Archive May 2010
In honor of the holiday, here's a collection this week of what I've gleaned from I Can Has Cheezburger efforts. There's a political bent to this assemblage, with only one actual cat in these "LOLCats". And the first one on this page is my own effort.
Jill Cozzi's post at Brilliant at Breakfast acted as a final spark for me today. In "So Long [Gulf of Mexico], And Thanks For All The Fish", she begins:I hope you all have had a chance to enjoy a tropical beach at least once in your life, because the days ...
The June issue of Smithsonian Magazine displays the work of Aurora’s founder and CEO, José Azel. José shot the cover while on assignment for the magazine at Eastern Egg Rock Island off the coast of Maine documenting the successful Puffin Project. After some 100 years with no Puffins, today, more ...
The O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective, whose members participated last Friday's occupation of Arizona Border Patrol Headquarters, have released a video of their action.The O'odham Solidarty Across Borders Collective is made up of "Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham youth who are pressing the attack against the ongoing colonization of our ...
...that will make you grin, at the very least.From Bird Lovers Only:From TremendousNews:From Amphibian Avenger:Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo.
Graphic by Adam Nieman / Photo Researchers, IncFrom Cool Infographics:Global water and air volume. Conceptual computer artwork of the total volume of water on Earth (left) and of air in the Earth's atmosphere (right) shown as spheres (blue and pink). The spheres show how finite water and air supplies are. ...
Breaking from Occupy California:"Reports are coming in that the Border Patrol Headquarters at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base has been occupied and locked-down as of 1:15pm today by 16 members of a First Nations Indigenous Peoples’ group in opposition to SB 1070 and HB 2281."For more immediate details and ...
The May 24th, 2010 cover of Sports Illustrated features an image by photographer Marco Tovato of Aurora Photos’ new partner agency, Parallelozero. The image displays Angolan boys playing soccer in the streets of Luanda, Angola.
To see more work from Parallelozero click here.
(American Able image created by Holly Norris and Jes Sachse)"'American Able' intends to, through spoof, reveal the ways in which women with disabilities are invisibilized in advertising and mass media...Too often, the pervasive influence of imagery in mass media goes unexamined, consumed en masse by the public. However, this imagery ...
Amidst the discussions of BP and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the issue of liability comes up. Apparently the current liability of any oil company for a spill in US waters is limited to $75 million by statute. The senate is trying to up that ...
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