Monthly Archives: March 2009

Words I Hate, #1

Veganarchist. I hate the word veganarchist. It makes me want to go eat chicken or something. I’ve been vegan for 8 years now, an anarchist for 7. They are really different things. Vegan is a dietary choice. At best, it’s … Continue reading

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Why Legislation Doesn’t Fix Things

California wants to ban black cars. Why? Because the AC has to work harder in a black car, since it absorbs sunlight. Beyond the obvious “gee, that’s great, but what about the problems with car culture in general that are … Continue reading

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No Hope

I found this comic today, from A Softer World. This is an exact thing that happened to me, about 3 years ago. Not much has changed since then. Tweet

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Identical Twins FTW

This never occurred to me before. But, well, identical twins have nearly indistinguishable DNA. Meaning that they make really, really good criminals. In Germany yesterday, two twins were

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Head Full Of Birds

My good friend Steven Archer (of spooky rock electronica band Ego Likeness) just set up a new blog for his art, headfullofbirds.com. Steven (along with his partner-in-crime Donna Lynch) is responsible for a great deal of what I know about … Continue reading

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Why Anarchist Economics Are Inevitable*

(*yes, yes, I know.) Newspapers are crumbling—people get their news from the internet, simple as that. So the papers are moving to online only. The thing is, there isn’t a strong enough business model to support them there, either. People … Continue reading

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MAKE Magazine Steampunk Issue Reviews

The latest issue of MAKE Magazine is out, and it’s steampunk themed. (As I mentioned earlier.) Anyhow, just got a chance to peek through it. Aside from having my friend Jake Von Slatt on the cover, and featuring my co-conspirator … Continue reading

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Upon The Gears

So, last night I was watching Battlestar Galatica, which is admittedly a rather engrossing show. And anyhow, not to ruin it too much, one of the characters becomes a union leader on a desperate space colony, and he says this … Continue reading

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The End of Print Is Not Nigh

I’ve been reading screed after screed about the end of print recently. And by recently, I mean for the past two years. There seem to be two camps; there are those who say “print has more meaning, damn it! And … Continue reading

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