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3D for the People
Via newcity.com
Apr 24
On Chicago’s 3D Printer Experience: Given the profit potential of 3D printing, “it may come as a surprise that the Midwest’s first public foray into the technology is based on promoting public access to, rather than privatizing, this revolutionizing technology.”
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Linger in the Archives
Via theatlantic.com
Apr 24
Rick and Megan Prelinger, who run the Prelinger Archives and Library, have a new app that gives smartphone users access to more than 1,800 Creative Commons–licensed films from the collection, writes Alexis Madrigal. Its name: Linger.
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Bob Mould’s Unbroken Line
Jeff Severns Guntzel
Apr 23
“Where did punk rock start? Who cares? It’s not where did it start, it’s why did it start?” said Bob Mould in 1981. Before the Bob Mould Band and Sugar, before a prolific solo career, Mould was part of punk mainstays Hüsker Dü. Jeff Severns Guntzel looks at Mould’s Minneapolis origins and the unbroken line—personal, musical, and political—linking his work with the band and all that has come since.
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Urban Foraging
Via npr.org
Apr 23
Our Foraging Circle—going in next week—has a kindred spirit: Falling Fruit is an online project to map foraging sites worldwide. The crowdsourced map show sites from the UK to New Zealand where fruits and veggies are free for the taking.
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Passings: Allan Arbus
Via nytimes.com
Apr 23
While best known for playing psychologist Maj. Sidney Freedman on M*A*S*H, Allan Arbus—who passed away Monday at 95—started out as a fashion photographer. A photo he took with then-wife Diane Arbus was featured in The Family of Man.
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Haring’s Message
Via creative.arte.tv
Apr 23
Arte Creative and Dailymotion launch a new six-part documentary on Keith Haring. Directed by Maripol, The Message looks at the artist, from his activism—from AIDS to apartheid—to his work with kids (part six features footage shot during a 1984 Walker residency).
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AI & Ai
Via newstatesman.com
Apr 23
The just-announced shortlist for Amnesty International’s Media Awards includes three articles from the Ai Weiwei–edited issue of the New Statesman. Recognizing “excellence in human rights reporting,” AI highlighted news about free speech restrictions in China.