May 2011
Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door... →
It’s a long and exhausting read. I felt drained.
To “break down” the girls further, Forbes began to withhold heroin from them for a few days, “and still have us do the work sick, which caused even more problems because we can’t operate,” Alicia said. During the enforced withdrawal, Alicia explained, “you can’t move. You’re cramped. You shake. You don’t want to shower. You don’t want to...
“We now live in a very strange time. We know that a world economy controlled by...”
– Adam Curtis
Wabi-sabi →
bestofwikipedia:
Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent and incomplete”. It is a concept derived from the Buddhist assertion of the Three marks of existence, specifically impermanence. (via floweryyears)
Why Are Spy Researchers Building a 'Metaphor... →
Alexis Madrigal :
A small research arm of the U.S. government’s intelligence establishment wants to understand how speakers of Farsi, Russian, English, and Spanish see the world by computationally evaluating it through their use of metaphors.
Doomsday Believers Cope With An Intact World —NPR →
The article y’all been waiting for.
“One of their followers said they ‘wept and wept all night until we could weep no more,’ ” [expert on eschatology of the University of Notre Dame Jerry] Walls says. There was “just this utter sense of devastation because these people had sold out. And when it did not materialize, their lives were shattered in many...
“Never forget that a good product should be like a good English butler. They’re...”
– Dieter Rams
I will be offline for a couple of days, I need to take care of some writing before next monday, when I’ll start a new gig.
Let’s say that the #DSK hashtag is just maiming my productivity.
Mappeal updates will resume this Saturday.
cheers,
-h
D.S.K. in Jail: The View from Paris —The New... →
I forward this to all my overseas friends when they ask for context. Great article by Philip Gourevitch, covers the man and the political repercussions.
Also there’s a law: any journalist writing about France has to insert a french word in italics somewhere. Déjà vu. Frou Frou, diplomatie, and so on, you get the idea.
Here, it’s fellation. Laughter was had.
Watch23rd of May sees the premiere of All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace, the latest documentary by Adam Curtis. I can’t hardly wait.
The guardian had an early review :
“In the 1960s, an idea penetrated deep into the public imagination that nature is a self-regulating ecosystem, there is a natural order,” Curtis says. “The trouble is, it’s not true – as...
“What only matters is what ends up on the screen. Nobody will ask you whether...”
– Jeff Okun VFX: the experts speak
“Alright, listen up. I’m supposed to give you some fatherly and wise advice...”
– Coach Taylor
A Veteran of Unit SEAL Team Six Describes His... →
a fascinating read :
An instructor said, “You are going to love this. Drown-proofing is one of my favorites. Sink or swim, sweet peas.”
I tied my feet together, and my swim partner tied my hands behind my back.
“When I give the command, the bound men will hop into the deep end of the pool,” Instructor Stoneclam said. “You must bob up and down 20 times, float for five minutes,...
“It’s like naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache,...”
– Noam Chomsky
digilante →
(dij.uh.LAN.tee) n. A person who uses digital tools and techniques to avenge a crime. [Digital + vigilante.]
—digilantism n.
word spy
