Apr 2, 2012

Squatting saves lives.

Look at someone street homeless.

then tell them, that building there, thats been empty for three years, and isn’t about to be moved into. tell them they cant go in and shelter from the cold, rain and wind.

Squatting is/was legal as long as the property wasn’t damaged. The people could be moved on if necessary. but for the desperate it gave necessary shelter.

At times. where there is no-where to live. Is it wrong to get a mattress and blankets and keep warm inside an old disused house.

Making it illegal is saying its wrong.

Everyday there are more and more pressures on the poverty stricken, the ill and sick and disabled and homeless. A measure of sucess of governance is how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable individuals.

I hate this political system of things and pray wholeheartedly for the swift arrival of the conclusion of this system.

Apr 2, 2012

LookingOut: If you're not aware already... (Important UK Squatting/Housing Stuff)

krthing:

Parliament are voting on a bill this coming Tuesday (1st Nov) that will sneakily include an amendment making it a criminal offence to squat (i.e. occupy without license) in most unused buildings.

Worded dishonestly to feint protection for people’s homes (criminal law already protects people who…

Feb 13, 2012
Some symbols are the same in different cultures.. but perhaps they mean different things… Mind transfer Jutsu?

Some symbols are the same in different cultures.. but perhaps they mean different things… Mind transfer Jutsu?

Feb 8, 2012

Update

wbsloan:

So………..remember that person stealing from me?…………yeah their Facebook got taken down and they put an apology on their Wordpress site. Social network power. You guys are awesome.

There was nearly 100 in an hour of brads post…..

Feb 8, 2012

Do me a Solid

wbsloan:

There is a person trying to sell one of my prints as their own. If you have a minute stop by their facebook site and tell them how you feel about people stealing photography. 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=287059678007903&set=pu.133566526690553&type=1&theater

An example of quick collective internet action.

Feb 3, 2012
Hobo Signs.. shared meaning within a small subgroup.

Hobo Signs.. shared meaning within a small subgroup.

(Source: nicholasmotte)

Feb 1, 2012
cabinporn: Cabin on Jumbo Pass, Purcell Range, British Columbia. Submitted by Terry Woodburn.    And then theres photography with a shed theme….

cabinporn:

Cabin on Jumbo Pass, Purcell Range, British Columbia.

Submitted by Terry Woodburn.   

And then theres photography with a shed theme….

Feb 1, 2012
wbsloan: High Water  I’m a sucker for photography. Who needs words when you have pictures?

wbsloan:

High Water 

I’m a sucker for photography. Who needs words when you have pictures?

Jan 28, 2012
Observer Effect Quantum Mechanics: observer effect refers to changes that the act of observation will make on the phenomenon being observed. The observer effect  relates to the influence the observer has on a system. The difference that is made to an activity or a person by it being observed. People may well not behave in their usual manner whilst aware of being watched, or when being interviewed while carrying out an activity. Many forms of research involve similar problems and allowing for these in interpretation is a key professional skill for researchers. Commercial researchers actively use their experience of conducting many interviews and observations over time, building useful benchmarks about observer and interviewer effects in general. Some reasearch relies on ignorance and forgetfullness…. and then theres the field I’m trained in.. reflexive ethnography - or participant observation.. taking part, taking note. The self as the lens and research tool.

Observer Effect

Quantum Mechanics: observer effect refers to changes that the act of observation will make on the phenomenon being observed. The observer effect  relates to the influence the observer has on a system. The difference that is made to an activity or a person by it being observed. People may well not behave in their usual manner whilst aware of being watched, or when being interviewed while carrying out an activity. Many forms of research involve similar problems and allowing for these in interpretation is a key professional skill for researchers. Commercial researchers actively use their experience of conducting many interviews and observations over time, building useful benchmarks about observer and interviewer effects in general.

Some reasearch relies on ignorance and forgetfullness…. and then theres the field I’m trained in.. reflexive ethnography - or participant observation.. taking part, taking note. The self as the lens and research tool.

Jan 28, 2012
Meet Horace. When I asked where he lives, he lifted up his shirt and turned around…. He’s been NFA for most of his lifetime.

Meet Horace. When I asked where he lives, he lifted up his shirt and turned around….

He’s been NFA for most of his lifetime.

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