Cooper Griggs

ryusantiago:

That precision.

When postmodernists try to explain neoliberalism

When one of the bros has clearly not done the reading, but feels the need to mansplain it to you anyway

Client: The site isn’t working right.

Me: That’s strange.

I download a page and take a look at the code.

Me: It looks like a bunch of the code is missing. Did you have anyone modify the site?

Client: No, nothing like that.

Me: Well there are entire chunks of code missing that was there yesterday.

Client: Oh yeah, that was me, some of the code seemed unnecessary. Back to the issue at hand, why isn’t the site working?

hammpix: For those of you who don’t understand archaeology, I have made a diagram.

For stupidity in the face of common sense, the IRS decision to focus on Tea Party group applications for non-profit status is hard to beat. But the same folks crying foul now were conspicuously silent years ago when gay groups were being singled out by the agency for extra scrutiny. Just as it did with the Tea Party groups, the IRS decided to concentrate on gay groups on the assumption that anything gay had to be political and thus not qualified for nonprofit status.

The Washington Post Wonkblog has offered a nice reminder of how the IRS has gone after gaya groups when faced with ambiguous rules. For example, Big Mama Rag, a radical feminist organization that published a newsjournal, applied for non-profit status in 1974, only to be turned down. BMR argued that the IRS objection cited that the group was “promoting lesbianism,” a claim the IRS denied. The IRS did admit that it didn’t consider BMR’s mission as educational, since it did not publish a “full and fair exposition of the pertinent facts” sufficient “to permit an individual or the public to form an independent opinion or conclusion.” It took years of legal wrangling before it finally was granted nonprofit status in 1980. (BMR ceased publishing in 1984.)

In 1996, a group formed to help LGBT youth, Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Support System (GLASS), sought tax-exempt status, only to get a much more clearly homophobic response. In rejecting the group’s application, an IRS official claimed that the group could be seen as “tending to encourage or facilitate homosexual practice and propensities by the young and impressionable,” and asked GLASS to “describe in detail the procedures and safeguards in place to assure that counselors and participants do not encourage or facilitate homosexual practices or encourage the development of homosexual attitudes and propensities by minor individuals attending your programs.” After an appeal, GLASS was granted nonprofit status the following year.

If you were around then, you might recall that no conservatives were alleging the death of liberty because of these particular IRS actions. (In fact, they would probably be happy to revive them.) But that’s the great thing about today’s loony right. They are all about principle when it comes to them, and all about violating it when it comes to others.

I thought God just answered one prayer to let me be okay, but he answered both of them. This was my second prayer.

Oklahoma tornado survivor Barbara Garcia found her dog alive amidst the rubble of her home during a video interview with CBS reporter Anna Werner.

via CBS News

Has accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan continued to draw his Army salary while awaiting trial?

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mosoli:

im still laughing at this

“This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a better camera to buy and new software to download. The user never has time to become comfortable with the tool. Consequently too much of the work is merely about the technology. The HDR and QTVR fads are good examples. Instead of focusing on the subject, users obsess over RAW conversion, Photoshop plug-ins, and on and on. For good work to develop the technology needs to become as stable and functional as a typewriter.”

- “Toy Fatigue”, Alec Soth  (via valerian)

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erdalinci:

Karakoy, Istanbul, 2013

Ballroom Luminoso is a series of six chandeliers designed by artists Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock currently installed in San Antonio, Texas. Made from custom made structural steel, custom LEDs and recycled bicycle parts, the lights project colorful silhouettes of sprockets and other pieces onto the otherwise drab cement underpass. From the artist’s statement about the project:

Ballroom Luminoso references the area’s past, present, and future in the design of its intricately detailed medallions. The images in the medallions draw on the community’s agricultural history, strong Hispanic heritage, and burgeoning environmental movement. The medallions are a play on the iconography of La Loteria, which has become a touchstone of Hispanic culture. Utilizing traditional tropes like La Escalera (the Ladder), La Rosa (the Rose), and La Sandía (the Watermelon), the piece alludes to the neighborhood’s farming roots and horticultural achievements. Each character playfully rides a bike acting as a metaphor for the neighborhood’s environmental progress, its concurrent eco-restoration projects, and its developing cycling culture.

If you liked this project you might also enjoy Carolina Fontoura Alzaga’s bike chain chandeliers. Images above courtesy photographer Fred Gonzales. (via lustik)

In the beginning, Flickr innovated the way people share and discover photos. Today, we are shifting the photo-sharing landscape again. We’re releasing a Flickr that’s more spectacular, much bigger, and one you can take anywhere.

Biggr. A free terabyte of space

At Flickr, we believe you should share all your images in full resolution, so life’s moments can be relived in their original quality. No limited pixels, no cramped formats, no memories that fall flat. We’re giving your photos room to breathe, and you the space to upload a dizzying number of photos and videos, for free. Just how big is a terabyte? Well, you could take a photo every hour for forty years without filling one.

And yep, you heard us. It’s free.

Spectaculr. A new, beautiful experience for your photos

We want Flickr to be the most amazing community and place for you to share your photos. So, we’re also revealing a beautiful new design that puts photos at the heart of your Flickr experience, where they should always be. Whether it’s a sweeping landscape or a family portrait, we want every photo to be at its most spectacular.

Your homepage is now a gateway to everything you care about, and all the photos Flickr has to offer. Our new Activity Feed combines your friends’ recent uploads with activity on your own photos, and all in a beautiful design that lets you share and interact right on the page.

We completely rebuilt the photostream to show off your photos in a seamless layout, and gave you room to express yourself with a customizable cover photo and high-res profile picture.

On Flickr, you’ve always had powerful tools to organize your precious photos. Now your sets tell an even more beautiful story around your photos for you and anyone who’s reading along.

Our new photo experience displays images in as many pixels as possible, with all the context you need to easily chime in on the conversation around every image.

There’s also a new slideshow mode that beautifully showcases photos so you can simply lean back and enjoy them without lifting a finger. We combined elegant transitions and facial detection technology to make sure the key elements in every photo are highlighted.

Now that everyone has one terabyte, we also wanted to give your longer videos a home on Flickr, whether you’ve shot a timelapse or caught a friend’s reaction to their surprise party. We are now supporting up to a full 3 minutes per video of 1080p HD quality. (And yes, you can upload as many as you have space for.)

Wherevr. A Flickr you can take anywhere.

The world is going mobile, and in December we took the first big step to send Flickr wherever you go with a new and beloved iPhone app. Our brand new Android app pushes the boundaries on beauty even further. We designed it with your needs in mind: how you interact, how you share, and how you view photos when you’re on the go.

So Android users, head over to the Google Play store where the new Flickr app is waiting for you.

Thank you.

None of this would have been possible without you, the Flickr community. Much of what you see here started as ideas we’ve heard from you over the years. We are all truly excited to deliver the home your photos deserve, whether you’re sharing them with your friends, your family, or the world.

A better Flickr is here.

And not a moment too soon. With all of the power that you love, Flickr is now in its most beautiful form, and available to everyone.

Let us know what you think, and come to the forum to give us your ideas and feedback.

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Last year I featured a number of amazing gifs from Istanbul-based artist Erdal Inci (previously) who clones sections of video to create hypnotic animated loops. His work has since popped up all over the web and will soon find its way into a gallery space. Above are some of his latest clips depicting numerous copies of Inci himself parading through the frame like a cloned robot army, though he also flashlights to create even more complex effects. If you happen to be in Italy you can catch his work firsthand at Action Gallery in Milano on May 25 and in Naples on May 30.

Goat Killer

Optical Ripple is the latest print from artist and designer Simon C. Page who often explores complex geometric patterns as well as the interplay of color. This latest piece involves a kaleidoscopic array of colors and concentric circles that borders on the edge of a blurry optical illusion. If you liked this, also check out his wonderful Color Wheel. (via the fox is black)

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there are a number of reasons to admire the man, but my favorite thing about ray manzarek is that he produced this album.

aka “How the hell is this even allowed to continue?”

Almost five years after Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. filed for bankruptcy and set off the global financial crisis, managers of the bank’s estate are demanding millions of dollars from retirement homes, colleges and hospitals.

After selling most of its assets, Lehman now says it was shortchanged by scores of nonprofits that were forced to pay to exit derivatives that were unwound after the firm filed for Chapter 11 protection.

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California, gave Lehman $2 million in October 2008 to cancel a swap contract used to manage fluctuating interest rates. Lehman says it wants $12.1 million more and has assessed at least an additional $4.7 million in interest, the research center said in its most recent financial statement. The amount Lehman is seeking is more than half of what Buck spent last year researching Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other diseases.

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i’d been lukewarm to the idea of CEO’s doing jail time until now. I can see why we should have locked the lot up.

 

fluffaykitties:

I think you may have a defective cat.
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