January 2010
“Many years ago I was having a conversation with Guy (Debord) which I believed to...”
– Giorgio Agamben (2006) “Metropolis”, tr. Arianna Bove. [via]
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“King’s Dominion” by Black Eyes
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If Only!!!
Last night I dreamed that there were flyers up promoting an upcoming Black Eyes tour.
Obv I was disappointed when I woke up.
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“Ten people, including Americans and Dominicans, carrying 33 children were...”
– 10 arrested with 33 children at Haiti-Dominican border [via]
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“Flag on the play. This isn’t about hospital capacity.
This is about the cost...”
– What do Haitian Earthquake Survivors and the Super Bowl Have in Common?
“And I think this is something that I actually ran up against when I started to...”
– Sady Doyle [via]
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“What if that fear went away tomorrow? What if we all assumed, just for a day,...”
– Irrational Fears and the Status Quo [via]
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PBS FRONTLINE: the Medicated Child →
In The Medicated Child, FRONTLINE producer Marcela Gaviria confronts psychiatrists, researchers and government regulators about the risks, benefits and many questions surrounding prescription drugs for troubled children. The biggest current controversy surrounds the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Formerly called manic depression, bipolar disorder was long believed to exist only in adults. But in...
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“…We uphold that Haitian children have a right to a family and a history that is...”
– from the “statement on haiti” from the adoptees of color roundtable. full statement here [via&via]
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U.S. suspends medical evacuations from Haiti →
The U.S. military said on Friday it has stopped flying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States for medical attention following concerns by some state governments about who will pay for the treatment.
“At this moment in time, yes, the flights have stopped,” said Navy Captain Kevin Aandahl, a spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Command, which manages the military’s medical emergency...
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“The disconnect between patient and doctor is pushed my medical schools in order...”
– A Pelvic Exam Without Permission is Rape [via]
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Obv I am pushing ignore when I see their number...
Ever since I lied and told the telemarketer at my undergrad institution that they had the wrong number (after they disregarded my point that I had no money to give them because I am in grad school and anyway if they wanted money from me they shouldn’t offer degrees in anthropology) they are hounding me with phone calls several days a week
Clearly they have no idea how strong my resolve is....
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becoming-wave asked: I remember you saying something about wanting to try and see shows and movies relevant to anthropology... in that case, you need to see Star Trek TNG season 3 episode 4. Federation anthropologists accidentally fuck up the prime directive and expose themselves to some "bronze age" vulcanlike people, and have to mitigate the damage when the people start to think Picard is a god. Seriously...
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Call for status for all Haitians. →
“During this time of crisis and into the future, we must continue to call on our government to offer more assistance to Haiti and Haitian people. We need to recognise the crisis in Haiti is happening to us too - people are suffering and dying. We should not discuss the ‘return’ of Haitian migrants until Port-au-Prince is rebuilt and serious efforts are made to truly support and...
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“Everything Disappears When You Come...
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“In his obsession with individualist consumption, Turner misses the revolutionary...”
– The Nor’easter #7 - Opinion: Gold Jackets of Solidarity By JESSE HARASTA
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“What is Bash Back!? Is Bash Back! a network? An organization? A gang? A...”
– Bash Back!: Questions to be addressed before Denver
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“The truth is that poverty, and everything connected to it, is a systemic issue,...”
– SC Lt. Gov. Bauer: Free School Lunches Encourage ‘Stray Animals’ to ‘Breed’ [via]
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Can We All Get Along?—An Interview with the... →
This month AK Press released a nifty new book for those with an interest in collectives. “Come Hell or High Water” is an insightful little tool for those new to egalitarian groups, die-hard vets, and even those who left collectives long ago in disgust. But hey, who the hell cares about collectives anyway? Don’t people just get burned out, frustrated, feel alienated, and end up burning...
my life this last week
school/work is prob gonna kill me. 40 hours a week & 9 credits! hoping this is my last semester of this but WHO KNOWS its not like anything else turns out in a way that benefits me
i twisted my ankle in a hole in the parking lot last night after leaving a market by our house where i tried (fruitlessly!) to buy some of their hummus. my ankle/foot is still screwed and i am hoping-beyond-hope...
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“iv. Any self-respecting Insurrecto-Fascist eats hot dogs and only hot dogs- raw....”
– The 12 Feces of Insurrecto-Fascism
“Megan’s Law, which requires sex offenders make their location known to the...”
– PostBourgie [via]
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“Anarchists have been in the cutting edge of class war and labor struggle such as...”
– History and Mission - “THE CUTTING EDGE!!!” [via]
decided to take a seminar in another department
and its awesome and fun like i’m in undergrad or something again.
who knew?
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“Fellow workers! The Industrial Workers of the World is going to organize the...”
– “Yours for the O.B.U.”, Utah Phillips, X342908; The industrial Workers of the World: Its First 100 Years, pg vi. [via]
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“Babies are lousy tippers as well.”
– Bitingpika commenting on Childless Twentysomething: Quit Bringing Your Babies To Bars
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“Tribe
Means a distinct population, relatively small in number, with a common...”
– Terminology - Survival International
Wow survival international is apparently one step ahead of me in voicing one of my problems with their presentation of their project. Next time I will try to not be so predictable.
This terminology page seems very through.
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“Yes, absolutely thrift does not cohere as a set of practices and discourses! As...”
– Shopping with Threadbared: A Conversation
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“For example, people who make conscious choices to buy sustainable fashions are...”
– Shopping with Threadbared: A Conversation
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35th Science Fiction Marathon →
Friday 8:00pm Terminator Salvation (2009) 10:15pm Moon (2009)
Saturday 12:00am The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) 2:00am SURPRISE I 3:30am First Spaceship on Venus (1962) 5:15am Independence Day (1996) 8:00am Moonraker (1979) 10:15am Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 12:45pm The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) 2:45pm Short Circuit (1986) 4:30pm SURPRISE II...
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bonesarecoralmade-deactivated20 asked: Perhaps not the best question to ask now but what soured you on Paul Farmer?
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“Social Rupture, contrary to the assertions of “Say You Want an Insurrection,”...”
– A Statement