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the ecstasy of sanctimony.
Such a great and concise phrase. Hadley Freeman referred to it recently in her Guardian column when describing the court of Twitter’s harsh and questionable justice.
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After VVORK: How (and why) we archived a contemporary art blog
Just came across this 9 February 2015 Rhizome editorial. I’ve browsed VVORK a bit before, but I suppose I hadn’t really thought about it’s status or longevity as an archive.
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I’m looking forward to the long weekend, going to spend a bit of time at the Channa Horwitz exhibition at Raven Row. It’s on until Sunday 1 May 2016.
Channa Horwitz, Logic for Variation and Inversion on a Rhythm, 1976. Image via VVORK, who in turn seem to have found it via Berlin gallery Aanant & Zoo.
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Databases are generally associated less with open-endedness than with the muted horrors of bureaucracy, in which the fear and pain and misery of human experience is reduced to data and evidence.
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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This is the recipe I follow for dal/dhal/dahl/daal tadka/tarka. “Tadka” is a tempered spice-and-oil topping that you add before serving to enhance the flavours of the dal. The ingredients and method are based on one of the dal tadka recipes on the excellent site Vegetable Recipes of India (see recipe). It would be best to use arhar or tuvar dal, but I use red lentils generally since they’re the easiest to find and still taste great. This serves 4 people and is excellent with jeera rice.
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This recipe for jeera rice is based on a very similar recipe from one of my favourite Indian recipe sources, Vegetable Recipes of India. It includes just a few method and quantity adjustments.
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Fred Rogers often told this story about when he was a boy and would see scary things on the news:
“My mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.”
From Helping Children with Scary News on pbs.org.
Fred Rogers created and hosted the classic American television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for more than 30 years. Since 1963, he has been a dependable source of comfort and delight for generations of children and their parents.
The quote above feels appropriate at the moment. See also his primetime special following the RFK assasination, his article advising readers on how to help children cope with disaster, and many further anecdotes on fredrogers.org and exhibit.fredrogerscenter.org.
The final new episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood aired on 31 August 2001. His goodbye message was aired on PBS a year after the 9/11 attacks. About five months later, he passed away at the age of 74.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAttFerhtnw