Updated Feb. 2017: I don't know if I will ever be able to read dystopian or post-apocalyptic fiction again. It is all far too realistic, even more so than when I first got into it.

(Re-dated so I can more easily find the damn thing; started 3 Dec. 2009.)

Broken down by various categories; to be updated as necessary and as I remember.

( lists, and if you don't want anything resembling spoilers, not even 'this book is bleak, this one is not,' then don't click the damn cut tag )

Stolen from an email newsletter:

Somerville is First Massachusetts City to Pass Urban Agriculture Ordinance ( Read more... )

Final project in this class is a 6000-7000 word essay related to sustainability. We get to pick our own topic/thesis/whatever. Suggestions are things like energy efficiency. Materials selection ( Read more... )

So.

Tumblr.

Tumblr, or at least some subcultures of it, if you go to the right places, I mean wrong places, I mean I don't even know what I mean anymore but I want to write the most random tags on EVERYTHING now, is like watching psychedelic ferrets high on an unholy mix of meth and ecstasy.

And I'm pretty sure you can get a contact high.

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You don't even want to know how long I've been procrastinating on some of these.

Apples to Apples for the truly sick and twisted: Cards Against Humanity (free download and print your own set!)

A really charming "How to live with Introverts" cartoon. I adore the "Come out!" "HISSSS!" panel.

The Hype Cycle is not a vehicle from Tron, and is ( Read more... )

So I've now got accounts on most of the major "social media" whatevers ( Read more... )

Occasionally some errand or meeting causes me to spend time in or going through parts of South Boston ( Read more... )

Commodification: the essence of our time

The dominant process underlying the transformation of life in all societies, since at least the mid-nineteenth century, is the conversion of things and activities into commodities, or commodification. . .

Competition forces employers to maximise profits or go under.

From Hammer to Nail: What We Lose When ( Read more... )

Look at this Baby Bird.

No, go look.

. . .

OH MY GOD IS THAT NOT THE BEST TUMBLR EVER?!?!?!?!?!?

No offense to the people I know who post cool stuff on Tumblr, but BABY BIRDS!!!!

The SO threatened to turn off the house network so I'd stop making terrible squeaking sounds (not to mention the near loss of breath from laughing at this baby tawny ( Read more... )

If you're not already familiar with
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