July 2012
337 posts
June 2012
256 posts
Robert Reich: Roberts' Switch →
robertreich:
Today a majority of the Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare in recognition of its importance as a key initiative of the Obama administration. The big surprise, for many, was the vote by the Chief Justice of the Court, John Roberts, to join…
“A postmodernist never wears a tie. He drinks Mexican beer and French wine. He’s...”
– - Heide Ziegler
Scholes, Robert et al. ‘Postmodernism: The Uninhabited Word, Critics’ Symposium’ Critique 31:4 (1990): 256-275.
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Technoccult: The Soviet Synthesizer that Bridged... →
technoccult:
I have a guest post up today at Boing Boing on a subject I think will interest Technoccult readers:
You don’t play the ANS synthesizer with a keyboard. Instead you etch images onto glass sheets covered in black putty and feed them into a machine that shines light through the etchings, trigging a…
YOU GOT FCKED.: Thesis on Postmodernism - you may... →
yougotfcked:
Postmodernism began as a movement seeking to reconstruct, redefine and question the singular ideologies that modernism perpetuated of utopianism, minimalism and perfection. Modernist ideals of equality and liberty was reified through art during the period from 1890 to 1945, where art was seen as…
Idle Chatter: 100% percent perfect girl by Haruki... →
timmygaga:
One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighborhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl.
Tell you the truth, she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her clothes are nothing special. The back of her hair is still bent out of…
Thinky Thoughts: White Noise, Don DeLillo →
andreagilroy:
White Noise, Don DeLillo, 1985
CHARACTERS
Jack Gladney – main character, chair of College-on-the-Hill’s Department of Hitler Studies. Afraid of death, some good old fashioned modern-life ennui
Babette – Jack’s wife, mom to two of the kids who live with them. Takes Dylar to “cure”…
Running Chicken: Death Penalty Repeal and Human... →
kohenari:
When the Connecticut legislature voted to repeal the death penalty back in April and when the governor signed the bill shortly thereafter, there was much to celebrate. Seventeen states are now abolitionist, with five states doing away with the ultimate punishment in the last five years….
