December 2011
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Dec 31st
Dec 31st
Culturepile 2011 - Most listened too...
Dirty Beaches - Badlands The Wandering Lake - The Wandering Lake Grouper - Alien Observer & Dream Loss Colin Stetson - New History Of Warfare Vol 2: Judges Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 Bellowhead - Hedonism Kate Bush - 50 Kinds Of Snow James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells - Everything’s Getting Older Richard Skelton - Landings Radiohead - King of Limbs (+...
Dec 31st
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“All I know is when I’m not working I sometimes think I know something, but...”
– John Cage
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
"It’s true that women, as a gender, have been... →
Dec 31st
"This Inari is perhaps the ultimate lift snack. It... →
Dec 30th
"There's no word for accountability in Finnish,"... →
Dec 30th
Let ds be the infinitesimal link / Of which for... →
Dec 30th
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A tree hotel in the far north of Sweden, near the... →
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“Before economics can progress it must abandon its suicidal formalism.”
– Robert Heilbroner
Dec 30th
My dog has no nose →
Dec 29th
“And you may make of it what you will. And you will. You will. You will. You...”
– Preface to The Enthusiast Almanack
Dec 29th
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“No-one fired a pistol to mark the start of the race to the bottom. The earth...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, from ‘Eating Animals’
Dec 29th
Desert Places by Robert Frost
Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past, And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble showing last. The woods around it have it—it is theirs. All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares. And lonely as it is that loneliness Will be more lonely ere it...
Dec 25th
“News reporting is populated today by a strange netherworld of PR-driven half...”
– @marginalutility
Dec 22nd
“Done is better than perfect”
– The Done manifesto
Dec 22nd
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“What is on the other side of gold is the same as what is on this side”
– John Berger
Dec 18th
THE BITCH, THE STUD AND THE PRAWN (from Adam... →
Dec 18th
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Automated trust systems undermine trust by... →
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The suicidal behavior reporting button is located... →
Dec 17th
This figure, according to Jamie, is a new... →
Dec 16th
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"This doesn't look like a hard-working part of an... →
Dec 13th
Keep watching the skies →
Dec 12th
"A scientist should be the first to say he doesn't... →
Dec 12th
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Unevolved brands →
Dec 12th
“Those who drink on credit get twice as drunk”
– Turkish proverb
Dec 9th
“What is rewarded above is punished below. Petty robbery is a crime against...”
– Roberto Galeano
Dec 8th
"Oedipus practically invented bad sex, so I'm not... →
Dec 8th
What is Santa's carbon footprint? →
Dec 8th
Overslept / So tired / If late / Get fired / Why... →
Dec 7th
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"n the beginning, Coke created the heaven and the... →
Dec 7th
Are the Muppets Communists?  →
Dec 7th
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" Each seller is given a mug and invited to sell... →
Dec 4th
Virtual globetrotting →
Dec 2nd
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“Hardly art, hardly garbage”
– The Thermals
Dec 2nd
“When you concentrate you lose territory, when you gain territory you lose...”
– Han Ulrich Obrist
Dec 1st