February 2012
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“The schism between content creators and platforms like Kickstarter, Tumblr and...”
– - Yancey Strickler, a founder of Kickstarter | The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online, via courtenaybird, via rachelfershleiser …
The Internet isn’t real to them yet.
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“Save for the technology, little about film schools has changed since 1929. They...”
– Jonathan Zimmerman, via carolinestreet
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Watchvia ftom film:
In the midst of moving apartments, Erica found that we still have piles and piles of stickers, plus a box full of pins, and, lastly, a Kinko’s sleeve of film flyers!
We’re making care packages and mailing them out to *anyone* who simply emails their mailing address to info@FToMfilm.com - free of charge. Help us run out of stock!
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Great interview with David Fincher - pt 1
via thrashyerface, by Alex Billington
Billington: What are the defining factors found in this project and this story, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, that made you decide to direct it?
Fincher: With this movie [Dragon Tattoo] - do I need to make another serial killer movie the rest of my life? No. But I hadn’t seen these two people [Mikael & Lisbeth]. I hadn’t been asked to direct… A love...
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“There are things one loses in giving up God, and they are not insignificant....”
– Good Minus God: The Moral Atheist - NYTimes.com, via nick douglas
via rickwebb : The redemption is a big part of my thinking about atheism. The thing is, though, we can’t really know, in life, if “god” forgave us. We only know it after we’re dead. And the stone cold hard fact is an atheist and a...
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“The U.S. really is a society that simply no longer believes in due process: once...”
– Glenn Greenwald, Lessons of the Megaupload seizure, via absurdlakefront
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Re: let's talk about intellectual property
via an email blast from Senator Al Franken
As you may know, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided not to bring the PROTECT IP Act (the Senate’s version of SOPA) up for a vote next week. And since I’ve heard from many of you about this issue, I wanted to take a moment to share why I support copyright protection legislation – as well as why I believe holding off on this bill is the...
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1st heard yesterday while at work. Feel it All...
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Stop American Censorship →
fuckyeahtheuniverse:
On Wednesday Jan. 18th thousands of sites will go dark to protest SOPA and PIPA, two US bills racing through Congress that threaten prosperity, online security, and freedom of expression.
Tumblr can make a difference. Please contact your representative, let him know what you think of these bills. Collectively we can be heard.
Where Do Your Members of Congress Stand on...
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“The real effects of SOPA and PIPA are going to be different than the proposed...”
– Clay Shirky via TED
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“The bombs in Vietnam explode at home. They destroy the hopes and possibilities...”
– Martin Luther King Jr., spoken Feb 25, ‘67 @ The Nation Institute, Los Angeles
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Watchvideo + post by erica hampton:
We only made it to the beach twice while Xander was here for christmas break. He is always so happy when we go. It made me realize that going to the beach with Xander is my favorite thing to do, my favorite place to be. It’s kind of a big deal, actually.
Before Mike moved to Ypsi we took turns visiting each other. When I came to LA we would always visit the beach....
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“The atoms, the molecules in your body, are traceable to the crucibles in the...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, via infinity-imagined
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