Sol LeWitt’s instructions for Wall Drawing #797 (1995), “The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third drafter does the same, using
* French police teargas crowds and arrest more than 200 ahead of the Paris Climate Conference, which begins today. * UN climate conferences are soap operas. * Elizabeth Kolbert profiles Christina Figueres, who is facilitating the Paris climate conference. * "In terms of the [Paris] negotiations, they're largely a sham."
From “Truth Trucks” to viral videos, Operation Rescue head Troy Newman’s word is his sword.
* Finally, the Pentagon admits the cause of the Kunduz bombing: "human error." * Businesses against Black Friday are principled—but also practical. * Son turns in his financier father as Petrobras scandal envelops three more of Brazil's most powerful people. * Giving people free money is the best solution
Plastic people acting like real people is a favorite of ours. As we can see here, Elon Musk has every reason to be worried about the future. See more videos by Pierre Grillère
* "The lack of sound, and the cold way the officers moved...made a horrifying act seem almost mundane." * The final stop for north-bound refugees is an arctic town as alien to newcomers as they are are to the villagers. * "What does ISIS want," behavioral economics
Max Richter’s latest composition, From Sleep, is eight hours long. This remix by Mogwai is your alarm. If you’re in need of slumber, you may do better with this.
In his video for “Siamese Brutality” by the Soupcans, Winston Hacking uses his fingers instead of a computer to animate his collages. From CMJ: “I decided the images needed to come to life before their inevitable destruction, so I just moved them around with my fingers and an exacto knife.
* Corporations salivate at Republican shutdown over Syrian refugees to pass raft of business-friendly legislation. * Foreign-policy experts keep their heads in the sand and their fingers on the trigger. * A poet remembers his chemotherapy, when he thought all drugs would be as harmless and effective as his mother'
* While France seeks a US-Russia coalition against ISIS, the US is training Ukraine to fight Russia. * "Political correctness keeps us from talking honestly about the refugees." * Canada's Syrian refugee plan: only women, children, and families. No unaccompanied men. * Anonymous's latest PsyOps internet offensive:
