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"Of course, producers in a modern capitalist economy sell us products that we don’t really need...."

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:19:06 +0000

“Of course, producers in a modern capitalist economy sell us products that we don’t really need. That’s because capitalism has already taken care of our most basic needs. The richer society gets, the harder producers must work to sell. Anyone can sell water in a desert but it takes real ingenuity to sell bottles of water to people who already have plenty to drink for free. Is bottled water stupid? Maybe so but then so is putting satellites into space so that every Rolling Stones song ever made can be played anywhere in the world from the palm of one’s hand. Indeed, just about every good and service in modern society can be critiqued as “unreal,” “unnecessary” or “unneeded”. So what? It’s only rock and roll but I like it.”

- A Phool and His Money - New Rambler Review

"As of August 30th 2015, users will no longer be able to create new Pipes. The Pipes team will keep..."

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:23:19 +0000

“As of August 30th 2015, users will no longer be able to create new Pipes. The Pipes team will keep the infrastructure running until end of September 30th 2015 in a read-only mode.”

- Yahoo Pipes Blog
Tragic EOL announcement.

(via imgur)

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:00:56 +0000

(via imgur)

"People say, “Oh well, you know, I don’t care about fashion.” They go to the Gap, they go..."

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:31:48 +0000

“People say, “Oh well, you know, I don’t care about fashion.” They go to the Gap, they go to Old Navy, and they all dress alike, they wear these uniforms. The thing that I really harp on is that, that in and of itself is a choice, it’s a personal choice, because there are many people who don’t do that. In buying those uniforms, you’re saying something about yourself, and about how you feel about clothing and culture. There is no such thing as an unaffected fashion choice. Anti-fashion is fashion, because it’s a reaction to the current visual culture, a negation of it.”

- Why Americans dress so casually - The Washington Post
via metafilter where oddman added:
What you wear is as much a signal of who you are as anything (more so than many things). There is nothing inherently wrong with sending any particular message, but pretending that you aren’t doing so robs of you intentionality. Instead of being in control of the message, you send a haphazard signal. It’s a waste.

muteoilydiscolour: edenliaothewomb: Tilda Swinton,...

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 03:11:40 +0000

muteoilydiscolour:

edenliaothewomb:

Tilda Swinton, photographed by Glen Luchford for AnOther, F/W 2015, 2016.

this post-punk band in the 80s look is too much! i didn’t even realise this was t-swintz or something taken post-1985 as i was scrolling down

Tilda Swinton as Peter Murphy, etc.

Worlds End State Park, 2015

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 01:59:26 +0000

Worlds End State Park, 2015

DO YOU LIKE PIE

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:49:07 +0000

Who doesn’t, my friend. Who doesn’t.

"My message to all men is that you have to kill pride. You’ve been taught that pride is a manly..."

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 12:59:42 +0000

“My message to all men is that you have to kill pride. You’ve been taught that pride is a manly thing, that pride is a good thing. But the problem with pride is that it stops you from growth. When you’re so proud that you won’t change, you’ve got problems. Male pride causes wars; millions of people have died because of male pride, because one man would not back down. Male pride will say, “I’d rather blow up my whole family than have everyone look at me as though I’ve lost.” That is so dangerous.”

- Terry Crews, the Feminist: “Millions Have Died Because of Male Pride” | Dame Magazine (via brutereason)

Went to the Sullivan County Fair this week. The “Pony Pull” was...

Sun, 06 Sep 2015 02:04:42 +0000

Went to the Sullivan County Fair this week. The “Pony Pull” was worth the six bucks admission.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

Sun, 30 Aug 2015 02:48:31 +0000

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

(via Gwendoline Christie in Star Wars: The Force Awakens |...

Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:32:21 +0000

(via Gwendoline Christie in Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Vanity Fair)

Beach Day.

Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:44:45 +0000

Beach Day.

Ursula K. Le Guin: By the Book

Sat, 08 Aug 2015 11:45:26 +0000

What genres do you especially enjoy reading? And which do you avoid?

I read mostly novels, any kind of novels, and poetry, and all kinds of nonfiction, especially some kinds of science, biographies, some history, and books about and by Native Americans, and Tierra del Fuego, and Darwinian adaptation — oh, give me a book and if it’s interesting, I’ll read it. Avoidance? At the moment, I tend to avoid fiction about dysfunctional urban middle-class people written in the present tense. This makes it hard to find a new novel, sometimes.

(via Ursula K. Le Guin: By the Book - The New York Times)

Matt Hisrich via Quaker Libertarians

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 02:52:04 +0000

Matt Hisrich via Quaker Libertarians

Photo

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 02:41:15 +0000

Capsules | Screen | Philly Weekly

Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:50:32 +0000

THE HULK. Hours after it was over, I still wasn’t quite sure I hadn’t hallucinated the whole thing. Overwrought, overwritten and turbo-charged with eruptions of seismic, daffy grandeur, The Hulk’s the kind of uniquely terrible movie that perhaps only a great director could make. There’s certainly nothing ordinary about its badness. In fact, the fool thing is so shithouse bonkers I’ll probably end up seeing it multiple times.

(via Capsules | Screen | Philly Weekly)

For posterity, the short review of The Hulk (2003) that permanently added “shithouse bonkers” to our family’s vocabulary. Briefly diverted to “babyhouse bonkers” six months later upon the birth of Antje Cramer (2003).

Review: South San Francisco

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:21:55 +0000

scz:

Pros: always sweater weather, outside smells like jasmine, Burmese food, even generic catering companies make their sandwiches out of decent sourdough.

Cons: housing market so crazy that even people with Good Jobs scrape to get by, old price-gouging airport, no water, too many cars, confusing roads.

Three out of five stars.

Confirmed. It’s like someone said, let’s take the one place in North America with nearly perfect weather and develop it such that everyone spends all of their time at work or in their car.

Also, they do in fact put avocado on everything.

Photo

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:06:56 +0000

Over Pennsylvania, in Santa Clara.

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 02:58:35 +0000

Over Pennsylvania, in Santa Clara.

Video

Sat, 04 Jul 2015 02:06:19 +0000

Sunny Morning

nobody@flickr.com (MikeWebkist) — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:03:32 +0000

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Sunny Morning

nobody@flickr.com (MikeWebkist) — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:03:31 +0000

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Irani House

nobody@flickr.com (MikeWebkist) — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:10:01 +0000

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Olympus XA2, Kodak Max 800, very expired.

Irani House

nobody@flickr.com (MikeWebkist) — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:10:01 +0000

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Olympus XA2, Kodak Max 800, very expired.

Coal Pier from the Delaware

nobody@flickr.com (MikeWebkist) — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:10:00 +0000

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Olympus XA2, Kodak Max 800, very expired.