February 2012
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November 2011
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eyed off: The Movie Set That Ate Itself, aka... →
michaelidov:
The set is roughly the size of two football fields, surrounded by a five-story fantasia of oppressive architecture. One edifice, a woozy take on Lenin’s tomb, has an irregular ziggurat leading up to it. A coliseum-like stadium looms over two drab residential buildings. Atonal cello music…
The Cruelest Show on Earth →
givemesomethingtoread:
Feld Entertainment portrays its population of some 50 endangered Asian elephants as “pampered performers” who “are trained through positive reinforcement, a system of repetition and reward that encourages an animal to show off its innate athletic abilities.” But a yearlong Mother Jones investigation shows that Ringling elephants spend most of their long lives either in...
October 2011
9 posts
ShortFormBlog: Obama backs plan to alleviate... →
shortformblog:
$24,000 average student debt in 2009 source
» Way down in the hole: The above figure represents the average student loan debt for a graduate of a four-year, non-profit university, as measured in 2009 by the Institute for College Access & Success. In an economy that’s stifling the job…
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via Frank: For Steve →
A worthwhile tribute to Steve Jobs. A short, inspiring read.
viafrank:
The world gives us so few who provide a way for us all to see in new ways. It always hurts when they leave. The effused sadness that has spread through the internet from the news of Steve Jobs’ death is to be expected. We lament when things are taken from us, and I’d say that Jobs’ death (like…
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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