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how to do nothing – Jenny Odell – Medium

This is a version of a keynote talk I gave at EYEO 2017 in Minneapolis. Id like to start off by saying that this talk is grounded in a particular location, and that is the Morcom Amphitheatre of Roses in Oakland, California, otherwise known simply as the ros…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Food Industry

Japanese designers create shared kitchen experience

ga('send', 'event', 'Uncategorized', 'article', 'article-industry-impression', {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Tokyo-based Schemata Architects has created a new kind of shared kitchen concept. The idea is that the kitchen space can be rented and used by di…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

NATO

U.S. military stops tracking key metric on Afghan war as situation deteriorates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has stopped tracking the amount of territory controlled or influenced by the Afghan government and militants, a U.S. watchdog said on Tuesday, one of the last remaining public metrics that tracked the worsening securit…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Feudalism

The Erosion

Working hard and doing what you’re told is no longer yielding the promised American Dream of security, agency and liberty. Volume One of Fernand Braudel’s oft-recommended (by me) trilogy Civilization & Capitalism, 15th to 18th Century is titled The Struc…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Feudalism

Red Eric

When the historian Eric Hobsbawm died in 2012, at the age of 95, his family arranged for him to be buried in Londons Highgate Cemetery near the grave of Karl Marx. It was an appropriate resting place for one of the 20th centurys leading Marxist historians, wh…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Star Wars

ThinkGeek Is Having a Massive Sitewide Sale Today

Browsing ThinkGeek is never dull. The site is packed with oddball toys and gear from the most popular series around, from Star Trek to Game of Thrones to Fortnite. Some items are so strange you can't really unsee them. Today may be the day to stop smiling and…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Venezuela

Return of firebrand opposition leader Lopez energizes Venezuelan protests

By Angus Berwick and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - When Felix Garcia woke up on Tuesday he was fired up by surprising news - Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, under house arrest for the past two years, had appeared in public. Lopez's app…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Venezuela

Return of firebrand opposition leader Lopez energizes Venezuelan protests

CARACAS (Reuters) - When Felix Garcia woke up on Tuesday he was fired up by surprising news - Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, under house arrest for the past two years, had appeared in public. Lopez’s appearance alongside National Assembly …

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea warns US of ‘undesired consequences’ if it does not change course

North Korea has told the US it will face undesired consequences if it fails to readjust its position on nuclear disarmament, in the latest of a series of warnings to Washington and its allies in recent months. Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, earlier t…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea warns US of ‘undesired consequences’ if it does not change course

Typically, during periods when inter-Korean dialogue is in a positive phase, the North generally keeps its complaints against the South aimed at the military. The shift to direct criticism of the authorities is a signal of how much the atmosphere for inter-K…

bubmagMay 1, 2019

how to do nothing – Jenny Odell – Medium

Japanese designers create shared kitchen experience

U.S. military stops tracking key metric on Afghan war as situation deteriorates

The Erosion

Red Eric

ThinkGeek Is Having a Massive Sitewide Sale Today

Return of firebrand opposition leader Lopez energizes Venezuelan protests

Return of firebrand opposition leader Lopez energizes Venezuelan protests

North Korea warns US of ‘undesired consequences’ if it does not change course

North Korea warns US of ‘undesired consequences’ if it does not change course

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