January 2011
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“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with...”
– Roald Dahl (via the-exchange)
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December 2010
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Dec 31st
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“The story of anthropology and colonialism is part of a larger narrative which...”
– Talal Asad S a b i d u r í a: (via double-machine)
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“The ‘unconscious’ is never anything other than the forgetting of history which...”
– Pierre Bourdieu, Structures, Habitus, and Practices (via double-machine)
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“It is no coincidence that many of the greatest philosophers have also been...”
– The Abstemiast:  
Dec 27th
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abstemiast: Scandalous as it may sound to the ears of Republicans schooled in Reaganomics, one critical measure of the health of a modern democracy is its ability to legitimately extract taxes from its own elites. The most dysfunctional societies in the developing world are those whose elites succeed either in legally exempting themselves from taxation, or in taking advantage of lax...
Dec 27th
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““Bookstart is one of the most imaginative and generous schemes ever...”
– Writers furious at plan to axe free books scheme for children | Books | The Observer
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Dec 19th
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“John F Kennedy: “The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open...”
– Wikileaks and the Moral Dualism of the U.S. State Department « ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY
Dec 19th
“Having provoked a situation where whistle-blowing becomes the public’s only...”
– Wikileaks and the Moral Dualism of the U.S. State Department « ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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The logic of climate change and its skeptics. →
buzzlightyearsu: mohandaskgandhi: This is brilliantly executed. Amazing. Reblogged so I can finish reading later.
Dec 19th
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“What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private...”
– Julian Assange on SNL (via kateoplis)
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
wayneandwax.com » Berkman Talk w/ Reax →
Dec 18th
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““Money, pardon the expression, is like manure, it’s no good unless it’s spread...”
– http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/12/guest-post-extreme-inequality-helped-cause-both-the-great-depression-and-the-current-economic-crisis.html
Dec 18th
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“Again war. Again sufferings, necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for. Again...”
Dec 18th
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“But despite years of excruciating physical suffering, he remained defiant till...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/18/evel-knievel-son-kelly
Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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American Leftist →
“If Extradited to Sweden, Assange Will Be Turned Over to the US”
Dec 16th
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Student protests may be banned altogether if... →
This is a stupid idea. Will make this worse. No wonder the police and government only describe the protests in violent terms and fail to discuss the actual issues behind the protests
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th