Recent Comments
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Roy Batty and Michael Collins – separated at birth?
Posted in death
Tagged astronaut, Blade Runner, Michael Collins, Nexus 6, Replicant, Roy Batty
Leave a comment
Film Review: Contagion
SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT. I don’t just tell you that Gwyneth Paltrow dies very early in the film (an encouraging trend, to be sure) but EVERY OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS. This Stephen Soderbergh film (him from “Sex, Lies and Videotape, … Continue reading
Monsters’ ink
And all the little monsters said in a chorus: You must kiss us. What! You who are evil, Ugly and uncivil. You who are cruel, Afraid and needy, Uncouth and seedy. Yes, moody and greedy. Yes, you must bless us. … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge
Leave a comment
Doctor Why oh why oh why
Smarter people than me will have eviscerated the atrocity that was the Dr Who Christmas special. So I will make only these random fulminations – Stephen Moffat is going down the Russell T Davies mawkishness road. Somebody has to ask … Continue reading
Signs of the Apocalypse #94: Dickheads in the library
Found this on my hard-drive. It refers to an incident earlier this year in a library in the world’s biggest country town (pop 1.1m) On this occasion two white women, but next time it might be some polka-dotted intersex folks, … Continue reading
We’d have all been Schindler there…
It’s taken me a week, but I finally got to hear of an asinine article called “If I were a poor black kid” by some techie troll at Forbes. I’m not linking to the piece because, as this smart woman … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism, narcissism
Tagged soothing delusions, What Have Ye Done
Leave a comment
The patriarchy, it hurts. No, I mean it really really HURTS
There’s a bloody brilliant TED talk “what happens when an NGO admits failure” by a guy called David Damberger (it is absolutely worth 13 minutes of your life). And this leads on to a bloody brilliant website called “Admitting Failure.” … Continue reading
Posted in bureaucracy, competence, framing
Tagged cognitive flexibility, Cognitive Humility, cognitive limitations, mistakes, patriarchy
Leave a comment
Critical thinking is, um, critical
From something I’ve been reading… also to read – “Teaching Critical Thinking” by bell hooks
Posted in a little self-knowledge, competence, framing
Tagged bell hooks, critical thinking
Leave a comment
What’s needed is not passivity, and even far less activism, but a putting-into-practice of immanent rupture
Takes all the work out of writing turgid sub-Marxist drivel!!! Hilarious…. http://www.objectivechance.com/automatic_insurrection Leaving mobilization behind: Notes towards zones of indistinction which need no justification Our need to desire is less the elaboration of a plan than the construction of a … Continue reading
Posted in activism, competence, humour, internet culture
Tagged aufheben, marx, meaningless drivel, shift magazine, situationism, turbulence
Leave a comment
Waterstone’s in useless and not-actually-giving-advertised-discount shocker
Caveat emptor and check your receipts when you go into Waterstone’s. I bought some books yesterday, one of which was supposed to be “£2 off.” Muppet that I am, I didn’t check the receipt, and guess what – they forgot … Continue reading
Posted in book review
Leave a comment
dwighttowers.wordpress.com 