June 10, 2018
Something something babies and dogs
We have to stop London before it destroys us
Damon Knight's definition is inarguable
The type of photographs you make, reveal the person inside of you.
"My name is Alexis, I’m 18 years old, I live in Paris and I practice digital double exposure."
This one has motion effects created by legally blind Native American George Red Hawk aka DarkAngelOne whose Google + page has some very impressive animation.
This one has motion effects created by legally blind Native American George Red Hawk aka DarkAngelOne whose Google + page has some very impressive animation.
On Self-Respect
Joan Didion’s 1961 Essay from the Pages of Vogue. In brief, people with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called character, a quality which, although approved in the abstract, sometimes loses ground to other, more instantly negotiable virtues. The measure of its slipping prestige is that one tends to think of it only in connection with homely children and with United States senators who have been defeated, preferably in the primary, for re-election. Nonetheless, character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.
We've had Ask vs Guess, and now...
Are you a member of the Church of Interruption? How two conversational cultures collide very badly.
"Retreat? Hell, we just got here!"
The battle of the "Bois de la Brigade de Marine". One hundred years ago United States Marines fought the brutal Battle of Belleau Wood. As the Allies struggled to contain the German spring offensive (previously), a Marine force and a French unit turned back a German attack, then drove them out of a dense, small forest, suffering nearly ten thousand casualties. Ever since Belleau Wood has been legendary in American military culture. [more inside]
HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA FLOWER HERB KARKADE
The "Citizen Virtual Patrol" is here
Newark, New Jersey has surveillance cameras everywhere, but unlike most, these are open for public viewing.
play play play play hate hate hate hate
On Ryan's blog, "Ryan Blog", Ryan has blogged many edits of songs to remove every other beat or half-measure and the resulting deconstruction and resynthesis of mega-hits is good as hell. Some favorites: the glitchy weirdness of Uptown Girl; the newfound brevity and energy of Shake it off; the incoherent squashing of Sails. [more inside]
Backbone of the Sahara
A short documentary about the Mauritania Railway. [SL to Vimeo]
David Douglas Duncan, photographer, has died at 102
American hailed for capturing reality of war and also took famous images of Picasso And here's the link to a gallery of his photos: DDD Gallery
The buttercup yellow Mobile Solar Cinema
In its inaugural year, the Northern Territory Film festival celebrates Balang T Lewis – and helps NT communities watch their stories on screen.
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