Photos of Occupy LA, Occupy San Diego, Occupy Austin, Occupy NOLA, and Occupy SF.
More to come.
via sfhaps, the LA Times tumblr, tumblangeles, the austinstatesman tumblr, msriverblues, brooklynmutt,
An #OccupyNOLA General Assembly.
By the way — for those of you who haven’t noticed: people from #OccupyWallStreet have clearly made their way to Boston, D.C., and Baltimore. There may be no leadership, but the nationalization of this clearly has an organizational element to this — in whatever degree we might want to say.
![It’s funny: I was reading Cortazar’s The South Thruway earlier today, marveling at its echoes with Phenomanews, and now I end the day with this: puppet theater for people stuck in traffic jams.via —
Drivers in Los Angeles waste about 72 hours in traffic every year, but now some of them will have an existential puppet show to watch while they wait. The artist Joel Kyack is hitting the city’s worst freeways during rush hour in a pickup truck converted to function as a mobile theater. Drivers stuck behind him will be treated to puppet shows that explore themes such as chaos and control. Viewers can tune into the soundtrack on their radios.
Kyack calls his public art project Superclogger, and says its aim is to “temporarily [draw] the audience out of the commute experience and … [highlight] their own individual presence within the broader structure of the traffic jam.” Is it 100-percent safe? Maybe not. But it could certainly improve an evening on the 405.
(Photos via Superclogger/Good.is)](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3ewsxlys01qavtjjo1_500.jpg)
It’s funny: I was reading Cortazar’s The South Thruway earlier today, marveling at its echoes with Phenomanews, and now I end the day with this: puppet theater for people stuck in traffic jams.
via —
Drivers in Los Angeles waste about 72 hours in traffic every year, but now some of them will have an existential puppet show to watch while they wait. The artist Joel Kyack is hitting the city’s worst freeways during rush hour in a pickup truck converted to function as a mobile theater. Drivers stuck behind him will be treated to puppet shows that explore themes such as chaos and control. Viewers can tune into the soundtrack on their radios.Kyack calls his public art project Superclogger, and says its aim is to “temporarily [draw] the audience out of the commute experience and … [highlight] their own individual presence within the broader structure of the traffic jam.” Is it 100-percent safe? Maybe not. But it could certainly improve an evening on the 405.
(Photos via Superclogger/Good.is)
This Month in Green:
- The United States and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to slash greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation, one of the main drivers of global climate change.
- China Idles 40% of Windpower Turbine Output Capacity.
- …the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest municipal utility in the United States, is poised to pass a roughly 5 percent rate increase on electricity use. The proceeds would be earmarked for renewable energy purchases and programs, including one that would repay people or businesses that use solar panels to contribute to the power grid.
- Japan weakens climate bill, pressured by industry.
- The Future of Wind Power May Be Underground.
- New Charging Method Could Mean Exponentially Faster Recharge Times for Batteries.
- Photographs of recently extinct species in England.
- An editorial on solar energy in Texas.
- China and India join Copenhagen accord.
- Birds are shrinking.
- US to lobby for endangered species listing for polar bear.
- There are 11 fewer Siberian tigers.
- South Africa can’t meet its power needs without loan.
- Beijing and Electric Bikes.
- Carbon footprint of the UK music industry.
- Labour’s general election manifesto proposes creating community energy co-ops.
- Eco-friendly ads that disappear in the rain.
- China looks to ‘combustible ice’ as a fuel source.
- Algae to solve the Pentagon’s fuel problem.
Last year, the Philadelphia Free Library system nearly went under because of the huge delay it took to pass the state budget. We’ve linked to the fact that the BPL is suffering a budget shortfall this year multiple times, though not this article regarding underlying consolidation.
Now it’s time to add the L.A. Public Library to the mix.
