politics – her divine shadow

My pinboard bookmarks for July 25th through July 30th

herdivineshadow — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 02:00:06 +0000

These are my links for July 25th through July 30th:

Last Call: Google Reader Dies Monday, Here Are The Best Alternatives – TechSpot –
tags: rss
Best Google Reader Alternatives – 2013 RSS Readers – LAPTOP –
tags: rss
Discrimination on grounds of religious belief and/or political opinion – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk –
tags: NorthernIreland thesisREF politics religion discrimination
Questions about using Harvard APA –
tags: referencing
Rob Kazinsky Interview – Pacific Rim – YouTube –
tags: PacificRim ChuckHansen RobertKazinsky
The Birth of a Police State: UK Police to be Granted Sweeping New Powers | Scriptonite Daily – The UK Government is about to pass legislation which will make any behaviour perceived to potentially ‘cause nuisance or annoyance’ a criminal offense.
tags: uk law

My pinboard bookmarks for April 2nd through April 3rd

herdivineshadow — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:00:18 +0000

These are my links for April 2nd through April 3rd:

On Being Blog • The Art of Peace: From “Conflict Resolution” to… –
tags: johnpaullederach interview audio biography peace peacemaking conflictresolution
[toread] Home | Beyond Intractability – Unlike the original website, which was just a knowledge base, the new site takes advantage of new networking opportunities to create an online community of people interested in intractable conflict. We have also expanded the scope of the project to address problems associated with the inability of governance processes to effectively, efficiently, and equitably handle intractable conflicts.
tags: conflict peace conflictresolution peacemaking war violence
[toread] The Art of Peace with John Paul Lederach [On Being] – Selected Poems and Writings by John Paul Lederach – interviews, poems etc
tags: johnpaullederach peacemaking conflictresolution
[toread] 2010 Peace Lectureship: John Paul Lederach – Recordings of John’s October 2010 lectures
tags: johnpaullederach peace peacemaking conflictresolution audio
[toread] Will Self: Walking is political | Books | The Guardian – A century ago, 90% of Londoners' journeys under six miles were made on foot. Now we are alienated from the physical reality of our cities. Will Self on the importance of walking in the fight against corporate control
tags: willself london politics walking travel cities

My pinboard bookmarks for March 22nd through April 1st

herdivineshadow — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:12 +0000

These are my links for March 22nd through April 1st:

Robin Hood 2×05 part 2 – YouTube –
tags: robinhood bbcrobinhood 2×05 video
ROBIN HOOD Series Two, Episode Five Ducking and Diving –
tags: robinhood bbcrobinhood 2×05 transcript
Negative capability – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Negative capability is the state of creative opposition that allows one to transcend any intellectual or social constraint, and to perceive and to think more than any presupposition of human nature allows
tags: philosophy keats negative_capability
[toread] Floating Utopias — In These Times – Since 2003, a colossal barge called the Freedom Ship, of debatable tax status, should have been chugging with majestic aimlessness from port to port, a leviathan rover with more than 40,000 wealthy full-time residents living, working and playing on deck. That was the aim eight years ago when the project first made headlines, confidently claiming that construction would start in 2000.
tags: architecture politics china_mieville
[toread] Knight News Challenge | Briar: A Secure News and Discussion System – Check it, and spread the word. Briar: ultra-secure comms tools for journalists, activists & civil society:
tags: none

My pinboard bookmarks for February 15th through February 18th

herdivineshadow — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:00:05 +0000

These are my links for February 15th through February 18th:

[toread] Social Text: Periscope: Socialist Irrealism: an interview with China Miéville – Known for his radical fictive speculation, China Miéville is also fiercely engaged with radical politics–he stood for the House of Commons as candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the 2001 UK general election–and so is often asked about the relationship between his politics and his writing. He explains that he makes an important distinction between writing fiction to make political points and writing with a political perspective.
tags: china_mieville fiction politics
[toread] >>Nostalgia For Infinity – The Uncanny in China Miéville’s “New Weird”: An Examination of Perdido Street Station and The Scar (December 2003) – In the course of this essay we shall examine the Weird Fiction of China Miéville, considering it as Uncanny literature. We will also consider the advent of the “New Weird”, specifically in how this relates to the Uncanny.
tags: china_mieville shauncgreen uncanny newweird sciencefiction scifi fiction essay
What Size Am I? – Finding clothes that fit shouldn't be so hard. Add your measurements here to find out which high-street sizes are best for you.
tags: clothes clothing cool shopping fashion women
The Hobbit: Deciphering Dwarf Documents « Heirs of Durin – Having discovered the highest resolution images yet of Bilbo holding the contract which Thorin and Co. wrote (see end of post), I’ve spent more time than I’ll admit trying to work out what it says. You think Bilbo looks perplexed? I might have had better luck with the Dead Sea Scrolls. My findings are based on some visible evidence, and a whole lot of guesswork. Even so, the truly Hobbit/Dwarf-obsessed will be interested in what I’ve been able to discern, and perhaps will continue the study on their own.
tags: hobbit hobbitmovie dwarven bilbo bilbobaggins
[toread] What’s your perfect fitting top, skirt and dress on the highstreet? | News | guardian.co.uk – We all know that there's no such thing as a size 10. But I'm a computer programmer as well as a fashion fan, so I built a website to beat the sizing madness
tags: data statistics women clothes fashion retail

My pinboard bookmarks for January 20th through January 23rd

herdivineshadow — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:02:29 +0000

These are my links for January 20th through January 23rd:

[toread] Dan O’Connell: I genuinely missâ€¨ great music TV | | Independent Arts – News, notes and quotes on the Arts world – Blogs – Hello you! I wrote a blog about our TV show for the @theindynews Last 3 shows are on Wednesday night, C4.
tags: none
Why the left needs to keep the faith | Hynd’s Blog – ‘Politics and religion should not mix’. This is the mantra that is lazily wheeled out by self congratulating lefties as they marvel in their own enlightened wisdom. I come across well meaning social progressives who openly shun the role of faith based organisations as either an evangelical force that should be scorned, or, at best, a tool by which individuals can act out their selfish desire to please the big man upstairs. This lingering stereotype of faith based organisations not only alienates billions around the world who see their faith as their primary moral compass but also pragmatically restricts social movement’s ability to bring about the change they are so desperate to see.
tags: politics religion peace cooperation
Girls can love computing; someone just needs to show them how | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional – Thanks to the ubiquity of the internet and social media sites like Facebook, children and young adults, girls just as much as boys, now handle laptops and smartphones confidently, taking for granted their ability to use such highly complex technology without much effort.
Why is it then that the other end of this spectrum, the side which produces technology rather than just consuming it, is still widely regarded as a a "boys only" club?
tags: computer_science girls women technology
Will Cameron’s call for popular films mean more silent comedies? | Stewart Lee | Comment is free | The Observer – David Cameron's advice to the British film industry is at odds with the nature of creativity
tags: stewartlee film uk
Internet Regulation & the Economics of Piracy | Cato @ Liberty – One reason is that they already are recapturing much of that revenue through “complementary” purchases. As Oberholzer-Gee observes, recording industry numbers show large increases in concert revenues corresponding to the drop in recorded music sales. That suggests that, as people discover new artists by sampling downloaded albums online, they’re shifting consumption within the sector to live performances. In other words, people have a roughly constant “music budget,” and what they don’t spend on the albums they’ve downloaded gets spent on seeing that new band they discovered. For the firms that specifically make their money from the sale of recordings, that may seem like cold comfort, but if we’re concerned with the music industry as a whole, it’s a wash. Something similar might occur with respect to purchases of merchandise based on licensed film properties.
tags: piracy internet music film

My pinboard bookmarks for October 13th through October 17th

herdivineshadow — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:00:06 +0000

These are my links for October 13th through October 17th:

[toread] Imperial Leisure: Death To The One Trick Pony | PledgeMusic –
tags: none
Tiger Beatdown › On Blogging, Threats, and Silence – Content note: This post includes excerpts of threats and abusive language.
tags: blogging feminism
On being harassed: a little GF history and some current events | Geek Feminism Blog – What you’ll see there, if you brave the comment threads, are lots of attempts at derailing and 101 style conversations. For the most part, I deleted the particularly vile stuff, but you can bet there was some. After dealing with those comment threads, and those on subsequent related blog posts, I decided to create the GF blog. I wanted a group blog where, when I was exhausted by it all, I could get help from my co-bloggers.
tags: blog blogging feminism
[toread] It’s 2011 — Why Is God Still Involved In American Politics? | Belief | AlterNet –
tags: politics religion gods secular church state
Female Super-Hero Characters and Sex: Creators Explain How Comics Can Do Better – ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews – There has been a lot of discussion — and controversy — recently about the presence of women in super-hero comics, both in terms of the relative lack of female creators and the problematic way that female characters are sometimes represented. We've heard numerous fans and professionals hashing out the issue, and asking what mainstream comics can do to improve the way female characters are written and drawn.
tags: comics women superheroes sex sexism male_gaze