October 2011
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September 2011
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The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are...
– Fernando Pessoa (via sevensheaven)
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August 2011
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rejectamentalist manifesto: There has been... →
tentacular:
There has been universal condemnation of David Starkey’s extraordinary outburst on Newsnight, in which he blamed Jews, or ‘a culture of Jewry’, for Britain’s woes.
‘I’ve just been rereading Julius Streicher. … His prophecy was absolutely right in one sense. … But it wasn’t…
July 2011
7 posts
Transrealism is Like
Transrealism is like throwing a slackline between two peaks high above the demons from your past, walking out to the middle of the line, doing a few tricks like jumping up and down, and then walking to the other side to finish.
‘Being married to another writer is easy. You share a love of books and an...
– A life in writing: Vendela Vida | Culture | The Guardian
June 2011
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Sean Bamforth: From here: I chose to remain a... →
seanbamforth:
From here:
I chose to remain a domiciled taxpayer for a couple of reasons. The main one was that I wanted my children to grow up where I grew up, to have proper roots in a culture as old and magnificent as Britain’s; to be citizens, with everything that implies, of a real country, not…
Brian Wood - Comics + Graphic Novels: The Unfuture... →
This is a real shame. Northlanders is my favourite on going series at the moment and one of only two books I buy from DC. Both are from the Vertigo line.
brianwood:
Bleeding Cool correctly reports that my Vertigo series NORTHLANDERS has been cancelled by the powers that be at DC Comics. It has a very loyal fanbase but the trade sales just aren’t cutting the mustard. But it is staying around for...
May 2011
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I’m more loyal to Caffè Nero than I am to any other institution. I care...
– New Statesman - Cougars of the daily grind
An atheist doesn’t have to be someone who thinks he has a proof that there can’t...
– John McCarthy - American computer scientist, based at Stanford. Coined the term artificial intelligence; received the Turing Award in 1971 for his contributions to the AI field. (via helvetebrann)
April 2011
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March 2011
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tinysprout: Scott Adams (Dilbert), deleted post →
The fuck….
kissingunderspiderwebs:
Scott Adams wrote this post today, March 7 2011, on his blog and then deleted it.
The topic my readers most want me to address is something called men’s rights. (See previous post.) This is a surprisingly good topic. It’s dangerous. It’s relevant. It isn’t…
February 2011
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The Internet per se looks more and more like a net loss to capitalism.
– Bruce Sterling (via m1k3y)
December 2010
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Dance like you’re stamping on a human face forever, love like you’ve been in a...
– Warren Ellis (via philroland)
November 2010
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October 2010
5 posts
rejectamentalist manifesto: Letter to a... →
tentacular:
So it’s war. We knew it would be.
Obviously, you don’t ask the Tories how they can do this. They, streetfighters of long-standing, the current vogue for simpering head-boy bonhomie notwithstanding, are clear about their aims, interests and concomitant attacks.
Nor is this message…
September 2010
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