May 2012
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Planetary Engineering Bibliography →
A listing of literature related to planetary engineering follows below. The entries are placed into one of three categories: GEOENGINEERING. TERRAFORMING. ASTROPHYSICAL ENGINEERING/OTHER. Definitions of planetary engineering, geoengineering and terraforming are taken from Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments (Fogg, 1995). Planetary Engineering is the application of technology for...
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Transformers: Blackout
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pieceinthepuzzlehumanity: How an-caps see themselves: How the rest of us see them: How they really are: how deliciously accurate
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“With genes and memes manipulating us, using neurochemical releases and emotional...”
– Jeff Vail, A Theory of Power
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Aquaponic Urban Food Jungle Brings Fresh Fruits... →
At a time when food production is becoming increasingly de-localized, the Urban Food Jungle aims to provide a space where food is produced right where it is consumed. AECOM designed this conceptual cityscape in the face of dwindling resources and diminishing food security – the ambitious idea includes plans for building a sustainable food production network that supports local restaurants, and a...
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[[MORE]]I am a terrible matesprit.
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“In the instances when POC say shit like ‘Oh I can’t stand white folk’ or ‘Damn...”
– Briana (via absinthedisco)
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“The Afghan jihad was the largest covert operation in the history of the CIA. In...”
– Mahmood Mamdani, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism (via maozedongisnotcool)
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B.C. police shooting video sparks calls for new... →
Mentally ill man crawling when killed by Vancouver officer’s shot New video of a fatal shooting by a Vancouver police officer nearly five years ago is provoking calls to reopen the investigation into whether it was justified. The video shows the last moments of Paul Boyd, a 39-year-old mentally ill animator, who died after an altercation with Vancouver police in August 2007. Boyd can be...
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“Our culture expects women’s – and men’s – bodies to be a certain way. People are...”
– The misgendering of Brittney Griner « Fit and Feminist (via sexisnottheenemy)
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“We are so perverted by an education which from infancy seeks to kill in us the...”
– Peter Kropotkin (via ikenbot)
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“And here are the town squares and community...
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“If you would like a vehicle whose fuel efficiency is 30 times better than a...”
– David MacKay, Sustainable Energy — without the hot air
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New computer virus hits Iran, West Bank in... →
verbalresistance: Internet security firm Kaspersky calls ‘Flame’ bug the ‘most sophisticated cyber-weapon yet unleashed,’ hints it may have been created by makers of Stuxnet worm. Internet security company Kaspersky Lab announced on Monday that it had uncovered a ‘cyber-espionage worm’ designed to collect and delete sensitive information, primarily in Middle Eastern countries. Kaspersky...
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“We grew up with the Internet and on the Internet. This is what makes us...”
– Piotr Czerski (via azspot)
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Olympic Mascots Wenlock Policeman Figurine -... →
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“There was an old superstition that if the Church excommunicated a country, it...”
–  Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer - The Floodgates of Anarchy  (via class-struggle-anarchism)
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“Modern agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food.”
– Albert Bartlett
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Scientists uncover déjà vu mystery  →
In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have discovered a link between the déjà vu phenomenon and structures in the human brain, effectively confirming the neurological origin of this phenomenon. Despite past studies investigating this phenomenon in healthy individuals, no concrete evidence had ever emerged … until now. The study is presented...
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“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of...”
– George Orwell  (via socialuprooting)
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“The student strikes in Quebec, which began in February and have lasted for three...”
– 10 Things You Should Know About the Quebec Student Movement » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names (via pieceinthepuzzlehumanity)
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WikiLeaks: U.S. troops Handcuffed Children and... →
anticapitalist: According to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks, U.S. troops willfully massacred an Iraqi family in the town of Ishaqi in 2006, handcuffing and then shooting 11 people in the head including a woman in her 70′s and five children ages five and under. McClatchy is reporting that the soldiers then called in an air strike on the house to cover up evidence of the killings. ...
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“According to the Stern review, the global cost of averting dangerous climate...”
– David MacKay, Sustainable Energy — without the hot air
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Bodyhammer: Tactics and Self-Defence For the... →
“Bodyhammer: Tactics and Self-Defence For the Modern Protester” is a booklet detailing means by which protesters can reclaim the freedom of movement and assembly through self-defence and protection.
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“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most...”
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Jay (August 23, 1785); reported in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd (1953), vol. 8, p. 426
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For the confused people on my dash, Eurovision is...
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