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Female sexual submission has never really been shocking. Right now, we are in the middle of a sexual counter-revolution. The backlash is on against even the limited amount of erotic freedom women have won over fifty years of hard campaigning: abortion and birth control are under attack, sexual health clinics are kitted out with bomb detectors and staffed by doctors who come to work wearing bullet-proof vests, and a fully-grown woman is denounced as a slut and a whore by male commentators across America by suggesting as part of a congressional hearing that yes, she may once or twice have had intercourse for pleasure rather than procreation. And until very recently, Rick Santorum, a man who considers contraceptives morally wrong, was a semi-serious contender for leader of the free world.

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:29:03 -0400

Female sexual submission has never really been shocking. Right now, we are in the middle of a sexual counter-revolution. The backlash is on against even the limited amount of erotic freedom women have won over fifty years of hard campaigning: abortion and birth control are under attack, sexual health clinics are kitted out with bomb detectors and staffed by doctors who come to work wearing bullet-proof vests, and a fully-grown woman is denounced as a slut and a whore by male commentators across America by suggesting as part of a congressional hearing that yes, she may once or twice have had intercourse for pleasure rather than procreation. And until very recently, Rick Santorum, a man who considers contraceptives morally wrong, was a semi-serious contender for leader of the free world.

And now kogonada brings to you the brother of Tarantino from...

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:22:34 -0400

And now kogonada brings to you the brother of Tarantino from Below and Anderson from Above, with the Sounds of Aronofsky.

(via kottke)

"With the medieval streets of Jaffa less than a mile away, Tel Aviv doesn’t immediately come across..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:28:44 -0400

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With the medieval streets of Jaffa less than a mile away, Tel Aviv doesn’t immediately come across as the next technology hub. However, it has been building successfully on Israel’s status as the “start-up nation” to attract scores of innovative entrepreneurs over the past few years.
…
Tel Aviv has come up with a spatial strategy. According to Huldai, “Tel Aviv has developed co-working space as a solution to providing start-ups with shared office facilities they can rent from one month to a year until they are ready to take on their own space. Furthermore, the co-working space provides a synergetic community that is crucial at this stage.”

Developers of Skolkovo — an unbuilt prototype for a new city just outside Moscow — have taken a more radical approach. They envision a full-fledged “innocity” that could become an open-source blueprint for future urban development. The city is expected to house more than 30,000 workers when completed later this decade. The multi-billion dollar project has been heralded as a sea change for Russian urban planning.
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While the government of Tel Aviv has been helping individual start-ups take root in Israel’s established technology industry, Russia is attempting to build such an industry from the ground up. This has prompted a new openness to working with partners from around the world.

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- polis: A Tale of Two Technology Cities

Two different approaches of using innovative city design to encouraging start-ups. It is my opinion that the design of cities is going to be one of the most important factors in success in the future and more cities should really be thinking about how they could innovate to better support the people and businesses that they want to house.

And this, this is SCIENCE!!!! (via Krulwich Wonders)

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:31:45 -0400

And this, this is SCIENCE!!!!

(via Krulwich Wonders)

Pretty much. (via sciencepunk)

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:29:02 -0400

Pretty much.

(via sciencepunk)

More amazing survival kits, this time from Atelier Steffen...

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:31:21 -0400

More amazing survival kits, this time from Atelier Steffen Kehrle. Thank you Architizer.

(via bldgblog)

I so desperately want this survival kit. Agency Self Promo...

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:31:30 -0400

I so desperately want this survival kit.

Agency Self Promo 2012

JUST IN CASE ®
End-of-the-world survival kit, crafted and designed in Mexico by MENOSUNOCEROUNO.

If the world ends this year, we better be happily ready. Expecting a beautiful chaos, MENOSUNOCEROUNO created JUST IN CASE ®, the perfect brand for the end of times. A brand that covers all your basic apocalyptic needs. Our survival kit re-packages a collection of iconic products from Mexico to enjoy in no particular order.

The perfect gift for friends and clients (only the ones we want to keep).

Modern mexican design for the end of times.

01 — Chocolate Abuelita ® : Dark chocolate laced with cinnamon and covered in sugar. With more than 70 years in the market, this classic delight will make you feel well under any circumstances.
02 — Doméstica Yellow Notebook ® : A design classic from Monterrey. Tell the story, write like John, draw like el Bosco, or use it to start a fire.
03 — Simple Knife ® : Clean affordable design, a minimal hunting tool for animals or zombies.
04 — 40 Emergency Black Matches ® : Start a fire, get warm, light your way with style. Black is beautiful.
04 — Xtabentun D’aristi ® : Original Mayan liqueur from Casa D’aristi in Yucatan, one of our favorite brands of 2011. Celebrate like the old times!
05 — Basic Water ® : Drink wisely, survive up to ten days with one liter.

Enjoy!
Happy 2012

(Via io9 and behance)

snijglau: CYYYYYYYBER PUUUUUUUUNK! I always thought I was, but...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:43:24 -0400

snijglau:

CYYYYYYYBER PUUUUUUUUNK!

I always thought I was, but now I know that I am not.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheist or Agnostic? (by bigthink) Neil...

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:31:06 -0400

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheist or Agnostic? (by bigthink)

Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining my exact religious beliefs.

(via upworthy)

The Rise and Fall of the Wu-Tang Clan, Part 1 The Rise. Part 2...

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:30:11 -0400

The Rise and Fall of the Wu-Tang Clan, Part 1 The Rise.

Part 2 Fragmentation

Part 3 The Decline

"'Let's stop it,'" Crutzen recalls blurting out. "'We are no longer in the Holocene. We are in the Anthropocene.' Well, it was quiet in the room for a while." When the group took a coffee break, the Anthropocene was the main topic of conversation. Someone suggested that Crutzen copyright the word.

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:30:23 -0400

"'Let's stop it,'" Crutzen recalls blurting out. "'We are no longer in the Holocene. We are in the Anthropocene.' Well, it was quiet in the room for a while." When the group took a coffee break, the Anthropocene was the main topic of conversation. Someone suggested that Crutzen copyright the word.

‘Welcome to the Anthropocene’ Earth Animation (by...

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:30:39 -0400

‘Welcome to the Anthropocene’ Earth Animation (by Globaïa)

I know this video is at least supposed to make me question if what we have done to the planet is worth it, but I can not help be so happy that I am alive at a time when I can speak to anyone on the planet, travel to anywhere on the planet, and see everywhere that I do not travel. I am rather happy to be on the planet during the Anthropocene.

(h/t FastCo)

I took an early morning hike yesterday morning at a place called...

Sun, 13 May 2012 15:31:00 -0400

I took an early morning hike yesterday morning at a place called Pier’s Gorge. I hadn’t been out there for a couple of years, and the combination of the beautiful woods, gorgeous river, and complete solitude(turns out 8 am on a Saturday is not most people’s ideal hiking time) was wondrous.

I was working in a job running the campus email system some years ago when I got a call from the chairman of the statistics department. "We're having a problem sending email out of the department." "What's the problem?" I asked. "We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained. I choked on my latte. "Come again?" "We can't send mail farther than 500 miles from here," he repeated. "A little bit more, actually. Call it 520 miles. But no farther." "Um... Email really doesn't work that way, generally," I said, trying to keep panic out of my voice. One doesn't display panic when speaking to a department chairman, even of a relatively impoverished department like statistics. "What makes you think you can't send mail more than 500 miles?" "It's not what I think," the chairman replied testily. "You see, when we first noticed this happening, a few days ago--"

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:29:33 -0400

I was working in a job running the campus email system some years ago when I got a call from the chairman of the statistics department. "We're having a problem sending email out of the department." "What's the problem?" I asked. "We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained. I choked on my latte. "Come again?" "We can't send mail farther than 500 miles from here," he repeated. "A little bit more, actually. Call it 520 miles. But no farther." "Um... Email really doesn't work that way, generally," I said, trying to keep panic out of my voice. One doesn't display panic when speaking to a department chairman, even of a relatively impoverished department like statistics. "What makes you think you can't send mail more than 500 miles?" "It's not what I *think*," the chairman replied testily. "You see, when we first noticed this happening, a few days ago--":

(via kottke)

The Post Imperial Shaker (by littleprincetinker) Anyone want to...

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:31:01 -0400

The Post Imperial Shaker (by littleprincetinker)

Anyone want to buy me a present?

(via boingboing)

Still Life on Hoth(By Vesa Lehtimäki) (via io9)

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:31:10 -0400

Still Life on Hoth(By Vesa Lehtimäki)

(via io9)

Every time Wu-Tang says “Wu-Tang” (by...

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:31:09 -0400

Every time Wu-Tang says “Wu-Tang” (by conorlastowka1)

Happy Wu-Tang Wednesday!!

(via conor)

What’s Cookin? (by LRG) Green Pepper Grillz

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:30:42 -0400

What’s Cookin? (by LRG)

Green Pepper Grillz

Graham Clark - Forest Clarinetist (by Dan Barham) Graham is the...

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:30:00 -0400

Graham Clark - Forest Clarinetist (by Dan Barham)

Graham is the greatest!

I want one of these so badly: The Descriptive Camera works a...

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:31:07 -0400

I want one of these so badly:

The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. Modern digital cameras capture gobs of parsable metadata about photos such as the camera’s settings, the location of the photo, the date, and time, but they don’t output any information about the content of the photo. The Descriptive Camera only outputs the metadata about the content.