January 2012
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Turn My World Around
Irma Thomas
Relationships...
November 2011
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The 3 Characteristics of an Educated Man | The Art... →
October 2011
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Faster
by Janelle Monáe
In love with this...
August 2011
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“Speaking frankly and speaking the truth are two different things entirely....”
– Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase
June 2011
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May 2011
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The Unwisdom of Elites - NYTimes.com →
But the larger answer, I’d argue, is that by making up stories about our current predicament that absolve the people who put us here there, we cut off any chance to learn from the crisis. We need to place the blame where it belongs, to chasten our policy elites. Otherwise, they’ll do even more damage in the years ahead.
“On basic questions of morality and human decency — issues such as governmental...”
– Why do Americans still dislike atheists? - The Washington Post
April 2011
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BBC to show man's death on television - Telegraph →
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10 Incredible Insect & Spider Battles →
11 of the biggest nerd heroes to have appeared on... →
George Lucas: 3D will completely take over cinema... →
George Lucas: feck off!
Student 'addiction' to technology 'similar to drug... →
“When the students did not have their mobile phones and other gadgets, they did report that they did get into more in-depth conversations.
“Quite a number reported quite a difference in conversation in terms of quality and depth as a result.”
March 2011
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NHS activists stage protest at Care UK... →
Eileen Smith, 78, said she had been in the NHS, as a nurse and midwife, all her working life. “I feel passionately about it. I joined in 1948 when Aneurin Bevan created the NHS. It was a time when the country was on its knees. We were so proud that we had created something like this. It wasn’t for profit. Everyone was going to have this equal, universal service. I still have the...
“The price of this financial crisis is being borne by people who absolutely did...”
– Bank of England governor blames spending cuts on bank bailouts | Business | The Guardian
David Suzuki: Politicians who reject science are... →
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WatchSpeak with authority, like, you know?
February 2011
8 posts
BallDroppings →
It’s Harder to Get Started Today →
newleft:
I told him that, although I agreed with him that young people should save more, there is also a strong case that it is much more difficult today for a young person to establish themselves financially as he did when he was a young adult.
He looked at me strangely. “What do you mean?” he asked.
So, I laid it out for him, piece by piece. Afterward, it occurred to me that the entire...
January 2011
14 posts
Social networking under fresh attack as tide of... →
Turkle’s thesis is simple: technology is threatening to dominate our lives and make us less human. Under the illusion of allowing us to communicate better, it is actually isolating us from real human interactions in a cyber-reality that is a poor imitation of the real world.
Is An Orange Beautiful? « Das Bloggen →
This fruit that he’d never thought about before – that he’d always taken for granted – was suddenly a talisman to him. Having experienced nothing for days, suddenly Keenan’s mind was opened to the beauty, the colour of the orange. His perspective of the fruit changed immediately. The fruit was no longer something to be eaten, but instead something to observe,a piece of beauty. The fruit...
WatchSo my super-talented friend George made a trailer of Toy Story 3. And you! should watch it.
TRAILER RE-EDIT: TOY STORY 3 (by FLIMEMA)
“Whenever we read the obscene stories, voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and...”
– Thomas Paine (via lastchatwithphontaine)
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Photoshop Handsome by Everything Everything. Love...
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Top films of 2010
Inspired by a mate, I’ve decided to collate a few of my friends’ top five movies of 2010. So here goes. Our top five, and what they meant to us.
My top five films of 2010:
Toy story 3 - A sublime emotion-gripping, demographic-bridging, genre-defining end to what has to be one of the greatest trilogies in cinematic history.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - All the craft and...
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The Battle for Barking - 4oD - Channel 4 →
Laura Fairrie’s film records an historic moment in British politics through the microcosm of one east London constituency. Made over the course of a year, the film follows two very different political opponents as they battle towards the 2010 General Election.
Long-standing Labour MP Margaret Hodge is a stalwart of the New Labour establishment. Running against her is Nick Griffin,...
“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
– Chinese Proverb (via quote-book)