Loving the woodcut feel of these book cover illustrations for the Evelyn Waugh series from Back Bay Books.
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Loving the woodcut feel of these book cover illustrations for the Evelyn Waugh series from Back Bay Books.

This Air France commercial with Benjamin Millepied and Virginie Caussin just made the sky the best place on Earth for this minute.

Source: youtube.com

newshour: Poster from the 1860 election between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas. Lincoln’s first name was commonly misspelled as “Abram” during his candidacy. (Library of Congress) More prez posters (…Sideways young Lincoln is really bugging me. ^KC)
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Poster from the 1860 election between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas. Lincoln’s first name was commonly misspelled as “Abram” during his candidacy. (Library of Congress)

More prez posters

(…Sideways young Lincoln is really bugging me. ^KC)

Source: to.pbs.org

Check out this work by Annie Bissett and the Shin Jidai exhibit in Minneapolis
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Check out this work by Annie Bissett and the Shin Jidai exhibit in Minneapolis

Source: woodblockdreams.blogspot.com

K’Naan as a “Sufi rapper” in a David Cronenberg film based on a Don DeLillo novel? This I gotta see.
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K’Naan as a “Sufi rapper” in a David Cronenberg film based on a Don DeLillo novel? This I gotta see.

Source: blogs.indiewire.com

planetmoney: Of each dollar the federal government spends, how much goes to defense? How much goes to Social Security? How much goes to interest on the debt? And how has this sort of thing changed over time? This graphic answers these questions. It shows the major components of federal spending 50 years ago, 25 years ago, and last year.  Read more here. One has to wonder: What if education were a block unto itself on this graph? What kind of country would we be? How would our culture feel different?
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planetmoney:

Of each dollar the federal government spends, how much goes to defense? How much goes to Social Security? How much goes to interest on the debt? And how has this sort of thing changed over time?

This graphic answers these questions. It shows the major components of federal spending 50 years ago, 25 years ago, and last year. 

Read more here.

One has to wonder: What if education were a block unto itself on this graph? What kind of country would we be? How would our culture feel different?

Source: planetmoney

liquidchroma: nownowband: Taken with Instagram at Minnesota Public Radio - American Public Media Cool thing: there are three of those chairs in the lobby and each plays a stream of one of the three MPR services. My boys love sitting in those chairs when they come to see their old man at the office.
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nownowband:

Taken with Instagram at Minnesota Public Radio - American Public Media

Cool thing: there are three of those chairs in the lobby and each plays a stream of one of the three MPR services.

My boys love sitting in those chairs when they come to see their old man at the office.

Source: nownowband

Elizabeth Cotten’s “Freight Train” is just what I needed this evening.

(h/t to Jeff Guntzel)

The literal approach to scripture was used to enslave black people. I’ve said many times in black churches that the black church is on the wrong side of history on this. It’s so sad because they were on the right side of history in their own struggle.
Theologian James Cone, on the black church citing scripture to exclude gays

(via azspot)

Source: CNN

Kara Holden offered this lovely intermission in response to a question about the best song she’s heard all week:  Beneath us, constellations.

liquidchroma: If you could look through Emmylou’s head, you would see me standing quietly, in awe. You’ve never looked better. Her Red Dirt Girl album is one of my all-time favorites.
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If you could look through Emmylou’s head, you would see me standing quietly, in awe.

You’ve never looked better. Her Red Dirt Girl album is one of my all-time favorites.

Source: liquidchroma

splendidtable: Food: Don’t waste it. From artist Frederic G. Cooper, this World War I poster that contains good advice for anytime. [Library of Congress] Just splendid!
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Food: Don’t waste it. From artist Frederic G. Cooper, this World War I poster that contains good advice for anytime.

[Library of Congress]

Just splendid!

Source: splendidtable

18thandhoyt:

Slightly addicted to the new album from First Aid Kit. Why are all the good things Swedish?

Agreed, and ABBA never totally left the American consciousness.

Source: 18thandhoyt

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  • In Syria's Former Province in Turkey, Assad Finds BackingMatthew Brunwasser of PRI's The World

beingblog:

Orthodox Christians and Alevi Muslims in Turkey Fear Consequences of Syria’s Assad Losing Power

by Trent Gilliss, senior editor

As our radio show prepares for a production trip to Turkey this coming June, I’m watching for particular stories and voices that might foster our own sense of how to add to the news and information coming out of this country. PRI’s The World offers this smart report on one of the few Orthodox Christian communities in Turkey that has learned to survive in a predominantly Sunni Muslim nation.

Correspondent Matthew Brunwasser reveals the complexity of the social and religious issues of Tokaçlı, a village in Hatay province of Turkey, which was once part of Syria until 1938. With the Altinozu refugee camp ten miles from its back door and 20,000 Syrians expected to stream across the border, this multi-ethnic community is being confronted by the realities of a Syrian civil war:

“Minorities see the Assad regime as representing multi-ethnicity and religious tolerance. And they can’t imagine anyone in a post-Assad Syria giving them a better deal. Just ask Can Coban who owns a cafe here in Tokacli.

‘You can’t predict the future,’ Coban says. ‘But let’s say radical Muslims win the elections. The Christians’ lives will never again be normal like they are now. They could expel the Christians or their lives could get more difficult. They might be prevented from praying and practicing their religion. They live better now in Syria than we do here in Turkey.’”

Also at stake is a peaceful way of life for Alawite Muslims, known as Alevis in Turkey, because President Assad is an Alawite Muslim:

“Alawites make up about 16 percent of the population, and Sunnis resent them for monopolizing power. And so Alawites are terrified of a backlash. And in Hatay there are fears of that backlash spreading across the border.”

Source: SoundCloud / The World

The only thing that matters is how I feel about myself, my personal integrity, and my relationship with my Creator. Of course, it’s wonderful to be held in esteem and fond regard by family, friends, and community, but a central part of my spiritual practice is letting go of otheration. And casting one’s lot with the public is dangerous and self-destructive, and I value myself too much to do that.

—Ashley Judd, from her commentary for The Daily Beast’s Women in the World blog

No wonder this piece has been taking the media world by storm. It’s a powerful commentary, one that lets no one off the hook and reminds us that we’re all culpable of this type of thinking. I’m a father of two boys, and I’ve got some real work to do.

~Trent Gilliss, senior editor

(via beingblog)

Source: beingblog