mini bloggy

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet (by Fight for the Future)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:46:33 -0500

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet (by Fight for the Future)

"William: Actually, a young artist I know, who does not have gallery representation, was approached..."

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:56:21 -0500

“William: Actually, a young artist I know, who does not have gallery representation, was approached by the Whitney and asked to submit her work. So she did, but didn’t hear anything. So she called the curator back, and the curator said, “Oh, I’m really sorry, I didn’t realize when I asked you to submit that you didn’t have a gallery, because we rely on the galleries to fund these projects.” My friend said, “You’re telling me that I have to have a gallery if I want to be part of this program?” and she’s like, “Yeah, that’s how it’s works.” And this particular artist did not want to have a gallery.”

- Derivatives: An Interview with William Powhida

"Throughout my life I have seen, and sometimes participated in, peaceful civil disobedience in which..."

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:29:19 -0500

“Throughout my life I have seen, and sometimes participated in, peaceful civil disobedience in which sitting and linking arms was understood by citizens as a posture that indicates, in the clearest possible way available, protestors’ intent to be non-violent. If example, if you look through training materials from groups like the Quakers, the various pacifist organization and centers, and Christian organizations, it is universally taught that sitting and linking arms is the best way to de-escalate any confrontation between police and people exercising their first amendment right to public speech.”

- Bob Ostertag: Militarization Of Campus Police

idiomnews: Editor emeritus Stephen Squibb appears on Countdown...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:08:32 -0400

idiomnews:

Editor emeritus Stephen Squibb appears on Countdown with Keith Olbermann from Current.TV - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - to talk about Occupy Boston. He starts around 9:40.

(video via thinkingliberal)

"“Why is Washington so obsessed with Assange?” “It is power taking its revenge...."

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:00:41 -0400

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“Why is Washington so obsessed with Assange?”

“It is power taking its revenge. Assange has made government transparency a moral issue and made people aware that classification and secrecy serve to hide government crimes and deception. This has empowered whistleblowers.”

“Won’t there be other whistleblowers?”

“Not without Wikileaks. Formerly, whistleblowers would release documents to the media. However, whistleblowers have learned that the law that was enacted to protect them is not obeyed in the post-9/11 environment, and the media has learned that the First Amendment has lost much of its authority. It has become too dangerous for whistleblowers to step forward. Moreover, whistleblowers have learned that even the New York Times first checks with the government before the paper prints a leak. Remember, the Times sat for one year on the leak from NSA that the Bush administration was violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and spying on Americans without obtaining warrants from the FISA court. The Times published only after Bush was reelected. Wikileaks is the only way whistleblowers can get the word out.”

“You mean if the government convicts Assange, it is the end of Wikileaks?”

“Yes. If Assange is convicted of spying, then ipso-facto a successor would be a spy. The ability of whistleblowers to bring accountability to government is about to disappear.”

”

- OpEdNews - Article: A Story…The Last Whistleblower

This is totally James Wagner.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:42:55 -0400

This is totally James Wagner.

"Secondly, the US does not deserve a triple-A rating, and the reason has nothing whatsoever to do..."

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:34:36 -0400

“Secondly, the US does not deserve a triple-A rating, and the reason has nothing whatsoever to do with its debt ratios. America’s ability to pay is neither here nor there: the problem is its willingness to pay. And there’s a serious constituency of powerful people in Congress who are perfectly willing and even eager to drive the US into default. The Tea Party is fully cognizant that it has been given a bazooka, and it’s just itching to pull the trigger. There’s no good reason to believe that won’t happen at some point.”

- Why the S&P downgrade was delayed | Felix Salmon

fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Commie double team! Young Che and young...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:57:58 -0400

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Commie double team! Young Che and young Castro. Before the beardy, cigar smoking, Cola drinking days.

Susana Baca, the acclaimed singer and soul of Afro-Peruano...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:43:13 -0400

Susana Baca, the acclaimed singer and soul of Afro-Peruano music, became the first black cabinet minister of independent Peru when she was sworn in as minister of culture on Thursday by the country’s new president, Ollanta Humala. Baca, 67, is revered for mixing Andean and African rhythms and has played a key role in the revival of Afro-Peruano music and dance — folkloric traditions long sidelined in Peru.

(via Heart and Soul - NYTimes.com)

laphamsquarterly: Theodore Roosevelt. IN SHORTS.

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:23:33 -0400

laphamsquarterly:

Theodore Roosevelt. IN SHORTS.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes: George Mallory, aside from being an...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:07:10 -0400

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

George Mallory, aside from being an incredible mountaineer, was a certified babe. Here are some testimonies.

His tutor at Cambridge, on his face: “Its shape, its delicately cut features, especially the rather large, heavily lashed, thoughtful eyes, were extraordinarily suggestive of a Botticelli Madonna.”

James Strachey, brother of Lytton: “Charming and impulsive and in incredibly good looks.”

Lytton Strachey: “Mon Dieu! George Mallory!”

[Submitted by victoriousaccountant]

"OF COURSE your location, hours, and contact email address are all displayed as images! I didn’t want..."

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:11:04 -0500

“OF COURSE your location, hours, and contact email address are all displayed as images! I didn’t want to use copy and paste, anyway.”

- Not anybody (via neversaidaboutgallerywebsites)

"Even scenes portraying clichéd European views of Islam were met with amusement and laughter. At the..."

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:41:20 -0500

“Even scenes portraying clichéd European views of Islam were met with amusement and laughter. At the end, the ensemble received a standing ovation.”

- German ensemble brings first opera to Iraq | Culture & Lifestyle | Deutsche Welle | 08.03.2011

VVORK »Ganymede (Jockstrap)«, 2009 by Michael Elmgreen &...

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:23:18 -0500

VVORK »Ganymede (Jockstrap)«, 2009 by Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset.

powhida: From 2-5pm this coming Sunday, March 6, please come...

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:05:41 -0500

powhida:

From 2-5pm this coming Sunday, March 6, please come visit the Failure Desk, a new collaboration between William Powhida and Jen Dalton.

The Failure Desk at Lu Magnus Gallery
55 Hester Street on the Lower East Side
New York, NY 10002
http://www.lumagnus.com/events.html

So, just show up and take a number. Our assistant will be with you shortly.