Understatement

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September 17, 2011 / The BBC reports that some Haitians regard the U.N. as an occupying force, which is something of an understatement considering what’s going on.

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[Tottenham burns]

Hyperventilating

September 17, 2011 / The Tottenham riots have challenged us all to think harder about the world we’re making for ourselves, and the ways that we make our voices heard.

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Who are you wearing?

March 26, 2011 / Democracy Now! reported yesterday on the centennial of New York’s biggest industrial accident, and the labour conditions of today’s clothing factory workers.

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Static FBML no more

March 26, 2011 / What’s called a tab but looks like a link, but then when you select it looks a little bit like a tab, and will now be an iframe?

[stones at Jolly’s Lookout, overlooking the D’Aguilar Range]

A so-called emptiness

March 2, 2011 / Author Jennifer Mills on how (we) settlers project meaning onto the Australian landscape but view it as the other way around.

[illustrated Super Genie]

Genie is a superhero

February 17, 2011 / She may be a Corgi-Black Lab-something else bitsa mongrel mix, but she has the eye of the tiger, make no mistake.

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A parable for Homo Sapiens

February 9, 2011 / Stuart McMillen asks, “How big is our island?” by way of some poignant illustrations and text.

[Danger: High voltage]

‘Doing the whites’ in kWh

December 27, 2010 / Results from a recent study show that people underestimate their energy consumption. Providing feedback through software could help to fix this.

[British and Haitian Red Cross volunteers at La Piste camp]

Please help Haiti now

November 25, 2010 / Over 1,400 people have succumbed to cholera in Haiti since October. Please give what you can and help to stop the epidemic.

[Edward Norton in 25th Hour]

Protecting your privacy on Facebook

October 2, 2010 / ‘Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.’ And other advice from Edward Norton for protecting your shit on Facebook.