August 2010
“There is no lack of anti-capitalists today. We are even witnessing an over- load...”
– zizek (via zizekianrevolution) (via ontologicalterrorist, zizekianrevolution) (via zouave) (via m-x)
So, are you people going to make Glenn Beck's...
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Foxconn: my emphasis added
m-x:
Foxconn’s shares were down 8.3% at the midday break in Hong Kong.
Morgan Stanley advised investors to stay away from the company’s shares because profit margins are likely to remain under pressure before it can shift production to lower cost centers.
Morgan Stanley also said the company’s forecasts for improvement in the current half-year did not take into account likely higher labor...
I see Prezi is running a tutorial video on how to... →
Pro tip: don’t use fucking Prezi in the first place.
Why have the Tumblr gods not set up a...
“He is “donating” two missiles, and his time, “to fight the proposed mosque on...”
– Ad Agency Donates Two ‘Missiles’ To Protest Against Manhattan Mosque
It’s shit like THIS that’s an insult to the people who died on 9/11. (via theoriginaljoefisher)
Watchpieto:
The Great Swindle pt. 1 sponsored by UE (1948)
Union recruitment film criticizing monopoly control of the U.S. economy and advocating union membership as a defense against corporate power.
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my problem with privileged women doing sex...
inascaldingjoy:
is not that sex is wrong and bad and all that shit.
But I have qualms about hearing or condoning things like this because socialists/Marxists tend to describe capitalism as an economic system where everything is for sale. A big focal point for Marxist theory is the idea that the economic theory of capitalism was ripe for class division and exploitation like never before at the...
Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to... →
vruz:
by Julie Samuels - Deeplink, EFF.org
It looks like Apple, Inc., is exploring a new business opportunity: spyware and what we’re calling “traitorware.” While users were celebrating the new jailbreaking and unlocking exemptions, Apple was quietly preparing to apply for a patent on technology that, among other things, would allow Apple to identify and punish users who take advantage...
“On class structure and income inequality: “These growing inequalities are...”
– Harriet Bradley et al, Myths at Work, Polity, 2000, pp. 138-9 (via leninology)
“Put ‘em in a sarnie and decant half a bottle of HP over them, you effete...”
– Errorgorilla, on The Sausage Question
Imagine if all of New York City was made homeless...
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Can anybody think of something exciting to do with...
“Whenever I feel a bit low, I always think of that woman who got her face ripped...”
– Josie Gibson, winner of the final series of Big Brother in the UK, and national treasure.
TYWKIWDBI: Perhaps gold is not a commodity →
mudwerks:
Excerpts from a Wall Street Journal story:
For a long time, we’ve all heard that gold is a commodity—no different, really, from silver or wheat or pork bellies. Its price ebbs and flows (supposedly) with inflation, which historically drives commodity prices. Odd, then, that gold’s elevated price hasn’t fallen in response to tepid U.S. inflation numbers
… The conventional wisdom...
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the...”
– John F. Kennedy (via azspot)
LOL
Virtual Router Smashes Speed Records →
Researchers in South Korea have built a networking router that transmits data at record speeds from components found in most high-end desktop computers. A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology created the router, which transmits data at nearly 40 gigabytes per second—many times faster than the previous record for such a device.
“I love that line: “We have to surprise them.” I was watching the movie on an...”
– The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Thomas Friedman’s aphorisms
Resolutions made while I was away
Spend a lot less time on the internet, especially populating “social media” platforms
Spend the resulting opportunity dividend reading books and doing odd jobs around the house
Try to become a finisher as well as a starter
Er…
That’s it
lickystickypickyme:
The Pakistan flood is horrible. I noticed that it became constant murmur in my mind after watching so many news reports on it. Until I saw screaming children just now. Crying and clearly in pain. Makes me feel powerless though, because even by contributing financially, it will not have immediate result. To help those hurting, traumatized kids for example.
Glad I woke up...
“The planned “ultra-mosque” will be a staggering 5,600ft tall – more...”
– Charlie Brooker
“We have too many cellphones. We’ve got too many Internets. We have got to get...”
– Ray Bradbury (via azspot)
Brssndn family road trip music
So we’re off on our hols in the morning, and my new car only plays CDs. So we had to choose:
The Best of Patsy Cline
The Roots - Game Theory
Stax-Volt Singles Box Set - Disc Three
The Darjeeling Limited OST
The Arcade Fire -The Suburbs
The Strokes - Room On Fire
Mos Def - Mos Dub
Heliocentrics - Out There
Inception OST
The Black Keys - Brothers
