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• 2013-06-19

  

  archatlas:

  One more because they are amazing! #NiagaraFalls

  Source: archatlas

• 2013-06-17

  It’s a mall world..

  One Saturday morning I strolled through malls in Jakarta looking for bicycle spareparts.

  The places were almost deserted, populated only by Sales staff and a few lone individuals like me.

  People sat..

  

  ..and stood..

  

  ..and worked (?)..

  

  ..and dreamt.

  

  Someone was unenthusiastic about homework..

  

  …others hoped for education spending.

  

  There were small boy dreams..

  

  ..big boy dreams…

  

  …sporty ambitions…

  

  ..crafty ambitions..

  

  …and an enormous selection of weapon games, mostly related to paintball.

  

  

  There was tech pretention..

  

  …and tech discussion..

  

  ..the shoe shopping equivalents for manly people.

  There were also family activities…

  

  …and investment dreams for those wanting to retire in Bali (i.e. everyone)..

  

  ..and those preferring Singapore health services over Indonesian ones (i.e. everyone)…

  

  So many dreams and opportunities waiting to be fulfilled by people daring enough to spend a bit.

  Yet the emerging middle class was still having their morning coffee.

  Outside the building two bikers enjoyed the jam-free traffic circle..

  

  All in all a very normal Jakartan Saturday morning.

• 2013-06-16

  sagansense:

  Earlier this year the duo (Two Kyrgyzstan-based photographers, Andrew and Luda, run a joint Live Journal account) trekked to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia where the volcano complex known as Tolbachik was in active eruption. 

  via the-star-stuff

  (via cabinet-de-curiosites)

  Source: thisiscolossal.com

• 2013-06-13

  garp:

  Dagobert - Ich bin zu jung

  Mag ich sehr, vor allem, wie er ‘wünsche’ ausspricht, überhaupt die Aussprache, die schlabberige Krawatte und wie er völlig losgelöst immer weiterlatscht. Wie er in der Bildmitte bleibt und wechselnde Frauen handtaschenmäßig an seinem Arm sich befinden. Manche weinen und werden gewalttätig, wenn sie nicht bekommen was sie wollen. Narzissmus und Ästhetik zwischen PKWs und abgeranzten Nachkriegsklötzen.

  Hier eine Art Selbstdarstellungsvideo.

  (via bubblewrench)

  Source: marmorsaege

• 2013-06-06

  

  Demolished houses along Jakarta railway tracks. Squatters have occupied public land for decades as affordable housing is out of reach for many. Squatted areas in Jakarta are gradually demolished to make way for new development. In some cases evictions turn violent but here it seems that the squatters had been compensated and no large protests took place.

• 2013-06-04

  

  archatlas:

  Architectural Impressionism Tom Haymes

  Source: archatlas

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  Just when Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received the ‘International Statesmen Award’ by NYC based ‘Appeal for Conscience Foundation’ for ‘promoting religious tolerance and pluralism’, Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) made clear what kind of pluralism they would like to see all over the world: (click to enlarge)

  

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• 2013-06-03

  mucholderthen:

  NATIONAL BADASS CRUSTACEAN WEEK
  
  Well, it should be.  And the Peacock Mantis Shrimp deserve more than just their own day - besides, if we didn’t give them a week, they’d just take it anyways, right?

  The main feature, the defining characteristic of these fine sea creatures is that they are not the crustaceans with which you want to mess.

  Habitat: Indian and Pacific Oceans - from Guam to East Africa

  IMAGE CREDITS
  oceanleadership.org
  ocean.nationalgeographic.com
  slices-of-life.com
  aquanauts74 [Weh Island, Sabang, Indonesia]

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  (via infinity-imagined)

  Source: mucholderthen

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  NachDenkSeiten fassen Fakten zu NSU-VS Verbindungen zusammen

  Bislang dachte ich die Nichtentdeckung der NSU-Terroristen war eine Folge behördlicher Inkompetenz und Voreingenommenheit. Die von Wolf Wetzel und anderen gesammelten und auf Nachdenkseiten veröffentlichten Fakten legen eine Mitwisserschaft staatlicher Stellen nahe, vielleicht sogar ein aktives ‘Terrorismusmanagement’. 

  Hoffentlich bauen diese und ähnliche Informationen genug Druck auf um die Schreibtischtäter dem Strafrecht zu übergeben und eine bessere Kontrolle der Behörden gegenseitig und durch Bürger zu schaffen. Ich brauche keinen völkischen Staat im demokratischen Staate. 

• 2013-06-01

  

  erin-omalley:

  Erin O’Malley

  Source: erin-omalley.com