Occupy the Farm movement rises again, hours after being raided

A guerrilla veggie-growing occupation of university-owned land in Albany, Calif., was busted by cops early Monday and thousands of zucchini, kale, squash, and other newly planted seedlings were plowed over. But the occupiers proved more resilient than a sprawling mint plant, returning Monday to replant the desecrated farm.

More than 100 activists had gathered at Gill Tract, near Berkeley, on Friday and over the weekend, with some staying on site until the Monday morning raid.

Boston, the day after: Back to normal, but not really

Reblogged from Minding the Workplace:

Had you been transported to Boston's busy Downtown Crossing area at lunchtime today, it may not have been evident that just the day before, at least three people died and over a hundred were injured (many severely) by two bombs that were detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a few short subway stops away.

You would've seen the usual scurrying about, with some folks carrying bags from quick shopping trips, and others lining up at one of the food carts for a bite to eat.

Pure Radiance

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Pure Radiance

All is the Radiant Seed. Seed never dies nor is it born; it is only in constant transition -- seed gives way to root and stem, to petals that bloom, to more seed that falls to the ground and again is the beauty that roots to the earth and reaches toward the heavens. It does so in perfect harmony.

A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist---2013

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A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist---2013

Here is an exchange between the Global Editor of the Atlantic Magazine and myself this afternoon attempting to solicit my professional services for an article they sought to publish after reading my story "25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip comes after 25 years of basketball diplomacy between U.S. and North Korea" …

Intersection | NYC

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Autobiography of a pencil

A charming essay from the Library of Economics and Liberty, of all places. [w-t-?]

It reminds me of my first published bit of writing. (Thanks to my mother for sending it in to the newspaper without telling me. I heard about it at school after it was published. What was the scintillating topic of a 3rd grader so urgent it must be published in the local newspaper? A pencil. And…some other “office/school supplies.” It was all about their adventures during the night while I slept. I didn’t think it was that interesting. I was just completing my assigned homework and didn’t particularly like doing it. (It was work–writing!) However, I admit being pleasantly surprised–sort of–and a little disturbed that my mother would take something I wrote and send it to a newspaper to be published, even if I was in 3rd grade (way back, when we would not have dreamed of putting a colon next to a parenthesis and calling it a smiley face.)

The Loss of Obscurity - A Round-Up of Recent Reports Relating to Privacy and Personal Consumer Data

Reblogged from OUseful.Info, the blog...:

A jumbled collection of recent clips and snippets, that feel to me as if they're pieces of the same jigsaw...

An article in The Atlantic on Obscurity: A Better Way to Think About Your Data Than 'Privacy':
..."privacy" is an over-extended concept. It grabs our attention easily, but is hard to pin down. Sometimes, people talk about privacy when they are worried about confidentiality.

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