstories.org/index.php/bocachica-waters.html">fishermen on the mouth of the Rio Bravo</a>. Border Stories also has a <a href="http://69.89.31.219/~borders2/blog/">blog</a> about immigration issues. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81842 Thu, 21 May 2009 19:27:04 -0800 America Arivaca border Brownsville Campo CiudadJuarez emigration immigration Laredo LosEbanos Mexico migrants Minutemen Nogales NortecCollective NorthAmerica NuevoLared NuevoProgreso PasoLajitas RioBravo RioGrande SanAntoniodelBravo SanDiego SierraVista Tijuana Tucson USA Kattullus http://www.metafilter.com/53010/Bordering%2Don%2Dthe%2Dridiculous <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/us/humanitarian_aid.html">Free The Tucson Two.</a> <a href="http://state29.blogspot.com/2006/01/case-of-shanti-sellz.html">Or don't.</a> If you <a href="http://www.durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/05-11-24/coverstory.htm">find someone lost and dying in the desert</a>, should you help them? What if they turn out to be attempting to enter the country illegally? Then is it OK to leave them to die? <a href="http://www.nomoredeaths.org/">These folks</a> say <a href="http://nomoredeaths.org/HumanitarianAidIsNeverACrimeCampaign.html">no, not really</a>. And <a href="http://www.americanpatrol.com/">these folks</a> say <a href="http://www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/NoMoreDeathsRecons.html">yes, probably</a>. <small>Previously discussed immigration fun on MetaFilter: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/49522">1</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/40698">2</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/34168">3</a> </small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53010 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:47:42 -0800 border daniel free immigration patrol sellz shanti strauss tucson two bokeh http://www.metafilter.com/51408/Discarded%2Dtechnology%2Dartfully%2Dredeployed%2Dinto%2Dgadget%2Dvisionistic%2Dnotions%2Dof%2Dindependence <a href="http://www.matbevel.com/index.html">Mat Bevel Company</a> is a <a href="http://www.matbevel.com/aa_theArtifacts_Sharka.html">gizmotronic</a> <a href="http://www.matbevel.com/aa_bevelvision_DMag.html">fanfare</a> of <a href="http://www.matbevel.com/aa_bevelvision_IP.html">spunk</a>, <a href="http://www.matbevel.com/aa_bevelvision_GLT.html">funk</a> and <a href="http://www.matbevel.com/aa_bevelvision_MShip.html">kinetic junk</a>. <small><small>[lots of small embedded qt movies]</small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51408 Fri, 05 May 2006 08:14:30 -0800 art batshitinsane communityarts gadgets gizmodgery performancesculpture sculpture tucson visualpoetry carsonb http://www.metafilter.com/49476/Tucson%2DRodeo%2DCraziness <a href="http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/metro/117382">Only in Tucson can the Mayor and his wife get rear-ended by a stagecoach.</a> It all happened during the annual Rodeo parade in downtown Tucson. There is a fantastic made for TV <a href="http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4546642">video of it attached this story</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49476 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:23:47 -0800 Mayor rear-ended Rodeo stagecoach Tucson Guerilla http://www.metafilter.com/27167/Murals <a href="http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/pubart/">Public Art in Los Angeles</a> , including <a href="http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/pubart/LA_murals/">murals.</a> The <a href="http://www.lamurals.org/">Mural Conservancy of LA.</a> Murals in <a href="http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/pubart/LA_murals/">Tucson.</a> Loyalist and republican murals in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/troubles/gallery/index.shtml">Northern Ireland.</a> The murals of <a href="http://www.diegorivera.com/murals/">Diego Rivera</a> (at the <a href="http://www.diegorivera.com/">Diego Rivera Web Museum</a>). <a href="http://www.riveramural.com/rivera/home.html">the Diego Rivera Mural Project.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27167 Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:01:06 -0800 art brokenlink DiegoRivera LosAngeles murals NorthernIreland PublicArt Tucson plep