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We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:12:00 -0400

We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides Internet access to the earth below. It’s very early days, but we’ve built a system that uses balloons, carried by the wind at altitudes twice as high as commercial planes, to beam Internet access to the ground at speeds similar to today’s 3G networks or faster. As a result, we hope balloons could become an option for connecting rural, remote, and underserved areas, and for helping with communications after natural disasters. The idea may sound a bit crazy—and that’s part of the reason we’re calling it Project Loon—but there’s solid science behind it.

(via Official Blog: Introducing Project Loon: Balloon-powered Internet access)

Gallery: Weekend clashes in Turkey

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:41:43 -0400

Gallery: Weekend clashes in Turkey:

Riots erupt in Ankara and Istanbul against the forced eviction by riot police of protesters in an Istanbul Park.

wired: Two weeks ago, Jack Dongarra flew to Changsha, China for...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:27:59 -0400

wired:

Two weeks ago, Jack Dongarra flew to Changsha, China for a meeting with researchers at the National University of Defense Technology, home to the country’s top supercomputing program. He expected an update on their plans for a new mega-machine, but they had a little surprise for him: The system was already up and running.

It’s called Tianhe-2, and with more than 3 million processor cores, it’s the world’s most powerful supercomputer.

[MORE: China Could Supplant U.S. as the Supercomputing Superpower]

¿Cuál es el futuro del levantamiento turco?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:39:36 -0400

¿Cuál es el futuro del levantamiento turco?:

Siempre que el levantamiento no se aplaste o sea secuestrado -o no se esfume- tiene el potencial de crear cambios duraderos en la democracia turca. Las medidas adoptadas por una coalición de activi…

Cenas de ontem em Istanbul, 15 de Junho, depois da polícia ter...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:57:46 -0400

Cenas de ontem em Istanbul, 15 de Junho, depois da polícia ter reprimido a Praça.

Military police stopped protesters on the bridge and protesters made human chain #occupygezi...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:54:47 -0400

Military police stopped protesters on the bridge and protesters made human chain #occupygezi #direngeziparki pic.twitter.com/E6oJdMR67c
— Bir Çapulcu (@manofayro) June 16, 2013

Mr. West has had the most sui generis hip-hop career of the last...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:25:00 -0400

Mr. West has had the most sui generis hip-hop career of the last decade. No rapper has embodied hip-hop’s often contradictory impulses of narcissism and social good quite as he has, and no producer has celebrated the lush and the ornate quite as he has. He has spent most of his career in additive mode, figuring out how to make music that’s majestic and thought-provoking and grand-scaled. And he’s also widened the genre’s gates, whether for middle-class values or high-fashion and high-art dreams.

(via Kanye West Talks About His Career and Album ‘Yeezus’ - NYTimes.com)

occupygezipics: Photo of a lone protester in a stormtrooper...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:35:13 -0400

occupygezipics:

Photo of a lone protester in a stormtrooper helmet and Turkish flag

Courtesy of: http://boraoztunc.net/

20 year old Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “resume”

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:30:37 -0400

20 year old Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “resume”

fotojournalismus: Gay Rights in Russia — Moscow, June 11,...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:21:15 -0400

fotojournalismus:

Gay Rights in Russia — Moscow, June 11, 2013

(Photos by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)

1. A radical Orthodox believer (R) throws an egg at gay rights activists during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma as “against advocating the rejection of traditional family values” in central Moscow June 11, 2013.

2. Gay rights activists shout slogans from a police van after being detained during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, as “against advocating the rejection of traditional family values” in central Moscow June 11, 2013.

3. Youths kick a gay rights activist during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, as “against advocating the rejection of traditional family values” in central Moscow June 11, 2013. Activists say the bill, backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies in parliament, would prohibit all gay-rights rallies and fear it is fuelling violence against gays. Russian authorities say two recent murders were motivated by homophobia.

"to look at these images and immediately start to think about not what they look like, but how they..."

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:53:00 -0400

“to look at these images and immediately start to think about not what they look like, but how they came to be and what they become: the processes of capture, storage, and distribution; the actions of filters, codecs, algorithms, processes, databases, and transfer protocols; the weight of datacenters, servers, satellites, cables, routers, switches, modems, infrastructures physical and virtual; and the biases and articulations of disposition and intent encoded in all of these things, and our comprehension of them.”

- The New Aesthetic and its Politics | booktwo.org

occupygezipics: A protester with a slingshot in Taksim.

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:56:58 -0400

occupygezipics:

A protester with a slingshot in Taksim.

thedailywhat: Fixed That For You of the day: NSA’s Ugly...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:14:31 -0400

thedailywhat:

Fixed That For You of the day: NSA’s Ugly Slideshow Gets a Makeover

You’d think the National Security Agency could afford a decent designer with their vast resources and classified budget, but as you may have already noticed, the recently leaked slideshow on the PRISM program suggests quite the contrary. So freelance designer Emiland De Cubber took it upon himself to help out the clandestine agency with their horrible design choices by redoing the entire presentation, which is available for public viewing on the presentation site SlideShare. After learning it the hard way that they can’t always keep their top secrets remain top-secret, perhaps the NSA won’t skimp on that part of the budget next time around.

Loving your body, in every way, is not a sin. No more shame, no...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:54:04 -0400

Loving your body, in every way, is not a sin. No more shame, no more secrets. Happy is on a mission: to free the world from a silly social stigma.

http://www.happyplaytime.com/

stressfm-video: Bruce Sterling - Keynote at AWE 2013 (by...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:47:58 -0400

stressfm-video:

Bruce Sterling - Keynote at AWE 2013 (by AugmentedRealityOrg)

Photo

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:37:11 -0400

notational: uxrave: Atomic Design by @brad_frost. Atomic...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:01:39 -0400

notational:

uxrave:

Atomic Design by @brad_frost. Atomic design is a methodology for creating a web design system. See:

The blog post

The video

The Pattern Lab

I was lucky enough to work with Brad on a recent project using this system. I think it’s the future.

Looks interesting.

"The rapid switch from print to digital in the United States is not being replicated exactly in..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:38:28 -0400

“The rapid switch from print to digital in the United States is not being replicated exactly in European countries. Germany is showing the strongest allegiance to traditional viewing and reading habits and has the lowest levels of internet news use.”

- Executive summary - Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2012 (via futuristgerd)

safetymeeting: bidyke: Today, on the Tel Aviv Pride Parade,...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:18:52 -0400

safetymeeting:

bidyke:

Today, on the Tel Aviv Pride Parade, our queer-anarchist activist group, Mashpritzot, protested against pinkwashing and the “gay” community’s priorities. The group painted themselves pink in protest against pinkwashing - the cynical use of the Israeli “gay” community in order to paint Israel as a “liberal”, “progressive” country, and divert attention from the occupation and apartheid against the Palestinians.

They also carried signs protesting the “gay” community’s priorities, reading: “While you fight for gay marriage, LGBTQs are sleeping on the street”, “While you fight for the right to have children, LGBTQ youth are facing parental violence”, “One quarter of bisexuals suffer from poor health”, and more.

In the middle of the Pride Parade, they spread a huge rainbow flag and fell on it, feigning death. The sign seen in the picture reads: “Here lie the victims of the community’s priorities”.

For more about pinkwashing:
BDS, LGBT, and Why You Should Care About Pinkwashing
Pinkwatching Israel //Pinkwashing FAQ

i think yes

new-aesthetic: “Police are searching for suspects’ photos on...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:13:49 -0400

new-aesthetic:

“Police are searching for suspects’ photos on Instagram and Facebook, then running them through the NYPD’s new Facial Recognition Unit to put a face to a name, DNAinfo New York has learned. Detectives are now breaking cases across the city thanks to the futuristic technology that marries mug shots of known criminals with pictures gleaned from social media, surveillance cameras and anywhere else cops can find images.” High-Tech NYPD Unit Tracks Criminals Through Facebook and Instagram Photos - New York City - DNAinfo.com New York