Save the Elephants: STOP BLOODY IVORY
This week, two countries are seeking to break the worldwide ban on ivory trading — a decision that could wipe out whole elephant populations and bring these magnificent animals closer to extinction.
But many African states and conservationists support extending the ban on elephant-slaughtering ivory trade. The decision will be made at a UN meeting in Doha on 13 March, and global public opinion could tip the balance!
Reblogged from crooked indifference.
The New Digital Underclass
This piece is fascinating…especially the section on the technological class divide. A good read.
“Once upon a time, literacy and numeracy were the paths to social mobility in its broadest sense; now, technology appears to have raised rather than lowered the barrier. Even something so apparently trivial and ubiquitous as social networking is a shock to kids who have lived life off the virtual grid, and who then make it to a college environment that is now, in large part, a virtual experience.”
(via Forbes)
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Kid Cudi ft. MGMT, Ratatat’s video for “Pursuit Of Happiness”
“Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of. In almost every act of our lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind.”
-Edward Bernays, Pioneer of Corporate PR and Propaganda
(via Organic Consumer Association)
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Devo’s Postmodern Album Promo Hits All the Right Notes
“Is it even advertising? Who the hell knows? But it is so cool and funny and wicked and surprising and surprisingly restrained and postmodern in the best sense. In short: so Devo.”
Check out the following link to the “Color Study” website: http://splash.clubdevo.com/colorstudy
(via Advertising Age)
37,000 year old fully intact baby woolly mammoth.
The frozen body of a baby woolly mammoth discovered last year in Arctic Russia has provided the first detailed internal look at a prehistoric mammal, scientists report. The oxygen-deprived environment of its final resting place, likely a watery marsh or bog, prevented decay and kept it intact save for only its tail and shaggy coat.
(via National Geographic)
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making sense of the web and a web of the sense
by Jesse Ferreira
Ads Posted on Facebook Strike Some as Off-Key
“…on social networks like Facebook, where people go to communicate with one another, advertisers seem to be trying especially hard to intrude on the conversation.
The so-called self-service ads on the site, from the likes of video game start-ups, herbal supplement makers, sweepstakes companies and wedding photographers, are shown on the right side of most pages. Many advertisers who use the self-service system are tempted to go as far as possible in making ads that attract attention and appear relevant, aided by the information that people give to Facebook.”
(via New York Times)
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