interludes: sri lankan baila music

Baila music is a classical folk art that originated in Sri Lanka. The genre is mainly popular with Sri Lankan Kaffirs or Afro-Sinhalese, an ethnic group that is a mix of Portuguese, south African, and south Indian communities. Kaffirs are

interludes: sri lankan baila music

Baila music is a classical folk art that originated in Sri Lanka. The genre is mainly popular with Sri Lankan Kaffirs or Afro-Sinhalese, an ethnic group that is a mix of Portuguese, south African, and south Indian communities. Kaffirs are

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in between the ruins on the edge of the salton sea

The Salton Sea in Southern California is the story of an ongoing, gigantic, human-created accident. The Sea is the largest lake in California, residing in a endorheic basin (a basin lower than sea level, without any natural outlet) right above

in between the ruins on the edge of the salton sea

The Salton Sea in Southern California is the story of an ongoing, gigantic, human-created accident. The Sea is the largest lake in California, residing in a endorheic basin (a basin lower than sea level, without any natural outlet) right above

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elsewhere on the internet 04/05/2013

greater china China’s Sufis: The Shrines Behind the Dunes—”Instead of representing these political conflicts, however, Ross’s photographs are unassuming and quiet; people are never present and the objects she captures—stone on sand, cloth on stone, the skeleton of a dried

elsewhere on the internet 04/05/2013

greater china China’s Sufis: The Shrines Behind the Dunes—”Instead of representing these political conflicts, however, Ross’s photographs are unassuming and quiet; people are never present and the objects she captures—stone on sand, cloth on stone, the skeleton of a dried

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meet your new wetware manager

Recently researchers at Clemson University accomplished an uncanny feat. A neural network of living neuronal cells was trained to recognize and respond to voltage and speed signals from a simulated electricity power grid. Software was wired directly to wetware, to

meet your new wetware manager

Recently researchers at Clemson University accomplished an uncanny feat. A neural network of living neuronal cells was trained to recognize and respond to voltage and speed signals from a simulated electricity power grid. Software was wired directly to wetware, to

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submit to the drones

submit to the drones This winter, my co-blogger Adam Rothstein and I used this site to have a conversation about drones. We didn’t start the conversation; we were responding to a growing murmur of voices asking what it meant that

submit to the drones

submit to the drones This winter, my co-blogger Adam Rothstein and I used this site to have a conversation about drones. We didn’t start the conversation; we were responding to a growing murmur of voices asking what it meant that

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anarchist dating advice #3: fucking the borders

The Mending-Hearts Bloc speaks only for itself, and would never claim to give relationship advice from all anarchists, or for all anarchists or any other group. Its mutual aid should be only considered as part of a diversity of tactics,

anarchist dating advice #3: fucking the borders

The Mending-Hearts Bloc speaks only for itself, and would never claim to give relationship advice from all anarchists, or for all anarchists or any other group. Its mutual aid should be only considered as part of a diversity of tactics,

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a pleasant post-apocalypse

You don’t need burnt pastures, bleached bones, and a trickle of muddy water in order to understand the apocalypse, as much as it may help. The apocalypse, after all, is more than the destruction of an environment. The apocalypse is

a pleasant post-apocalypse

You don’t need burnt pastures, bleached bones, and a trickle of muddy water in order to understand the apocalypse, as much as it may help. The apocalypse, after all, is more than the destruction of an environment. The apocalypse is

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