February 2012
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Feb 24th
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“Printing made us all readers. Xeroxing made us all publishers. Television made...”
– NBC News president Lawrence Grossman
Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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“In the next election, I’d vote bloc sooner than I’d vote...”
–  a good friend
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
12 posts
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Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Digital Textbook Counter-Revolution
adventuresinlearning: “Once you’ve recognized that textbooks are just an assemblage of resources and that, in a digital world, there’s no reason to bind it together and publish these en masse, then I think you can see a path to liberation from that industry model. You can disassemble, reassemble, unbundle, disrupt, destroy the textbook. It is truly an irrelevant format.” Apple and the Digital...
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 20th
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Jan 9th
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“Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens and...”
– St. Augustine, 408 AD
Jan 2nd
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December 2011
27 posts
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“Know what’s weird? Day by day nothing seems to change, but pretty soon,...”
– Calvin // Calvin & Hobbes (via whenyouholdmyown)
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“Celebrity culture is not a convergence of consumer culture and religion, but...”
– Chris Hedges summarizing Neal Gabler, Empire of Illusion, p. 16
Dec 29th
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“Daniel Boorstin writes that in contemporary culture the fabricated, the...”
– Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion, p. 15.
Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 18th
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This changes what fun can be... →
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“Ecology became a criticism and even a denouncing of the functioning of modern...”
– Ingermar Hedström, Swedish social ecologist who has lived many years in Costa Rica
Dec 18th
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The Rich DO have more rights! →
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Where to buy shoes:
http://www.oliberte.com/story/ Oliberté manufactures its wide selection of very cool fair-trade footwear in several African countries, from locally sourced leather, and they retail at 50 stores across Canada. http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/blackspot Adbusters’ Blackspot skate sneaker, made in a sweat-free factory in Pakistan and sold online only. http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/ ...
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Good News for Cyclists
Testing out protected bike lanes:
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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What's the deal with crop circles?
I mean really… has this ever been answered?!
Dec 8th
UFC clubs in Toronto Schools? →
fundamentaleducation: Doug Ford thinks its a good idea.
Dec 6th
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Hungary bans homelessness →
Dec 4th