Exiled poster artist Julio Eloy
Exiled poster artist Julio Eloy Mesa.
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Exiled poster artist Julio Eloy Mesa.
originally posted by xowie
Q: How many pennies are there? A: There are this many.
Salon is now publishing weekly comeeks by the superlative Lynda Barry. Dig it and dig it well. Thanks to boing boing for the heads up.
Global City Transit Navigation Design. “These maps capture our imagination by the way in which each solves a similar problem in a unique and culturally appropriate manner.”
The incredible Springfield Interchange Improvement Project is underway not far from here. I should go take some more photos.
Sinkers.org posters for S30: DC. Read more about September’s World Bank/IMF convergence at abolishthebank.org.
Friday, July 13, 1951: Kansas City, Kan.
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No time for love, Dr. Jones:
This article argues that wealth is a zero-sum game in more, or more important, ways than it is not. It sounds right, but I need to learn me some economics to be sure.
The 34-year-old former gymnast says China's athletes and public deserve the glory of hosting the world's premier sporting event. But ask Feng, muscular and 6 feet tall, how he became a wheelchair athlete, and what emerges is a disturbing tale of state-sponsored violence, discrimination, and suppression.Chinese outcast wonders if Games would help or hurt.
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Alex Grey’s Chapel of Sacred MIrrors.
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Dean Chamberlain’s color-saturated photos of LSD heroes.
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When I want to get up to speed on what’s happening around the world and why, I turn to the following current events primers:
There is the overwhelming sense among most whites that things can't possibly be as bad as black Americans say they are.washingtonpost.com: Misperceptions Cloud Whites' View of Blacks. I own a mansion and a yacht.
Chemistry opens you to receive another being; you grow to enlarge yourself beyond what you would otherwise be, know and perceive.latimes.com: Couples With Right Chemistry Have Love Down to a Science. I've always been a fan of chemistry.
I bet riding a broom is a lot like riding a motorcycle – you really gotta lean through those curves.
Insane precautions for the G-8 summit include snipers, 200 body bags and “little” missiles.
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Dr. Menlo is now hosting abuddha’s memes! I should have offered to host that great site when it first occurred to me.
One evening when she was two, lying in bed waiting for her story, Greta started singing the words, "My tushy feel good, my vagina feel good." The tune was quite pleasant, and she sang it for about ten minutes, the same words, the same tune, over and over. Then, with one last "My tushy feel good, my vagina feel good," rising to a kind of crescendo of pure well-being, she looked up at me and said, "Know that song?"From An Open Letter to Superintendent Grimmel, which I have taken the liberty of retitling Please Excuse My Daughter From School Today: A Homeschool Manifesto.
The Poynter Institute’s excellent Diversity Digest, linking to rare and important journalism that covers underserved communities in non-formulaic ways, finally has a permanent URL.
Career women ‘rent’ wombs to beat hassle of pregnancy.
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World’s largest cave system discovered in China. (People like caves in China.) originally posted by xowie Update Here’s a bit of news from November 2006 about Soaring Dragon Cave, mentioned above.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all energy is freely and democratically provided by Nature, that utilities both public and private have no monopoly on the production and distribution of energy, that this century's monopolization of energy by utilities threatens the health of our environment and the very life of our planet.signed Solar Guerrillas of Planet Earth
- We, the Solar Guerrillas of this planet, therefore resolve to place energy made from sunshine, wind, and falling water on this planet's utility grids with or without permission from utilities or governments.
- We resolve to share this energy with our neighbors without regard for financial compensation.
- We further resolve that our renewable energy systems will be safe and will not harm utility workers, our neighbors, or our environment.
"Hot Tuna" (Houttuynia cameleon). tricolor ground cover. All parts are edible. The gingery taste and herbal scent are good in oriental cooking and good for medicinal purposes too!Tasty.
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