December 2011
22 posts
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“We have to abandon the arrogant belief that the world is merely a puzzle to be...”
– Vaclav Havel’s Critique of the West (via theatlantic)
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If I Were a Wealthy White Suburbanite →
darkjez:
Small Business expert and contributor to Forbes recently wrote an interesting and compelling article, If I Was a a Poor Black Kid. Piggy-backing on the inspiring and truth-telling recent speech of President Obama about the nation’s economy, Gene Marks, offers his own high-five to the President plus his own recommendations for how people can gain access to the middle-class. Which got me...
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Bits of Me: Bits of our weekend: Rock & Shop. →
bitsofjess:
This year’s Rock & Shop Market had much better weather than last year, so it was packed with more hipsters than you could shake a crocheted ray gun or a vinyl copy of ‘A Very She & Him Christmas’ at.
My nerdy side came out when I spotted Ashley from This Paper Ship and Amy from
Rock & Shop was pretty baller. I wanted to buy ALL of the things. I also fell in love with...
in autumn, in Kashmir: jsex: soulful swagga: i... →
jsex:
soulful swagga: i refuse:
miswritten:
anthologyz:
to engage in mindless conversations about kim jong-il tonight.
because what worries me more are the ways in which the isolation of his figure has been used to obfuscate seven decades of u.s. military “interests”…
Are South Koreans incarcerated by an historical amnesia?
Has the RoK done so badly for itself in recent years...
RIP Slim Dunkin →
flockapella:
Rest in Peace to my favorite rapper in Brick Squad…too soon.
For real. Slim was the toughest. And I’m gonna continue to hope it’s not real and just a sick joke.
“You cannot trust the Kardashians.”
– Barbara Walters - latimes.com (via brooklynmutt)
A distilled way of saying, “you can’t trust a big butt and a smile.” Thanks for that, Barbs!…I think…
“My wife and I are thinking of adopting and shockingly found in Texas, the cost...”
– The price of babies, by color | Chris Blattman (via abbyjean)
America, Fuck Yeah! :(((((
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“The problem with American urban development patterns is that once a neighborhood...”
– Does Urban Growth Have to Mean Gentrification? - Forbes
I don’t think I’ve ever had the process of gentrification broken down so concisely for me (via Ara). Having said that though, I don’t necessarily think it’s “protective NIMBY-ism” that keeps supply from ever surpassing demand in these...
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“You can compensate an old woman for the loss of part of her front yard, but how...”
– Commenter ‘Murray’ over at Human Transit on an article going over the differences in Cost Benefit Analyses and Multiple Account Evaluations. It’s fairly educational in terms of pointing out the biases in both.
Holy Skate
citybreaths:
Construction (image: tacky.nl)
In the Dutch city of Arnhem, the former St. Joseph Church has been converted into an indoor skatepark. The skatepark (Sk8hal) was officially opened last week. The church had been vacant for some five years, while the skaters’ former accomodation burnt down. The skatepark will be a temporary project, for at least a couple of years, as long as there...
November 2011
23 posts
The Socialist Developer →