June 2011
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Guatemala and Global Food System →
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“A government that is too incompetent to run things by itself is also too...”
– On Privatization (via n8han)
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Performa 11 Announces More Commissions and... →
collaborativecity:
Performa announces 5 more incredible commissioned artists and two exciting premiere artists for Performa 11! The list includes Mika Rottenberg, Robert Ashley, Simon Fujiwara, and others.
Follow us on Twitter @PerformaNYC for more updates!
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secret republic: The Real Reason Why Bicycles are... →
secretrepublic:
We all know the talking points. The benefits of bicycles have been tirelessly elaborated upon; bicycles improve health, ease congestion, save money, use less space, and provide efficient transportation with zero fuel consumption and zero carbon emissions. All of this is great, and the…
Please read.
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“We are not asking for tax breaks or favorable regulatory rulings, we are asking...”
– Brad Burnham
The PROTECT IP Act Will Slow Start-up Innovation - Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing
(via fred-wilson)
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“Bikes are New York fringe? Email your friends. Ask how many of them own bikes....”
– NYC and Bikes: Rubber Meets Road - WSJ.com (via felixsalmon)
Bikes make life much better.
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/06/06/11060... →
garysick:
Seymour Hersh has written a clear-eyed and non-sensationalized analysis of Iran’s nuclear program in the latest issue of The New Yorker that came out today. A summary is pasted below. For the full text, click on the link above. In view of all the hype and fear-mongering, this is a factual breath of fresh air.
Summary: Is Iran actively trying to develop nuclear weapons? Members of the...
melisaki:
Isaac Street, Kazimierz, Cracow
photo by Roman Vishniac, 1938
A powerful photograph.
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Did CIA try to "get" anti-Iraq war blogger? →
garysick:
Congratulations to my good friend and long-time colleague Juan Cole. He has now joined an eminent group of thoughtful Americans who have been smeared by people in or around the White House. The best revenge would be that the neo-cons who tried to “get” him will now only increase the readership of his excellent blog. Keep up the good work, Juan!
The best answer to this little outrage...
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“Grothendieck came to consider the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques at...”
– Pierre Cartier, A Mad Day’s Work. as quoted in Wer ist Alexander Grothendieck?
(I liberally rearranged the text.)
Grothendieck is a hero.
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“…a creative reading of Gogol’s story reveals that here and there in the most...”
– Vladimir Nabokov on Nikolai Gogol’s “The Overcoat” (via fuckyeahrussianliterature)
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“If the Iranian Genome Project reveals that we are, indeed, all mongrels, surely...”
– From Frontline’s Tehran Bureau. Superb news source.
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“As psychologists will tell you, fear of loss is more powerful than the prospect...”
– From The Guardian.
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Charles Blow (NYT) does not think clearly. →
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Bribes Work →
I am always surprised that so few people and organizations have ethics.
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