Body Without Organs

"…One cannot know the order of things ‘in their isolated nature,’ but by discovering that which is..."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:56:29 -0400

“…One cannot know the order of things ‘in their isolated nature,’ but by discovering that...

A Modern Sexual-Assault Tale

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:03:10 -0400

Man: Hello, I'd like to report a mugging. Officer: A mugging, eh? Where did it take place? Man: I...

"A sexually submissive woman won’t make a bad CEO (at least, not because she’s sexually submissive)...."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:41:19 -0400

“A sexually submissive woman won’t make a bad CEO (at least, not because she’s sexually...

"Here is a small fact: You are going to die. I am in all truthfulness attempting to be cheerful about..."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:36:24 -0400

“Here is a small fact: You are going to die. I am in all truthfulness attempting to be...

The New Inquiry: The Art of Faking It: Bourgeois Socialism

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:15:42 -0400

The New Inquiry: The Art of Faking It: Bourgeois Socialism: thenewinquiry: Karl Marx and Friedrich...

Dutch Lawmakers Adopt Net Neutrality Law

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:26:40 -0400

Dutch Lawmakers Adopt Net Neutrality Law: infoneer-pulse: The Netherlands on Wednesday became the...

"I’m tired of people acting as though politicians are or should be asexual. I’m tired of people..."

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:42:25 -0400

“I’m tired of people acting as though politicians are or should be asexual. I’m tired of...

"For the philosopher, the presence of structure outside of us in natural and social systems and..."

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:54:49 -0400

“For the philosopher, the presence of structure outside of us in natural and social systems...

kateoplis: Today in Madrid: Young people are camping in main...

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:38:59 -0400

kateoplis:

Today in Madrid: Young people are camping in main squares across Spain in the largest spontaneous protests since the country plunged into recession after the collapse of a property bubble in 2008. (Pedro Armestre)

"What is it that makes dominant women uncomfortable with femdom? There are a lot of things. One of..."

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:32:06 -0400

“What is it that makes dominant women uncomfortable with femdom? There are a lot of things....

"Disneyland exists in order to hide that it is the ‘real’ country, all of ‘real’ America that is..."

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:32:00 -0400

“Disneyland exists in order to hide that it is the ‘real’ country, all of ‘real’ America that...

"What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a..."

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:31:07 -0400

““What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that...

ohscience: The energetic processes of star formation create not...

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:32:06 -0400

ohscience:

The energetic processes of star formation create not only the colors but the chaos. The red-glowing gas results from high-energy starlight striking interstellar hydrogen gas. The dark dust filaments that lace M8 were created in the atmospheres of cool giant stars and in the debris from supernovae explosions. This spectacular portion of the Lagoon Nebula was created in scientifically-assigned colors from light emitted in very specific colors by hydrogen, silicon, and oxygen. The light from M8 we see today left about 5000 years ago.

Photo

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:32:06 -0400

tautological: Rock by Tremaine Harris

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:32:06 -0400

tautological:

Rock by Tremaine Harris

wilwheaton: Click to embiggen.

Mon, 30 May 2011 00:31:06 -0400

wilwheaton:

Click to embiggen.

thepoliticalnotebook: This is Samar Hassan, now 12 years old....

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:30:05 -0400

thepoliticalnotebook:

This is Samar Hassan, now 12 years old. She was the screaming 5-year old girl in the striking photo taken by the late Chris Hondros, a photo that has become emblematic of the Iraq war. She had never seen the famous photo of her, blood-spattered, the night her parents were killed by American soldiers in Tal Afar in 2005. She now lives in Mosul, with her older sister and her sister’s husband.

The photograph of Samar is frozen in history, but her life moved on, across a trajectory that is emblematic of what so many Iraqis have endured. In a country whose health care system has almost no ability to treat the psychological aspects of trauma, thousands of Iraqis are left alone with their torment.

Read more at the New York Times.

(Photo Credit: Ayman Oghanna for The New York Times)

INFRASTRUCTURAL OPPORTUNISM

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:31:06 -0400

INFRASTRUCTURAL OPPORTUNISM:

kateoplis: Today in Barcelona (Emilio Morenatti)

Fri, 27 May 2011 23:26:17 -0400

kateoplis:

Today in Barcelona (Emilio Morenatti)

Evolution of Language Takes Unexpected Turn

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:31:06 -0400

Evolution of Language Takes Unexpected Turn: infoneer-pulse: It’s widely thought that human...