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photos of migrant life curated by Calvin Ho

http://migrantography.tumblr.com/

"Bury me, my Love tells Nour’s story as she flees Syria and tries to reach Europe. But why did the young woman decide to leave? "

http://burymemylove.arte.tv/

Raubdruckerin
[ger. : female pirate printer ]

cool project that one could try to replicate DIY-style: use manhole covers (or ther urban surfaces) to print t-shirts and fabrics

https://raubdruckerin.de/en/

the 17th issue of The Funambulist is on "the use of infrastructure (railroad, highways, pipelines, canals, land reclamation, etc.) as a political weapon"

"Weaponized Infrastructure"
https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/weaponized-infrastructure

"gobbledygook"

interesting points in favor of preserving physical archives

"How Digital Archives Delete the Human Experience"

https://thewalrus.ca/how-digital-archives-delete-the-human-experience/

precarious like a droplet resting on an hydrophobic leaf after a rain

to vent or to ven't: a social-media dilemma

tired: augmented reality
wired: pigmented reality

"Soylent Beige: The Middle Gray of Taste"
Travis Diehl

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/89/178844/soylent-beige-the-middle-gray-of-taste/

"Fucking foreign languages is my fetish"

Mirene Arsanios

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/92/204493/e-autobiography-di-un-idioma/

"Beelzebufo and the Pumpkin Toadlet"
cw: fangs, scary frog
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/beelzebufo-and-the-pumpkin-toadlet/

in #123 a small victory is scored in bringing down a specific series of advertisements for clickbait sites very offensive and hurtful for one person.

this is great, but what happens to the rest of the trash amplified by gross businesses like Taboola? what about those who don't have the means of a powerful media outlet in fighting the abuse? what about the threats to privacy posed by adtech ?

:/
burn to the ground the digital advertisement business

https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/123-an-ad-for-the-worst-day-of-your-life#episode-player

"The Akkasah photographic archive at NYU Abu Dhabi is drawn from around the Middle East and North Africa. We digitize, catalogue and preserve photographic collections and make them available for scholarly research and general consultation both online via this website and in person at the NYU campus in Abu Dhabi."

http://akkasah.org/page/frontpage/collections

"Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers"

https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/ecc/#hwps

tired: solstices
wired: soul-stitches