January 2011
7 posts
On Computers, Profusely | Back to the World →
towerofsleep:
Just read Chris Randle’s post about Lil B. It’s really good.
Georgia Straight: Sign of a spreading Arab... →
notablynovelty:
Abdelkaer’s tweet states: “revolution-inspired hashtag dates already being planned for the rest of the Arab world - Sudan #Jan30 Yemen #Feb3 Syria #Feb5 Algeria #Feb12”.
If poor young Arabs rise up against their governments in Sudan, Yemen, Syria, and Algeria on those dates, it will indicate once again that it’s tougher for dictatorial regimes to keep a lid on protests in ...
Fuck the fucking Canadian government →
davidsmind:
skittleguy:
25 GB is nothing. This fucking blows.
I hate this goddamn country.
Fuck this extra-hard, as I lost my job with a small ISP because of this ruling.
Shit, that’s tough. So sorry to hear that… :(
n+1: Revolt of the Elites →
towerofsleep:
What would elite culture look like if you forgot about class for a second? Essentially an opposite point of view to Bourdieu’s was offered by Ortega y Gasset in his 1929 classic The Revolt of the Masses (which foresaw that European variety of politico-cultural populism known as fascism). The beautiful blindness of Ortega’s analysis was to ignore social distinctions in favor of...
Happy 10th Anniversary of the Actual Millennium