If you only knew.
Items found in our community garden plot, to date:
1. A used tampon.
2. Two double-headed silicon dildos in a plastic bag.
3. An octopus.
Another failed utopia in California.
In the desert 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles is a suburb abandoned in advance of itself—the unfinished extension of a place called California City.
It began in 1958 when real estate developer and sociology professor Nat Mendelsohn purchased 80,000 acres (320 km2) of Mojave Desert with the aim of master-planning California’s next great city, intended to dwarf LA. Growth did not happen anywhere close to what was expected.
To this day a vast grid of crumbling streets extends well beyond the developed area of the city. A look on Google maps shows the extent of the scarred desert and how it stakes its claim to being California’s 3rd largest city by land size (34th largest in the US) while having a population of only 14,000.
(Source: jez-burrows)
The American West, 150 Years Ago
In the 1860s and 70s, photographer Timothy O’Sullivan created some of the best-known images in American History. After covering the U.S. Civil War, O’Sullivan joined a number of expeditions organized by the federal government to help document the new frontiers in the American West. The teams were composed of soldiers, scientists, artists, and photographers, and tasked with discovering the best ways to take advantage of the region’s untapped natural resources. O’Sullivan brought an amazing eye and work ethic, composing photographs that evoked the vastness of the West. He also documented the Native American population as well as the pioneers who were already altering the landscape. Above all, O’Sullivan captured — for the first time on film — the natural beauty of the American West in a way that would later influence Ansel Adams and thousands more photographers to come.
(via theatlantic)
Quebec student protests: It's the older generation that's entitled, not students | National Post
(Source: lukesimcoe, via becoming-wave)
Sooo there’s a guy curating a wardrobe for his future girlfriend.
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