13 May 2015

it's really happening, isn't it.

nErD aLeRt!

Now a spectacular new project is underway in Switzerland that immediately drew my attention: a skyscraper in the middle of the mountains. The location is the village of Vals, in the canton of Graubünden. Even in multilingual Switzerland, Graubünden is remarkable: with native speakers of Swiss German, Italian, and Romansh, it is the country’s only trilingual canton. This spot in a beautiful arm of the Anterior Rhine valley is home to about 1,000 people. Approximately the same number of sheep are said to live there as well, but perhaps that’s just a rumor. The planned building will be 80 stories tall and soar 1,250 feet into the sky. That’s 23 feet higher than the Federation Tower in Moscow – which currently qualifies as Europe’s tallest building – and exactly as tall as the Empire State Building minus the antenna. (via)
why not? well, a million reasons actually...

thx lube!

i loved this fresh air interview

terry talks with sally mann, a photographer whose work has focused on themes surrounding "bodies". one of her more recent series was created at the university of tennessee's body farm. listen and look.

this news is 24 hours old...

...but i'm still thinking about it. read how terrible HJ landlords rip off black people to line their pockets by aiding gentrification.
I got used to it. And I understand it. Not all Jewish people are nice people. Every tree has a bad apple. Some of them are really nasty and can trick their tenants. But some of the tenants put up such a fight that you have to trick them. I used to do that — but I don’t do that anymore. I did that once four years ago. I told someone, “I’m going to give you twenty grand to move — just move out first, and then I’ll give you the money.” And then I screwed them. I gave him something but not the money I told him. And he couldn’t come back to me because he wasn’t even legally supposed to live there. (via)
i have my suspicions about this article in general. it seems crazy that this guy would put all his tactics out there for the world to read.

whatever you do, do not read the comments.

important sensitivity update

BRIC has been listening to and learning from the online discussion about our planned June 26 screening of Paris is...

Posted by Celebrate Brooklyn! on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

see everyone there!
 
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