"Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity." -Nelson Mandala.
Michel Gondry is the guest on Democracy Now to discuss his new film about the public intellectual Noam Chomsky: "Animating Noam Chomsky: French Director Michel Gondry on New Film Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?
Noam Chomsky, also on Democracy Now: "On Education & How "Manufacturing Consent" Brought Attention to East Timor Massacres."
Nicholas Rombes continues to expand my conception of film writing/criticism (and soon, my teaching of films), here is one in a series of posts on Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012): "Django Take #3: (Re)chained"
Richard Brody for The New Yorker: "The Life Lessons of Spring Breakers".
sapiosexual (n) one who is attracted to or aroused by intelligence in others
As I was walkin’ I saw a sign there
And that sign said “No tresspassin’”
But on the other side, it didn’t say nothin’
Now that side was made for you and me
In the squares of the city / In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office, I see my people
And some are grumblin’ and some are wonderin’
If this land’s still made for you and me
--Woody Guthrie, "This Land Is Your Land" (1940)
Project Censored puts out a yearly list of the Top 25 Censored News Stories. This is essential for anyone interested in media and/or knowledge/information. Here is the archive for the past annual Top 25s
Merriam-Webster's Word-of-the-Day
hibernaculum \hye-ber-NAK-yuh-lum\
noun: a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal (as an insect or reptile)
"The affliction has spread and stands to threaten major bat hibernacula to the south and west." — From an article by Curtis Runyan in Nature Conservancy, Winter 2009
"The Game Commission estimates that close to 100,000 bats hibernated in Long Run Mine as recently as two years ago, making it the largest hibernaculum in the state then." — From an article by Mary Ann Thomas in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, October 28, 2013
If you're afraid of snakes or bats, you probably won't enjoy thinking about a hibernaculum, where hundreds, even thousands, of these creatures might be passing the wintry months. Other creatures also use hibernacula, though many of these tend to be a bit inconspicuous. The word "hibernaculum" has been used for the burrow of a woodchuck, for instance, as well as for a cozy caterpillar cocoon attached to a wintry twig, and for the spot in which a frog has buried itself in the mud. Hibernacula are all around us and have been around for a long, long time, but we have only called them such since 1770. In case you are wondering, "hibernate" didn't come into being until the second decade of the 19th century. Both words come from Latin "hibernare," meaning "to pass the winter."
Martin Hart-Landsberg for Sociological Images: "Does Rising Inequality Threaten Economic Stability?"
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