“We are hung up
in giving
what we wish to be given
ourselves.”
— Audre Lorde (via bhargette)
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“When she thinks to herself in her father’s language she knows sons and daughters don’t leave their parents house until they marry. When she thinks in English she knows she should’ve been on her own since eighteen.” — The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
Der vor allem von Seiten der Papierundsonstnixfanatiker mit einer ungeheuren Leidenschaft geführte Glaubenskrieg Papierbücher vs. eReader ist für den Gaffer am Rande schon recht unterhaltsam anzuschaun. Fast so lustig wie Vinyl vs. CD/MP3, selbst der religiöse Einschlag im Glauben an das Gute und Reine und einzig Wahre auf Seiten der Digitalgegner ist vergleichbar heftig ausgeprägt.
Zum Glück schaffe ich es spielend, analog und digital unter einen Hut zu bekommen. Call me Formatatheist.
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“The Internet [isn’t] a physical world or a virtual world, but a human world. The Internet’s physical infrastructure has many centers, but from a certain vantage point there is really only one: You. Me. The lowercase i. Wherever I am, and wherever you are.” — Andrew Blum takes a journey to the center of the internet. (via explore-blog)
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Neil Gaiman’s brilliant graduation speech on living the creative life, made into a giant comic, from the same folks who distilled Neil deGrasse Tyson’s monologue on the most astounding fact about the universe into a comic.
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The Stand Umbrella
The Stand Umbrella is a true case of simple brilliance. No frills, no fancy tech, just ingenious functionality. When not in use, the Stand Umbrella rests upon itself, using a tiny tip-based tripod to keep itself upright. It doesn’t get any simpler (or smarter) than that!
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: sonder -
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate…
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“She stuck a bookmark
in my heart
and walked away.”
—
Saul Williams, from “She”
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GPOYW - The Development Edition
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“Calling “hero” everyone killed in war, no matter the circumstances of their death, not only helps sustain the ethos of martial glory that keeps young men and women signing up to kill and die for the state, no matter the justice of the cause, but also saps the word of meaning, dishonouring the men and women of exceptional courage and valour actually worthy of the title.” — Political correctness: Hero inflation (via azspot)
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“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit.” — Audre Lorde (via womenorgnow)
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