February 2011
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Revolutionary Space →
How would the revolution have been different if the public spaces of Cairo were different? What if the protestors had been forced to carry out their protests on narrow streets, where the sheer magnitude of the crowd could never be captured in a single gaze, as it could in Tahrir?
Walking through Paris, I’m reminded of how Haussman’s boulevards were designed, in part, to keep...
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“…I said “You know, this may seem a bit melodramatic but 30 years ago,...”
– Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
Yes, that’s right. The most important thing Reagan did was fire air traffic controllers. This man is a state governor.
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“Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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“If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar.”
– Abraham Lincoln
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“Jesus is asked 183 questions directly in the four Gospels. He only answered...”
– Richard Rohr
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“Let me be clear: no system of government can or should be imposed upon one...”
– President Obama, Cairo
When I first heard this, it sounded reasonable, powerfully inspiring, and a slight departure from our previous foreign policy. Revisiting it now, after the events in Cairo, it now appears to me to be more like a seismic shift.
Stating that “America does not presume to...
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“Today, it occurs to me that Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube may be the Gutenberg...”
– Jeff Jarvis, Gutenberg of Arabia
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On Labor →
Ta-Nehisi Coates makes a heartfelt argument on pregnancy and choice.
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Jan Pen's method of picturing inequality
Imagine people’s height being proportional to their income, so that someone with an average income is of average height. Now imagine that the entire adult population of America is walking past you in a single hour, in ascending order of income.
The first passers-by, the owners of loss-making businesses, are invisible: their heads are below ground. Then come the jobless and the working poor, who...
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WatchAbove is a grid of squares, click on any square and just fool around and make some music. (via ISO50 via jmoening)
You'd beat a Neanderthal in a race →
IF YOU think you’re no good at running, bear this in mind: you could still outrun a Neanderthal. In fact, their inferior running ability may have been why they went extinct and our ancestors did not. Appropriately enough, it all came down to their Achilles tendon.
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“It’s been going on for fifteen hours. Imagine if you had, in Times Square, two...”
– CNN’s BEN WEDEMAN, explaining why he believes the violence going on in Tahrir Square is “state-sponsored.” (via inothernews)
