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Category Archives: History
My First Four Days in Whitehorse
Hello friends! I recently decided I needed a change of scenery. I have also become obsessed with the polar environments of our planet, and the history and natural ecology of these places. Snow Owls, Muskoxen, Ptarmigans, Polar Bears, Reindeer, Penguins, … Continue reading
Why You Should Know Who William T. Vollmann Is, and Go Out and Read Him Immediately
I am obsessed with William T. Vollmann, an author and all around supremely interesting person. Many of you will never have heard about this man. I certainly had not, until roughly four years ago. I could probably actually pinpoint the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ethics, Fiction, History, Mental Health, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged william t. vollmann
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‘Knowing Nature’ – Science vs. Direct Experience – Iron by Primo Levi (from The Periodic Table)
[edit: sorry everyone! I wrote ‘Polish concentration camp Auschwitz’, which has been interpreted as saying that the camp was run by the Polish people. That is not what I meant, I simply meant the geographical location. However, I now see … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Art, Ethics, History, Philosophy, Science, Thoughts
Tagged 1944, auschwitz, chemistry, fascism, hiking, italy, jewish, nature, periodic table, primo levi, rock climbing
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Louis Theroux and the Ultra Zionists
Another great documentary on Jewish illegal settlement of the West Bank in Palestine. This time it’s the loveable Louis Theroux who is visiting settlements and zionist tours, as well as Palestinians who protest or fight for their land. Click on … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Film, History, Politics, Religion, Thoughts
Tagged bbc, five broken cameras, jewish, jewish settlements, louis theroux, Palestine, zionism
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Jewish Settlement of Palestine with VICE Magazine
Another VICE video, about the Jewish occupation of Palestine:
Posted in Ethics, Film, History, Politics, Religion
Tagged 1948, 1967, Israel, jewish, jewish settlements, judaism, Palestine, settlement, six day war, two state solution, vice magazine
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Suicide in Modern Japan with VICE Magazine
I’ve been watching lots of interesting VICE youtube videos recently, including North Korean work camps in the middle of nowhere in Russia, Fashion week and sweat shops in Thailand, and the Mexican drug cartel. Some of them are pretty long, … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Mental Health, Politics
Tagged forest, Japan, mt. fuji, Suicide
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North Korea’s Concentration Camps and Google Earth
The people over at One Free Korea have a constantly updated section of their website devoted to identifying North Korea’s largest concentration camps: The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea estimates that North Korea holds approximately 200,000 people in … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Politics
Tagged concentration camps, google earth, google maps, gulag, hitler, Human Rights, nazi, north korea, Stalin
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Vegetarianism, Anarcho-Primitivism, Permaculture, Sustainability, and Ted Kaczynski
As you can probably tell from the title, this post is going to be a clusterfuck. I don’t know where to start, so I’ll just talk about a book I’m currently reading, that got me back on some of these … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Film, History, Mental Health, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Thoughts
Tagged agriculture, anarcho-primitivism, animals, aquaponics, chuck klosterman, collapse, diet, eating the dinosaur, farming, forks over knives, garbage warrior, health, hunter-gatherer, industrial society and its future, Jared Diamond, lierre keith, marshall sahlins, mike reynolds, mono-crop, neo-luddite, paleo diet, permaculture, protein, stephen harrod buhner, Steven Pinker, sustainability, ted kaczynski, the better angels of our nature, the blank slate, the vegetarian myth, unabomber, Veganism, Vegetarianism, vitamin b12
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What’s the Longest Mountain Range in the World?
Were you going to answer the Rocky Mountains? The Himalayas? The Andes? Turns out it’s neither of these. I wouldn’t have known that, mind you. I didn’t even know the relative length of any of those mountain ranges (4,800kms, 2,400kms, … Continue reading
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life – Richard Dawkins
Oh, I stumbled on this little gem recently. It’s a BBC doc by Richard Dawkins, essentially about what Nietzsche was talking about in The Parable of the Madman: Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Film, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science
Tagged atheistim, Ethics, god, homosexuality, humanism, kathleen taylor, meaning of life, morality, naturalism, richard dawkins, Sex, Steven Pinker
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