September 2009
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HTML Color Codes Curated by Carolyn Kane for... →
via @kirstinbutler
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mirror, mantra > the hindu →
“The canonisation of writers like Rushdie and Naipaul in the West enables it to think of itself as radical without really being inconvenienced. The real Other remains outside its gaze…” via @negaratduke
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“Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
(via loveyourchaos)
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“The criterion of a successful theory is that it enables us to understand its...”
– Alasdair MacIntyre: ‘Epistemological Crises, Dramatic Narrative, and the Philosophy of Science’ via guerrillamamamedicine + fuckyeahphilosophy
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What Do Socrates, Einstein, McLuhan, and Edith... →
via @SocialMedia411
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Understanding the Experience of Social Network... →
via @endlessCities
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When it comes to life, love and true happiness,... →
Oh inverted world…
Cameron as ‘tree-hugger’, defender of workers’ rights; Sarkozy as seeker & keeper of his People’s ‘well-being’.
Read this for the ultimate mindfxck.
via @presseurop
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Wobblies & Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism,... →
Download here [PDF] via @aaaarg
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Caleb Kelly: Cracked Media: The Sound of... →
ebook via @monoskop
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(Re)Imperializing Anthropology and Decolonizing... →
via @1D4TW
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'A Better Pencil'
“Historically, when the new communication device comes out, the reaction tends to be divided. Some people think it’s the best thing since sliced bread; other people fear it as the end of civilization as we know it. And most people take a wait and see attitude. And if it does something that they’re interested in, they pick up on it, if it doesn’t, they don’t buy into...
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Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and... →
ebook via @monoskop
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Identity, memory, death and the internet @ Dave’s... →
“Thoughtful and moving post by Dave Cormier about how our identity will exist after our passing” via nogoodreason
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Ilya Prigogine on the Arrow of Time
“The dichotomy between the philosophers’ view on time and the scientists’ view of time gave rise to a conflict between philosophy and physics. Hegel, Bergson, Whitehead, Heidegger and Sartre had only contempt for science: Science is giving a distorted view of the universe, as it does not include the idea of the arrow of time, which is a basic, existential dimension of human...
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“suleimankhan2003 (1 day ago)
If fighting for the cause of one’s nation, for the cause of survival and for the cause of your compatriots is called a murderer than yes I was a Murderer and a great one of them all.
Though I come from a far distance (Afghanistan) than where he was but you won’t believe it that it was the US who thought us about the bravery of him and his willing...
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the two social sciences > orgtheory →
via @praxishabitus
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Communicating knowledge: how and why UK... →
“This report looks at how researchers publish and why, including the motivations that lead them to publish in different formats and the increase in collaboration and co-authorship. It also explores how researchers decide what to cite and the influence of research assessment on their behaviours and attitudes.”
— Communicating knowledge: how and why UK researchers publish and disseminate their...
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“Very soon you’ll get the Gods that you deserve. New Gods to replace the old as...”
– Gods of the internet / internet is the O.S of your life (via nogoodreason aka @mweller)
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Modern Physics: The Theoretical Minimum →
via @openculture
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