Most middle class Americans see the primary role of police as maintaining public order and safety. Instances when police are clearly trying to foment violence and disorder for political purposes so fly in the face of everything we have been taught that our instinct is to tell ourselves it isn’t happening: there must have been some provocation, or else, it must have just been individual rogue cops. Certainly not something ordered by the highest echelons. But here we have to remember the police are an extremely top-down, centralized organization. Uniformed officers simply cannot behave in ways that flagrantly defy the law, in full public view, on an ongoing basis, without having at least tacit approval from those above.
— New Police Strategy in New York - Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protesters
I became interested in agriculture because I see it as central to the way humans relate to the planet. Through our food systems we literally dominate the landscape, and we consume and waste huge amounts of non-renewable resources. From an ecological perspective we are horribly inefficient and clumsy. Almost none of the bad stuff we know of in agriculture is necessary to provide plenty of food for people. It is quite possible to feed the world while also improving water and air quality, and while restoring soil fertility and building soil carbon. In fact, I am quite confident that in the long run only an agriculture that benefits the broader environment will persist
— Big Picture Agriculture: A Socially Conscious Way to Invest in Farmland: An Interview with Dr. Jason Bradford about Farmland LP
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The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.
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Kurt Vonnegut
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Scans from Islamic Design, A Genius for Geometry by Daud Sutton.
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youmightfindyourself:
jkottke: Michael Abrash discusses how he came to work for Valve Software (he coauthored Quake with John Carmack back in the day) and, more interestingly, what Valve is like as a company.
The idea that a 10-person company of 20-somethings in Mesquite, Texas, could get its software on…
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dailybunch:
kienan:
Wondering if your supermarket’s selling “pink slime”? Wonder no longer — more and more supermarket chains across the country are saying they won’t sell the ammonia-treated meat.
[via thedailyfeed]
For those of you looking for pink slime (or trying to avoid it), this chart will come in handy.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1547jro4O1qf5y35o1_500.jpg "magdela:
dailybunch:
kienan:
Wondering if your supermarket’s selling “pink slime”? Wonder no longer — more and more supermarket chains across the country are saying they won’t sell the ammonia-treated meat.
[via thedailyfeed]
For those of you looking for pink slime (or trying to avoid it), this chart will come in handy.")
