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HTTP 451 Forbidden

from The Guardian
Call for Ray Bradbury to be honoured with internet error message
A new status code to reflect internet censorship could be named after Ray Bradbury’s most famous novel, Fahrenheit 451
by Alison Flood

Fire wall … author Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 features book-burning censors. Photograph: Charley Gallay/Getty Images
Ray Bradbury’s fiction looks set to enter the structure of the internet, [...]

Amy Casey Smushes Cleveland

from very short list

[ click to read at veryshortlist.com ]

Terra Sacra by Sean F. White

Terra Sacra Time Lapses
An around-the-world time lapse journey celebrating our Sacred Earth. Six years in the making… seven continents… 24 countries.

Photographed & Edited by Sean F. White seanwhite.net
Original score by Roy Milner roymilner.com
Full details and locations shot-by-shot:
TERRA-SACRA.com
Versión en español
beyondgravity.whsites.net/ioe/wordpre...
Twitter: twitter.com/seanfwhite

Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Sean-F-White-Photo...

Lore: On John’s Lumen

Pittacus Lore Transmission #5 Revealed: On John’s Lumen
We now know that Number Four has developed the Legacy of the Lumen–and that has the potential to mean more than any of us could ever guess.
In this latest transmission from Lorien elder Pittacus Lore, he shares some insight into the power of the Lumen–and how it’s connected [...]

LeRoy Neiman Gone

from The AP via KSWT 13
Sports world artist LeRoy Neiman dies in NY at 91
By ULA ILNYTZKY / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Painter and sketch artist LeRoy Neiman, best known for evoking the kinetic energy of the world’s biggest sporting and leisure events with bright quick strokes, died Wednesday at age 91.
Neiman was the [...]

Terminator 4 - Creep Of The Crawlers

from The New York Times
Venice Beach Bodybuilders Fear Google Is Kicking Sand at Them

Monica Almeida/The New York Times
A painting for sale on the boardwalk in the Venice section of Los Angeles, where Google has set up offices and may lease more space. More Photos »
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and IAN LOVETT
LOS ANGELES — This city’s boardwalk community of Venice [...]

Hideous kicks - that’s the true controversy.

from the UK Daily Mail
‘How would a Jewish person feel if you put a swastika on a shoe?’ Adidas under fire for unveiling new trainer with orange ’shackles’ like those worn by black slaves
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Adidas has come under fire for creating a pair of trainers with ‘shackles’.
Critics have compared the ‘JS Roundhouse Mids’, to be [...]

Dear Sister, Oh! I’ve emptied bottles three / And passed out underneath this pleasant tree.

from The PARIS REVIEW
Drunk Texts from Famous Authors
June 18, 2012 | by Jessie Gaynor



[ click to read all sotted texts at The PARIS REVIEW ]

Venus X The New Spooky

from Gallerist NY
The Art World Has a New DJ

And her name’s DJ Venus X. Why not follow her on Twitter? She’s already got a profile inThe New York Times style section. The piece opens with a scene from the after party for Terry Richardson’s exhibition at Half Gallery, “Mom & Dad.” Quoth Richard Phillips:  “It was one of the best [...]

Rodney King Gone (Thanks, Rodney - though still we do not listen.)

from The LA Times
Rodney King was haunted by memories, daunted by pain
The 1991 beating by LAPD officers and years of drug and alcohol abuse left Rodney King unmoored. But he sought a new beginning.
By Kurt Streeter, Los Angeles Times

Rodney King was working hard to mend personal relationships that had frayed during two decades of instability [...]