[nonostantement #71] - unknown pleasures at 40 / buy this free watch / the women of iran 1979
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[Video] - American segregation, mapped at day and night
"America policies engineered our segregated homes. But the workplace? That had the chance of being a place where we interact with people of other races — and form meaningful relationships. These maps show that this hasn't exactly happened. In fact, the most personal parts of our lives is still very segregated."Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ at 40: How they made the unimpeachable proto-goth masterpiece
"In June 1979, Joy Division released the bleak masterpiece that is 'Unknown Pleasures’, a record so majestic it changed the face of music. NME celebrates its genius."Frida Kahlo's only known voice recording possibly found in Mexico
"National Sound Library of Mexico believes audio is of artist reading from her essay Portrait of Diego during the pilot of radio show El Bachiller"[Video] - John Cage - 4' 33'' Death Metal Cover by Dead Territory
Special investigative report for the Museum of Capitalism - “There’s no such thing as a free watch”
"While in residence at the Museum of Capitalism in Oakland, Jenny Odell (as the Bureau of Suspended Objects) investigated a watch that had been offered for free on Instagram. This led down a rabbit hole whose complexity was confounding even for the Bureau."The Future of Marketing Is Bespoke Everything
"Personalized hair masks, facial serums, and vitamin cocktails are no longer reserved for the wealthy, thanks to technology—and data collection."Witness to revolution: the women of Iran 1979
"On 8 March 1979, more than 100,000 women gathered on the streets of the Iranian capital to protest against the new Islamic government’s compulsory hijab ruling, which meant that women would henceforth be required to wear a headscarf when away from home."
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