Category Archives: Animation

TCS: Paper Worlds

Posted on May 8, 2017 by

Good Morning! ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – “L’illusion de Joseph” (video)

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day.

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“like Slavery, only with extra steps…”

Posted on December 26, 2015 by

a full array of Chocolate Weapons that will let you satisfy your sweet tooth, with a tastefully tactical appearance except when you want to get past airport security       By ann summers Ice cream can taste like so much Death … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s homeless Neoliberalism rather than the homeland for Neo of the Matrix

Posted on October 25, 2015 by

Work has become a means to stay alive rather than life being an opportunity to do work. Living, mere existence, has always been a necessary pre-condition for engaging in productive activity, but in capitalism it becomes the operative motive. By … Continue reading →

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The Triumph of the Nanny-State: Lock-down those classrooms or I’ll hit you with my heroic lunch-box

Posted on August 28, 2015 by

By ann summers “We wanted to nip the problem in the bud,” (1990) A Second Grader in Widefield, CO, was subjected to investigation and evaluation after he responded to an assignment as to what he saw in the clouds by … Continue reading →

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Losing it at the movies is now so much 19th Century Security Theatre

Posted on August 19, 2015 by

New literal forms of Security Theater make going to the movies so 19th Century where life is a panopti-diorama, old chum. By ann summers From the theatrical large-scale hand-cranked diorama giving urbanized music hall culture new life to the post-WWII … Continue reading →

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A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video about the Trans-Pacific Partnership: “Obama Trades Transparency”

Posted on May 24, 2015 by

Posted by Elaine Magliaro

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