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The psychologist Sam Gosling has shown you can learn more about people from their possessions than from spending time with them. [Facebook] Walls are basically the same—a storefront window to the self.

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nick

according to my colleague my nickname is donnylicious,
of course this is the diminuitive for my supposedly “real” name:

donny liggedy leck leck licious

after my grandfather
on my father’s side

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appendixjournal:

A cat and pigeon strapped with rocket bombs from a 1584 German warfare manual.

Found via BibliOdyssey, and digitized by Penn.

Posted 3 days ago

Everyday repair - Stephen Knott

fixperts-org:

The Japanese practice of kintsugi – gluing together pieces of a broken vessel with (gold) materials that emphasise the skilful nature of the repair – seems to epitomise the contemporary designer or artist’s approach to the task of repair. It is loud, communicable, and makes you aware of the hard work that went into solving the problem, much like Bouke de Vries’s work below.

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momalibrary:

“The nine photographs of the TV project Self Burial by Keith Arnatt were transmitted daily beginning 11th of October ending 18th of October 69. Each photograph was shown 2 seconds at 8.15 and 9.15pm without any introduction or commentary. The stills of Keith Arnatt were cut into the running daily TV program.” —from the colophon of this book. This project was aired on WDR Fernsehen - a regional West German TV channel.  -ds 

is this art?

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the good life

the good life

(Source: airows)

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What we’ve said to the girls is, ‘If you guys ever decided you’re going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we’ll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo.’ And our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that’s a good way to rebel.
President Obama • Kiboshing his daughters’ future attempts to rebel against him and Michelle. (via shortformblog)
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why “fear and loathing in las vegas” is non-fiction

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is this art?

(Source: cultoftrash)

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yetanothermemory:

In both books they were not allowed to feel love.

Posted 1 week ago

ShortFormBlog: Russia to U.S.: You ban our people for corruption? We'll ban yours.

shortformblog:

  • tit On Friday, the U.S. government announced that they would enforce visa bans on 18 Russian officials who were tied to the arrest and death of corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison after reportedly being denied medical coverage. The U.S., in making the announcement, claimed it…

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