• ZERO: Zone-Neutral Spaces in Locations of War

    A new proposal for National Geographic’s Expedition Granted ZERO provides an opening, a building, where on entering you are reminded of the beauty of being human. When you live in the midst of siege and destruction and you survive, one of the most difficult experiences is the feeling that you are no longer human; you… Continue Reading

  • Eleutheromania

    “It was in this spiritual twilight, quick contact with the living lights in the sky, all living and alive. It is said that some stars are dead but maybe their light is a necessary blackness, not so much a retreat from sight but a more vivid being in the very depths of conscious being. This… Continue Reading

  • Poverty is not fate

    “‎Poverty is not fate, it is a condition; it is not a misfortune, it is an injustice. It is the result of social structures and mental and cultural categories, it is linked to the way in which society has been built, in its various manifestations.” — Gustavo Gutiérrez (via anarcho-queer) (Source: mikeqj, via dendroica)

  • Area Code 757

    What can you do with what appears to be a growing collection of strange voicemails? I decided to share one of the best.

  • Washington’s New Stalking Protection Order (SPO)

    In 2012 I testified before the Washington State Legislature regarding the creation of a new kind of protection order for victims of stalking. The Bill was considered because there was no protection for victims of stalking, that occurred outside of Domestic Violence. I felt it was important for the Order to also include cyberstalking. The… Continue Reading

  • American Image

    There is something compelling and beautiful about this image; a 1886 photo provided by the Library of Congress via the Theodore Roosevelt Center in North Dakota. Shown are Wilmot Dow, left, Theodore Roosevelt, center, and William Wingate Sewall, right. Perhaps it is because they seemed to feel themselves to be bears. Rough Riders and Renegades,… Continue Reading

  • Dostoyevsky Day

    via Twitter– “Found out Russia celebrated Dostoyevsky Day last weekend and its mighty weird.” — Maria Antonova (@mashant) July 8, 2014

  • Regarding the Role of the Front-man

    Julian Assange did an interview on Democracy Now, which aired today. If you take the time to listen to Assange speak, you will almost always learn something. He and his colleagues are survivors in a battle against great formidable enemies. There is no reason why they should have survived half the time of the battle… Continue Reading