[weekly linkdump, somewhat edited from my diigo]
"Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence." – Robert Fripp #quote #KingCrimson
— Brian Eno (@dark_shark) June 16, 2018
This is a concentration camp for children.
Who is the tent manufacturer willing to profit from this?
Who is the bed manufacturer?
Who is the company willing to handle the data?
Who is the food supplier?
Who are the other companies willing to detain children for cash? https://t.co/uMcho0Z7N6
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) June 14, 2018
On the Prowl.. pic.twitter.com/RcQch8ME2V
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) June 15, 2018
Death stats, Germany 🇩🇪 2017.
👨👩👧👦 = 83 million
Home-related deaths: 9k
Death by 🍺: 7.4k
Death by 🚗🚃: 3.2k
Death by 🔪🔫: 405
Death by islamic terror: 1
Death by ✈️: 0
% of Germans afraid to die in islamic terror attack: 70[Source: Statistisches Bundesamt]
— Eiko Fried (@EikoFried) June 15, 2018
“Identity Politics has got people believing that black is beautiful, that disability is nothing to be ashamed of, that fat people deserve respect, that a woman can say no.“ 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 https://t.co/e0bXp3B1Sz
— Em-Gee. (@MarsGars) June 15, 2018
The new New Yorker cartoon is amazing. pic.twitter.com/LatXm4Fx4h
— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) June 13, 2018
I’m a part of the first group of journalists to go into the shelter for detained child migrants in Brownsville Texas since the zero tolerance separation policy was announced. 1000+ boys here.
Going in right now.
More tonight w @chrislhayes on @allinwithchris @MSNBC. #inners pic.twitter.com/NeLlaDdSKv
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) June 13, 2018
Works. Love my new spreadsheets. pic.twitter.com/Hj8MY3qkwk
— 🐭 (A)nticapitalist(A) 🐭 (@pieceoplastic) June 11, 2018
— The Human Experience (@thehumanxp) June 9, 2018
The Free Tommy Robinson March has accidentally bumped into the World Naked Bike Ride event in London. What a time to be alive. pic.twitter.com/gTF0YIapdJ
— Chairman Lmao (@BenTheTim) June 9, 2018
#ifyouonlyreadone
Trump has turned words into weapons. And he’s winning the linguistic war | George P Lakoff and Gil Duran – “From ‘spygate’ to ‘fake news’, Trump is using language to frame – and win – debates. And the press operate like his marketing agency”
#watch,
Baby Elephant takes her First Bath – “An elephant calf just a few days old has her first bath in the waterhole with her helpful nanny elephants – but climbing out is harder than getting in.”
Nitai Hershkovits – Flyin’ Bamboo Feat. MNDSGN – Trippy bugs moving hypnotically.
Good Times Bad Times – LED ZEPPELIN / Cover by Yoyoka , 8 year old drummer – “My dream is to be the best drummer in the world. In addition, I want to be an artist who can do anything: playing all instruments, recording music, mixing the sound and designing the CD album jackets.”
Rape Jokes – Cameron Esposito – “Rape Jokes is a standup special about sexual assault from a survivor’s perspective.”
listen and
Phantom Dancehall B-Sides – “Dj Spooky and Apple Juice Kid”
#learn
Is our fear of the online world driving us further apart? – “While it was initially seen as a way of bringing us together, the Internet has become a place we approach with caution. In her second New Romantics column, Emily Reynolds explores why this growing wariness might be driving us further apart.”
Did ‘Stranger Things’ Star Millie Bobby Brown Leave Twitter Because of an LGBTQ ‘In-Joke?’ – “The teen actress’ departure from Twitter coincides with a meme portraying Brown as a violent homophobe.”
Can PJs and Sound Sleep Lead to World Cup Cictory – “Xhaka has become a sleep science guinea pig of sorts. Under Armour, the US-based sporting apparel company that sponsors him, has probed and prodded Xhaka to find out what makes him tick when he’s not on the field.” The Switzerland midfield runner.
China wants to track citizens’ cars with mandatory RFID chips – “The government says it will help track congestion, but it’s likely to become another surveillance tool”
Defense Contractors Cashing In on Immigrant Kids’ Detention – “A scandal-plagued company that used to work for the CIA is poised to profit off the influx of immigrant children being forcibly separated from their parents.”
Prefigurative Politics, Catastrophe, and Hope : Does the Idea of “Prefiguration” Offer False Reassurance? – “any generative disposition towards the future must now account for industrial civilization’s transgression of multiple planetary tipping points, as global resource-use continues to grow unabated. Hence, any expectations for social change must be projected into a future shaped by runaway climate change, energy depletion, ecosystem collapse, inequality, deprivation, and conflict.”
Can’t Sleep? Let Bob Ross Help You Find Some Happy Little Zzzs – “For years, insomniacs have been lulled to sleep by the dulcet voice of Bob Ross, the bushy-haired painter whose PBS show, “The Joy of Painting,” rose to popularity in the 1990s and has lately enjoyed a second life on YouTube. Now, the maker of a popular meditation app hopes Mr. Ross will put everyone else to sleep, too.”
Donald Trump Tried to Get Kim Jong-un to Surrender His Arms by Showing Him a Weird Video – “Because it is impossible to invent anything more absurd than the actual Trump presidency, there is, of course, a real Destiny Pictures in Hollywood, but its founder, Mark Castaldo, confirmed to The Intercept that his company played no role in the production of the White House sales pitch.”
‘Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin’ Is a Beautiful Tour of Her Life and Fiction – “Arwen Curry’s documentary ‘Worlds of Urusula K. Le Guin’ took a decade to make, but the wait was well worth it. ” Must see documentary.
The Pivot – Charlie Stross – “Brexit was a classic example of a collusion conspiracy. Many of the named politicians and businessmen above stand to gain millions of pounds from a hard Brexit that causes the British stock market to fall. Others stand to make millions from juicy investment opportunities they were offered in Russia. We cannot know for certain what the quid pro quo for those investment deals were at this time, but I strongly suspect that support for Brexit (and more general socially-authoritarian right-wing policies) was part of it.”
La Liga de Fútbol usa el micrófono del teléfono de millones de aficionados para espiar a los bares – “La aplicación móvil oficial de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional localiza el móvil y activa el micrófono de los usuarios que lo acepten en las condiciones de uso” The official app of LaLiga taps into the microphone of its users phones in order to control if there are illegal broadcasts.
Pink Bloc Partout – “Car il nous faut parier que ces paillettes et notre montruosité seront pour partie à la hauteur de l’immense tâche politique qui nous attend.”
How to Get Rainbow-Themed Google Sheets to Celebrate Pride – “We love it when a company sneaks an Easter egg into an otherwise mundane program, especially when the little taps-the-nose trick does something wild and fanciful.”
Women break world skinny dipping record with Ireland beach swim – “More than 2,500 braved the cool waters off Magheramore beach near Dublin to smash the previous mark”
#oldiebutgoodie
#ZAD en médiation pic.twitter.com/h6lvQqGUlh
— qʎǝ qʎǝ ⊥ʍıʇʇǝɹ (@Manulemalin93) May 29, 2018
Nein, Patriotismus im WM-Partygewand ist immer noch nicht harmlos – “Dabei kann ein Vorgehen gegen die AfD und andere rechte AkteurInnen nur erfolgreich sein, wenn wir uns gleichzeitig mit dem jeweils eigenen Nationalismus, Rassismus, Hetero_Cis_Sexismus, Klassismus und Ableismus auseinandersetzen, verstehen lernen, wie dieser strukturell verankert ist (und damit jederzeit leichte Anknüpfungspunkte bietet) und eben auch dort ansetzen. Gleichzeitig gegen die AfD wettern und Deutschland als Land feiern wollen – das wird kein Erfolg.”
Film über G20-Polizeigewalt: Wendepunkt Schanzenviertel – “Ein linkes Filmkollektiv hat die Proteste zum G20-Gipfel aufgearbeitet. Die Dokumentation ist eine Abrechnung mit dem Sicherheitsstaat.”
Vive la Différence! Wenn Linke und Rechte von #Differenz reden, meinen sie nicht das Gleiche – “Während der poststrukturalistisch geprägte Differenzbegriff „horizontal“ funktioniert, weil hierarchische Ordnungen angefochten werden, und Differenzen zu einer gleichrangigen Heterogenität führen, funktioniert die rechte Idee der Differenz gewissermaßen „vertikal“, in ein unten und oben, in besser und schlechter sortierend. Während der poststrukturalistische Differenzbegriff soziale Hierarchien aufzulösen versucht, streben der reaktionäre und der neoliberale Differenzbegriff an, diese Hierarchien zu produzieren oder zu verfestigen.”
Pourquoi nous liquidons Vulture – This is how a publication must handle it, when one of their authors turns out to be a sexual predator.
Debatte oder Protest: Wie weiter gegen rechts? – “Permanentes Triggern soll die Gesellschaft neurotisch machen, damit sie willfährig die autoritären Erlösungsangebote annimmt. Sie ist das Gegenteil eines reflexiven Gesprächs, das Spannungsabbau, Rationalität und Emanzipation fördert. Dem ist mit einem Gesprächsangebot kaum beizukommen.”
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