February 2012
17 posts
Wutang Name Genrator →
“Your Wu-Name is
World-Class Programmah
Use it wisely, soldier.”
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a...
– Jelaluddin Rumi
Guesthouse
This accidental
meeting of possibilities
calls itself I.
I ask: what am I...
– Dag Hammarskjöld
Data is not the target. Data is not the answer. Data is not the insight.
...
– Just to Clarify: Stories are the Last Mile in Big Data (via interestingsnippets)
January 2012
73 posts
500 Years of Chicano History offered for FREE to... →
The SouthWest Organizing Project, in response to the current ban and the overall climate of fear and scapegoating of people of color in Arizona, is offering the book at a 50% discount to Arizona residents, and will give it for FREE to any Arizona Student who requests the book by sending a letter describing why they think the teaching of Chicano and Native American history accurately to young...
Why We Should Support CeCe McDonald
secretarysbreakroom:
“CeCe McDonald, a black trans woman, has been facing 2nd degree murder charges since being attacked last summer by a group of white adults. CeCe and several friends, all black, were walking to the grocery store on June 5th, 2011 when white adults standing in the patio area of a South Minneapolis bar started screaming racist and transphobic slurs at the youth. CeCe, who is...
Piracy’s preserving effect, while little known, is actually nothing new. Through...
– Provocative read on why history needs software piracy. Reminiscent of the story of how the widely pirated first edition of Arabian Nights made it one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in history. (via curiositycounts)
The only way to master love is to practice love. You don’t need to justify your...
– Don Miguel Ruiz (via muxersita)
guerrilla mama medicine: Top 12 Detox Superfoods →
holisticharmony:
Almonds—are high in fiber, calcium, magnesium, and useable protein that helps stabilize blood sugar and remove impurities from the bowels.
Avocados—lower cholesterol and dilate blood vessels while blocking artery-destroying toxicity. Avocados contain a nutrient called glutathione, which blocks at least 30 different carcinogens while helping the liver detoxify synthetic...
"Ultimate Superfood Guide" →
Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.
– Rumi
"Evolved souls or lost souls?"
Janette Scott:
Many people with schizophrenia have been the great creative geniuses of their time. Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Mendel are a few thought to have been schizophrenic. It has been theorized that these people have a highly developed consciousness and heightened sensitivity to vibrations or astral energies. Most modern societies have little regard for those sensitive enough to be...
Yoga grounds you in the body. People with schizophrenia often have trouble...
– Helen Dicke, MSW & yoga teacher
(via Bastyrcenter.org)
guerrilla mama medicine: herbal smoking mixes →
guerrillamamamedicine:
Let’s finish up the first month of the New Year, and our focused work with
the mint family, by making an herbal smoking mix. Any dried mint-family plants you have on hand can be used make a great healing smoke, especially if mixed with some mullein, and perhaps a few other herbs. Smoking can be good for the health of your lungs and your being.
Careful application of...
The Pirate Bay torrents printable 3D objects →
We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided to call them: Physibles. Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical.
- Pirate Bay
(via The Register)
With life as short as a half taken breath,
Don’t plant anything but Love.
– Rumi
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do...
– Buddha (via dobetternow)
Sabotage, bombings, sanctions: A growing web of... →
skepticalsurvivalist:
I’ve been quiet for a while, but I’m still here. If you haven’t noticed Iran is in the crosshairs. The mainstream media reports on it daily with increasingly aggressive language regarding intervention and possible war. A war with Iran would involve Israel and Europe and would likely force Russia and China’s hand. North Korea, well, consider them the crazy cousin…who...