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November 2012
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Technoccult: Want To Unionize Developers? Focus On... →
technoccult:
Klint Finley
I wrote at TechCrunch:
Despite the efforts of many different organizers over the years software developers have resisted unionization. The relatively high pay and good working conditions of developers, the stereotype of geeks as loners and the general decline of unions in the U.S….
October 2012
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Kentucky meat shower →
readmorewikipedia:
On March 3, 1876 in a 100 by 50 yard area near Olympia Springs, Bath County, Kentucky, large chunks of red meat fell from the sky for a period of a couple of minutes.
Apparently the meat appeared to be beef, but two locals who tasted it stated that it tasted like mutton or venison.
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September 2012
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July 2012
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HEXEN 2.0 →
HEXEN 2.0 looks into histories of scientific research behind government programmes of mass control, investigating parallel histories of countercultural and grass roots movements. HEXEN 2.0 charts, within a framework of post-WWII U.S. governmental and military imperatives, the coming together of scientific and social sciences through the development of cybernetics, the history of the internet,...
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December 2011
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July 2011
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Holiday plans
I’m off to Kerry tomorrow morning and I’m gleefully sorting out entertainment.
Books:
Judith Butler - Gender Trouble
Subcomandante Marcos - Our Word is Our Weapon
Abbie Hoffman - The Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman
Ivan Illich - Deschooling Society
New Music:
The Teknoist
The Byrds
Against All Authority
Jamie Saft
Lost Boyz
Expect an inundating torrent of photos of...
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Observations from Dublin's pro-life march
I could write an endless amount, but I’ll just stick to the redoubt of the poorly-expressed, the bullet point.
I was shocked by the sheer number of buses dotting Dublin used to transport pro-lifers to the march. Shocking yet unsurprising given the national call to action.
I was similarly shocked by the aggression shown by the pro-lifers towards the pro-choice counter-demonstration (and...
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June 2011
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Vegetarians are Evil →
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Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!
– Allen Ginsberg (via fuckyeahallenginsberg)
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I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money
– David Lee Roth
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Damn him, since he’s so devilish godly, we’ll give him time to say...
– Captain William Fly’s farewell to the former captain after a mutiny.