


arquivo de March, 2008
da porta do inferno.
autor: sh

No Uzbequistão há um enorme buraco na terra onde geólogos escavavam a terra procurando por gás. Em algum momento durante as escavações, há mais ou menos 35 anos, eles encontraram uma caverna subterrânea tão gigantesca que todo o equipamento utilizado para as escavações não dava conta do seu tamanho. Com receio de que o gás que havia na caverna fosse venenoso, eles pararam as escavações e atearam fogo à caverna, que continua em chamas até hoje.
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ler comentários (2)do transumanismo.
autor: sh
You Score as a Transhumanist-Biotech
Transhumanists believe that humanity can and should strive to attain higher levels of physical, mental, and social achievement through the use of technology. They seek to extend human capabilities and improve the human condition through technology- supporting the quest for immortality, the conquering of death and disease, the amplification of human intelligence, and the capabilities of the human body. Transhumanists recognize that over time and with technological advancements, man will realize new possibilities for society and human nature and achieve a posthuman condition (becoming more than human). Societal change is an important consequence of technological progress. Because of this passionate trust in technological advancement, transhumanists generally see all technologies, as long as they don’t jeopardize the non-corporeal consciousness of a person, as being beneficial both to society and to the happiness and advancement of the person. Transhumanists see benefit not only in technologies that address medical necessities, but also aesthetic or recreational demands. They support advances in cybernetics, genetic engineering in clinical settings, embryo design, and other technologies that allow individuals to take control of their biology, and the human species to take control of evolution. Transhumanists can be either hard-technology oriented–more inclined to add microchips and machines to their lifestyle–or bio-technology oriented–preferring the softer, more natural advancements and modifications that are made available. [ See All Results ] |
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do armário e das almas pequenas.
autor: sh
“Their lives aren’t going to be dull because they’re straight, TALI, but because the value they place on conformity (…) is a prison they’ve constructed around themselves.”
dan savage, como sempre, acertando a mão na sua coluna no the stranger. confira a coluna semanal aqui e clique no link abaixo para ler a coluna completa dessa semana.
na verdade, o único defeito da coluna do dan é só haver RSS disponível para os podcasts. RSS now!
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dan savage, as always, hitting the target in his advice at the stranger. check out the weekly column here, and click the link below to read this week’s worth of dan’s advice.
in fact, the only problem i see on dan’s column is there’s RSS available only for the podcasts. RSS now!
da paisagem urbana em pixels.
autor: sh
foto da lapa, tirada de dentro do cine lapa. fiquei orgulhosa dessa foto, pois apesar de não mais duvidar tanto assim dos meus dotes fotográficos, nunca obtive muito êxito na fotografia de paisagens urbanas e arquiteturas. nesse caso, achei o resultado bom - nada fantástico, mas digno de nota, no meu caso. então aí está.
eu nunca havia reparado no logotipo no prédio do banco do brasil antes de vê-lo através do viewfinder da minha câmera. talvez ele tenha sempre ficado esmaecido pela petulância épica do prédio da petrobras…
clique na imagem para o impacto completo.
do alternativo pro mainstream.
autor: sh
In many ways, “Alt” isn’t really alternative anymore. When I started taking it off online, it had yet to become a hipster pastime — it wasn’t considered cool, and I didn’t gain cred (at least not with anyone I knew in person) for doing it. Flash forward to 2004: SuicideGirls is mainstream, emo girls aspire to be porn stars when they hit 18, and a whole lot of people are looking to cash in on the next new thing in porn. Hence Hustler bankrolling a Burning Angel movie and Vivid launching Vivid Alt. Tattoos and piercings in porn used to signify a product that was female-friendly, feminist, and (dare we say it) empowering; now it’s just another wrapper for the same old product.
para ler o artigo completo aqui mesmo, clique no link abaixo.
to read the full article right here, click the link below.





