posted August 8, 2016 #
Interesting read from Clay Shirky entitled
There's No Such Thing as a Protest Vote. I don't entirely agree with his take on third parties but I can't argue with the notion that voting
against someone is a meaningless gesture. These two quotes in particular spoke to me:
The system is set up so that every choice other than 'R' or 'D' boils down to "I defer to the judgement of my fellow citizens." It's easy to argue that our system shouldn't work like that. It's impossible to argue it doesn't work like that.
...
Citizens who vote for third-party candidates, write-in candidates, or nobody aren't voting their conscience, they are voting their ego, unable to accept that a system they find personally disheartening actually applies to them.
I can certainly see the article stirring some conversation but I enjoy the sentiment that voting
against a candidate is missing the point (for me).
posted August 7, 2016 #
Seriously @Hardees Really don't want to have to explain three ways to my son just because we want to watch the Olympics. Ridiculous
posted August 7, 2016 #
need to give a few of these a sampling
posted August 7, 2016 #
Short clip by Jesús Patiño & Tamara Hidalgo Isern.
Storyline: The Fourth World War ended
© 2016
posted August 6, 2016 #
I found this really good ebay collection / list https://t.co/qlaFAxQRpv
posted August 6, 2016 #
#firststevenjobs https://t.co/hFSagMgvLh
posted August 6, 2016 #
"The Zika virus, or as the kids are callng it: 'freaky zeeky.'"
posted August 5, 2016 #
65DAYSOFSTATIC
NO MAN'S SKY ?
MUSIC FOR AN INFINITE UNIVERSE
you do your best work with your friends.
https://t.co/TlX62jA29B
posted August 5, 2016 #
Fact, before sleep most nights I cruise around imgur and fill my head with delightful nonsense. It helps break up the bad news of the day. You stumble upon gems like
this guy or
this guy. It works. Try it out.
I haven't dug in yet but this episode of
First We Feast with David Cross torturing himself with Hot Wings looks fairly promising.
Oh, and if you're looking to tickle your nostalgia bone, dive deep into the
Nintendo Power magazine archives. You'll never forget that creepy claymation cover of issue 1.
posted August 4, 2016 #
Reality TV idea: We build a fake White House and put Trump in it and tell him he's president. Film the whole thing.
posted August 4, 2016 #
The Faint - Skylab1979
From the album CAPSULE:1999-2016
CD/Digital out 9/30/16
LP out 10/28/16
Pre-order: http://saddle-creek.com/store/722
posted August 4, 2016 #
"Store that sells items which spontaneously combust spontaneously combusts" https://t.co/M1KadGQPjj
posted August 4, 2016 #
This
music video was created using "
Tachyons+ gear and a Edirol V4" - devices that I don't know a hell of a lot about but have always appreciated their aesthetic. It's a load of gear that manipulates an analog signal and results in glitched out, static-y goodness, almost every single time. This music video for ROCOCOCO's "Versailles" is a fine example.
posted August 4, 2016 #
Tomorrow, August 5th, marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles
Revolver. For whatever reason, this particular album (and
Rubber Soul) always struck a chord with me. I always think of them as a couplet and, for me, they act as the bridge between the first era of Beatles and the second, more experimental, era.
There's
no shortage of reading when it comes to Beatles stuff but the
Wikipedia entry is actually surprisingly compelling. I had no idea that the cover art was 1) Drawn from memory and 2) won a Grammy for
Best Album Cover.
I suppose a post about The Beatles isn't all that compelling but it's just here as a reminder to dive back into one of the band's finest pieces of work.
posted August 3, 2016 #
seems like an amicable split. Nice job Sean, you built a helluva beast.
posted August 3, 2016 #
I feel like I'm part of an A/B test for the Trump presidency and someone somewhere else is seeing the best possible president ever.
posted August 3, 2016 #
Turns out people like starting a book at the beginning https://t.co/zliyTLXQjt
