Clearcutting and whalehunting

Now I’ve seen clearcutting for the first time. Forests so deep and rich they’re like cathedrals, the trees dripping with moss and ferns, alive with singing birds, and then – acres and acres of silent dry land and dessicated stumps. I visited a museum of Native American culture and read a lot of texts celebrating [...]

The Most Astounding Fact (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

I ♥ science! And Neil DeGrasse Tyson!

Remember Our Roots

“There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history.” – Wilma Mankiller

Video: Empathy is the Invisible Hand

This is the kind of optimistic view of humanity we cling to at Shirari Industries!

Some really good books for activists

This is a list of books I’ve found very helpful as an activist – from good strategy to essential history to inspiring personal narratives, these are eye-openers and life-changers…

Shirari Won the City of Ithaca MLK Freedom Walkway Logo Contest

The City of Ithaca is developing a project called the MLK Freedom Walkway that will be comprised of two downtown walking loops featuring sculptures, medallions and plaques that highlight the city’s civil rights history. On November 9th, the project officially launched at the Community School of Music and Arts, with the unveiling of route maps, [...]

Drunk History: Nikola Tesla

Crispin Glover (Thomas Edison) vs. John C. Reilly (Nikola Tesla), electric anti-capitalist. Warning, this is told by a narrator so drunk he throws up halfway through. Which kind of makes it even more memorable, as a history lesson.

Underground city map

A map of the “underground city” of Derinkuyu, Turkey. Via Urban Cartography. Check this out too: Cross-Sections: Burrows, tunnels, buildings, layers of earth

Nim Chimpsky, humans, and the animal family

An activist friend of mine, Jesse Lokahi Heiwa, sent me a link to Chris Colin’s The chimp who thought he was a boy, a Salon interview with Elizabeth Hess on her new biography, Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human. What a read. I was once interested in doing sign language research with primates, [...]

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