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8-Year-Old Creates ‘Buddy Bench’ For His Classmates Who Don’t Have Playmates
Read more: 8-Year-Old Creates ‘Buddy Bench’ For His Classmates Who Don’t Have Playmates“Eight-year-old Christian Bucks from Roundtown Elementary School noticed that some of his classmates did not have any friends to play with during recess. His solution was to introduce a “Buddy Bench”, where lonely classmates could choose to sit if they…
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Mandela Danced
Read more: Mandela DancedMandela’s notion of manhood changed over time. In the early days, he evoked the image of toughness to deal with an enemy that would not respond to reason. When it became possible to secure peace through talking, Mandela adapted. After…
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Inflatable Cobblestones
Read more: Inflatable CobblestonesFirst: inflatables uplift a grim protest situation into a playful event. There is something magic about what inflatables induce in people. Their enormous size combined with the weightlessness and softness makes them irresistibly attractive and dreamlike. People have a natural…
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The Pianists of Ukraine
Read more: The Pianists of UkraineIn Kiev, clashes between protestors and police have persisted since December. Blood has been shed, and the political stability of Ukraine remains uncertain. During late January and early February, the opposition began to play music (from pianos) in front of…
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“Just Two of Us”
Read more: “Just Two of Us”Katharina Grosse’s public exhibition “Just Two of Us” consists of eight large meteor looking sculptures painted in bright technicolors. The sculptures, which have been placed in the public plaza at Metro Tech Commons, have transformed downtown Brooklyn. Grosse is a…
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Band Invoices US Government for Using their Music at Guantanamo
Read more: Band Invoices US Government for Using their Music at GuantanamoVeteran Industrial band Skinny Puppy have objected to their disturbingly dark music being played to discombobulate inmates at Guantanamo, and plan to “charge” the government for doing so. They are not the first band to express such objections. “We heard…
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Bus Shelter Ads Confront San Francisco Eviction Crisis
Read more: Bus Shelter Ads Confront San Francisco Eviction CrisisThe California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new campaign of bus shelter ads to confront San Francisco’s eviction crisis. On February 11, 2014, the CDC successfully apprehended, rehabilitated and discharged bus shelter advertisements throughout San Francisco. The ads…
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APEC World Leaders Dinner Gets Occupied
Read more: APEC World Leaders Dinner Gets OccupiedA change in the programmed entertainment at last night’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala left a few world leaders slack-jawed, though most seemed not to notice that anything was amiss. During the gala dinner, renowned Hawaiian guitarist Makana, who performed…
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Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street Bull
Read more: Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street BullThe incident began when two clowns, Hannah Morgan and Louis Jargow, scaled the steel barricades protecting the landmark. The clowns began spanking and climbing the beast, traditional ways of coaxing a bull into anger in preparation for a Castilian corrida,…
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“Superheros” Occupy the NYC Halloween Parade
Read more: “Superheros” Occupy the NYC Halloween ParadeNo matter how nuanced current superhero comics may be, to the general public they are still fairly simple. Superheroes are the good guys, supervillians are the bad guys, and it’s easy to see who is who. That’s why kids like…
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The Monument Quilt
Read more: The Monument QuiltThe Monument Quilt: a public healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse. The Monument Quilt is a crowd-sourced collection of thousands of stories from survivors of rape and abuse. By stitching our stories together, we are creating…
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PINK Loves Consent
Read more: PINK Loves ConsentThe satirical website was launched at noon on Monday, December 3. According to the site, “PINK loves CONSENT is our newest collection of flirty, sexy and powerful statements that remind people to practice CONSENT. CONSENT is a verbal agreement about…