October 2011
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“The complete collapse of capitalism would bring on an identity crisis of...”
– Charlie Brooker (via r-i-o-t)
September 2011
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“Big innovation is right on the edge of ridiculous ideas. You need an environment...”
– Brendan Boyle, Partner, IDEO, via a Q&A with The 99 Percent.
Boyle explains that for innovation to exist, play needs to be embedded in organizational culture. He argues that play isn’t the opposite of work, instead, boredom and depression are.
Somewhat related via Bobulate (Tumblr): “The...
“Sufi tradition advises us to speak only after our...
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“The second some jerkoff hits a computer key, he thinks he’s a journalist. These...”
– Roger Ailes, Fox News Channel president, on bloggers. (via newsweek)
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A Massive Union Just Voted To Side With The Wall... →
socialismartnature:
According to Daily Kos, The New York Transit Workers Union (TWU) voted to support the Wall Street Protestors at their meeting last night.
A member of TWU Local 100 told a reporter that they would join the protest Friday at 4PM.
Occupy Wall Street has been picking up some decent support from unions in the past few days. Yesterday we reported that the Teamsters Union...
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“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are...”
– Voltaire (via lucifelle)
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“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
– Buddha (via timedoesnotexisthere)
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I seriously just can’t help but chuckle when I hear or read the words of many “conspiracy debunkers,” self-proclaimed, speaking of the hate-filled, illogical, persistent argument presented by conspiracy theorists. The correct term is called conspiracy research, because it requires diligent study of documents to cross reference facts. It’s that research which provides basis...
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Verifying Social Media Sources →
futurejournalismproject:
Patrick Meier, Crisis Mapping Director at Ushahidi, looks at information forensics and how we verify events during times of crisis:
I get this question all the time: “How do you verify social media data?” This question drives many of the conversations on crowdsourcing and crisis mapping these days. It’s high time that we start compiling our tips and tricks into an...
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Meet the Empire Watchdogs →
govtoversight:
If you’ve been seeing all our Tumblr posts, but aren’t sure who we are, check out this profile of the Project On Government Oversight and our executive director Danielle Brian from AntiWar.com. History, milestones and a Q&A. What more could you want?
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IN HEAVEN ALL IS WELL: The Compass of Enoch →
inheavenalliswell:
Comparative mythology guru Joseph Campbell went on record as saying that if you’re on the right path, there will be times in your life when it will seem as though you’re being “guided by invisible hands.” These hands will “open doors that you never knew existed”, and lead you to where you need…
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Dead Sea Scrolls Go Online
parascopes:
MATTI FRIEDMAN | 09/26/11 | AP
JERUSALEM — Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were found in desert caves, some of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls went online for the first time on Monday in a project launched by Israel’s national museum and the web giant Google.
Read more…
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Wall Street elites enjoy police protection -... →
socialismartnature:
Pretty amazing that this was published through the Wall Street Journal … sign of the times …
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — It had to be a case of mistaken identity.
Protesters had been swarming Wall Street and Lower Manhattan for a week.There were at least six arrests the first day Occupy Wall Street camped out and chanted near the New York Stock Exchange. There were ...
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“Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to...”
– Abbie Hoffman (via openourmind)
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“Anonymous has replaced the home pages of official Syrian websites with an...”
– Syria: Official Websites Under Anonymous Attack (via globalvoices)
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“I should say that when people talk about capitalism it’s a bit of a joke....”
– Noam Chomsky (via r-i-o-t)
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11 Things You Can Do to Help the 'Occupy Wall... →
wespeakfortheearth:
1) Spread the word — there’s something going on. People have started a movement — they’re occupying Wall Street. Hundreds of people have been camped out in lower Manhattan for four days!
2) If you’re in New York and can only spare a little time or money: bring American flags, cardboard, markers, water, etc. down to Liberty Park.
3) If you’re in the New York area and have a...
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ILLUMINOLOGY: WOOD IN OUR FOOD.. STILL APPROVED BY... →
illuminology:
The recent class-action lawsuit brought against Taco Bell raised questions about the quality of food many Americans eat each day.
Chief among those concerns is the use of cellulose (wood pulp), an extender whose use in a roster of food products, from crackers and ice creams to puddings and…
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“We are watching the beginnings of the defiant self-assertion of a new generation...”
– David Graeber at the Guardian, in the best piece I’ve read yet on Occupy Wall Street (via judyxberman)
This article is fucking great.
(via hardlyart)
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“The first step to expanding your reality is to discard the tendency to exclude...”
– Edward E. Cummings (via dustoncrowns)
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IN HEAVEN ALL IS WELL: Hermetic Philosophy The... →
inheavenalliswell:
THE SEVEN HERMETIC PRINCIPLES
The principles of truth are seven; the seven hermetic principals, upon which the entire Hermetic philosophy is based, are as follows:
The Principle of mentalism: “The All is mind, the Universe is mental.”
The Principle of correspondence: “As above, so…
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“A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be...”
– Stanislav Grof (via socialistscum)
Anonymous asked: are you a satanist?
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Occupy Bay St. starts Oct 15th 2011. I expect all...
lucifelle:
Social media spreads the very threats to the establishment that it had hoped to prevent through distracting us… with social media.
