Lessig drops out of the presidential race

2015-11-03 Thread nettime's avid reader
Lessig droped out of the presidential race, which we wanted to make around one single issue, money in politics. Now he gave up. As it fits a layer, the reason is a procedural one. - The Democrats Have Now Chan ged the Rules, And Forced Larry Lessig Out Posted: 1

Launch of "Marshall McLuhan and Vilém Flusser's Com

2015-11-03 Thread Melentie Pandilovski
Video Pool Media Arts Centre is excited to announce the launch of "Marshall McLuhan and Vil??m Flusser's Communication and Aesthetic Theories Revisited" on Sunday, November 15, from 6pm to 8pm in the Video Pool Production Studios at 300-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg. You are most cordially invited to

Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World

2015-11-03 Thread Michael Gurstein
< http://www.thenation.com/article/welcome-to-america-where-we-fight-for-the-freedom-to-visit-disney-world/ > Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World That's why we went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, right? By Tom Engelhardt OCTOBER

Re: choose-your-own adventure: a brief history of nettime

2015-11-03 Thread Brian Holmes
This is an intricate text with a lot of angles on the subject - not a bad thing, since the subject in question is now 4,500 people! I want to look behind just one sentence: "From the beginning, served as an environment for experimentation with the new medium and, beyond that, as a collaborati