December 2010
naluna asked: Your photos of Indonesia made me miss home. They're so great? When did you visit?
Best of 2010 - Our Favorite Photo Blog Posts of... →
Getting Photographers and Non Profits Together - A... →
DIAC Newsroom – Media_releases – Santa Claus gets... →
Santa Claus took advantage of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s (DIAC) award-winning visa wizard service and knew he could leave it until Christmas Eve to apply for – and obtain – his visa online.
Given Santa’s intention to engage in limited work, of a highly specialised and non-ongoing nature while in Australia, he had previously used the business (short stay) subclass 456...
The Hazards of Nerd Supremacy: The Case of... →
butterflyhunt:
“Assange sees information as an abstract free-standing thing. Differences in perspective and circumstance mean nothing. This is how nerd supremacists think.”
“[Monocle] magazine is, in many ways, in distinct opposition to the prevailing...”
– ‘Monocle’ Founder Tyler Brûlé’s Global Media Strategy — New York Magazine
tribulations
Today I am 23, and I feel both younger and older than ever before.
This year, I have made friends and lost friends, but I have not fallen in love, nor fallen out of it. I am getting closer to working out what I want to do with my life, but sometimes it feels as though I am making progress fast enough. I have started new projects and abandoned old ones, but have not completed half as many as I...
“The unfocused nature of GetUp’s campaigns, their endless requests for money and...”
– GETUP! GETOUT!
An interesting post on GetUp!’s aims, practices and potential.
Some Shit I’m Sick of Hearing Regarding Rape and... →
somethingchanged:
“Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here’s how I look at it: All of the computers on Ebay are mine. In fact, everything on Ebay is already mine. All of those things are just in long term storage that I pay nothing for. Storage is free. When I want to take something out of storage, I just pay the for the storage costs for that particular thing up to that point, plus a nominal...
Some Futures I Thought I Might Have | The Hairpin →
Age 3 I will never not like toys.
Age 5 I will grow up and get married. Mom will live next door to us, so when we take trips together the airport driver will only have to make one stop in his limo. Mom and I will also have Walkie-Talkies as well as a pulley system that goes from my window to hers.
“You have two options: settle down and die unsatisfied or reject long-term...”
– A Survival Guide for the 26-35 Age Range in 2011 « Thought Catalog
cankerbloxxom:
inthetrees:
Jay-Z vs...
What's missing from this facebook visualisation of...
lyrianfleming:
Facebook intern Paul Butler created this map of international human relationships…Which says as much about the areas of the globe alight with colour as the ones still in the dark. And by no means am I implying facebook is the only measure of relationships, my point is one about technology.
Interesting. Look at Indonesia go!
The Guardian: Lesbian mothers: My two mums →
Do lesbian mums make the best parents? According to research released earlier this year, children raised by two mothers do better academically, have higher self-esteem and are less likely to have behavioural problems than peers who have been brought up in a family with two heterosexual parents.
The 25-year study, published by the American journal Pediatrics, followed 78 couples who...
My favorite development-related websites and blogs
caseymccarthy:
Helo Magazine aims to bring its readers closer to people affected by war and disaster by publishing creative feature stories by, for, and about witnesses, aid workers, rights advocates, diplomats, journalists, and soldiers. Truly excellent journalism from the frontline of humanitarian emergencies and developing countries. www.helomagazine.org
Panos London has a fantastic website...
“The goal of Synthetic Pubes is to highlight the beauty and animal magnetism of...”
– syntheticpubes: “This is exactly what my body looks like. So why am I not happy with it?” (via clembastow)
On Power
amyandronicus:
There is too much silence in the world about the things that really matter. Why can’t I go out on the street and hear people talking about gender and race? Why can’t we talk to each other about power? Because power exists? Is that why?
What is power if not the condition of inner freedom? Some are born with this quality, and some must seize it for themselves. It’s not a fair game,...
“Governments and politicians should be careful not to make a martyr of Assange...”
– Malcolm Turbull, Assange And WikiLeaks Have Parallels With Spycatcher
Turnbull, the last Liberal Wet, ought to be Prime Minister (or at the least Opposition Leader). That he holds neither of those jobs is an indictment on our political system.
(via indefensible)
“This may look like a bunch of kids fooling around on the internet (one tweeter...”
– Bernard Keane (Crikey - Welcome to the Internet Wars)
Quick thoughts on Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and...
rachelhills:
You can tell a lot about a person by the sexual assault allegations they support and the ones they instinctively dismiss.
Think all those charges against professional footballers are just the product of overzealous fans with “post-sex regret”? Chances are you identify as a salt of the earth realist, in touch with your (and everyone else’s) animalistic urges.
Roman Polanski just...
“Former Prime Minister John Howard says he sees no problem with media...”
– Sky News: Prosecute leakers, not Assange- Howard
When even John Howard starts defending Wikileaks, you know something’s gone weird in the world.
Oh, SNAP! Australia Blames U.S. for Leaked Cables →
“Mr (Julian) Assange is not himself responsible for the unauthorized release of 250,000 documents from the U.S. diplomatic communications network,” Rudd told Reuters in an interview.
“The Americans are responsible for that,” said Rudd, who had been described in one leaked U.S. cable as a “control freak.”
Rudd gets his revenge?