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Tech firms are the new feudal lords but Barcelona is the new free city that isn’t feudal

Francesca Bria in the Guardian Tech firms are emerging as new feudal lords. They control essential digital infrastructures – in this case, data and artificial...

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Before and after war reporters

*What if they gave a war and it was only on social media. The luckless tribe of the fourth estate (…) Her technique is to...

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Decline of the nation-state into hapless xenophobic fantasy

*Seems like this needs to be said. If nation-states were really surging they’d be more on top of their game than they are. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018... By...

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V. Vale’s RE/Search Newsletter #177, April 2018

*In this issue, Vale survives flu and explains his life-endangering fad vegetarian diet. Welcome to V. Vale’s RE/Search Newsletter #177, April 2018 TO RECEIVE LAST-MINUTE...

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Arduino robot made of scrap cardboard

*It’s good that it’s not only abject but it LOOKS abject. Let’s solder some smarts into that walking trash there

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Rhizome Seven on Seven Conference

*Rhizome is always full of weird good ideas. Okay, you, artist and technologist, get out there and make something arty The digital arts nonprofit Rhizome...

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America’s gigantic heaps of dock-less vehicles

*It’s a severe situation. Slate essay dribble irony like a ruptured oil pan (…) These dockless vehicles are unused 95 percent of the time. Just...

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Early modern urban sound studies

*This sounds interesting. I’d really like to know what Turin sounded like in around 1640. I’m guessing that “music” was maybe one percent of the...

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Aram Bartholl show in Strasbourg

Is this you in the video? Solo show, Aram Bartholl Gallery Chaufferie, H.E.A.R., Strasbourg New works! April 6 — May 6, 2018 Opening April 5,...

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When a troubadour dies in your arms

*It’s not like noblewomen of the 1100s were just idly waiting for troubadours to drop by and expire after gazing on their beauty. This woman’s...

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