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Encapsulated Network Entity by David Foster Nass on Flickr.

I do not fear the apocalypse because I already have my jacket packed….

Molly Dilworth – Paintings for Satellites

I have an inclination to work with materials that have had an obvious life before I use them; it’s a challenge and a pleasure to make something from nothing.

In the last year my practice has grown out of the studio in the form of large-scale rooftop paintings for Google Earth. This project uses materials from the waste stream (discarded house paint) to mark a physical presence in digital space.

My work is generally concerned with human perception of current conditions; the Paintings for Satellites are specifically concerned with the effects of the digital on our physical bodies.

laughingsquid:

The Frontiers of Google Street View, Photo Series of Dead Ends, Borders, & More

Federal authorities say they’ve raided 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia as part of a probe into human smuggling, identity theft and money laundering.

The investigation involves allegations that store owners helped smuggle workers into the U.S. from Pakistan.

Some store owners and managers were arrested Monday. More than a dozen workers have been taken into custody by immigration.

http://m.washingtonpost.com/business/ny-va-7-eleven-stores-raided-as-part-of-us-probe-into-human-smuggling/2013/06/17/e2aa2586-d751-11e2-b418-9dfa095e125d_story.html

missing-light:

Leonard Wong – “Captivity” collection

knowledgethroughscience:

Earthrise filmed during the Apollo 10 mission, 1969.

we-r-stubborn:

www.demobaza.com

“It’s an asymmetric weapon, and it’s in the hands of a billionaire psychopath”

“All the power at our disposal… We can’t find one man with a laptop.”

“Gerhardt has the resources to become invisible. He has gone to ground and we can’t find him.”

The invisible billionaire “Bond Villain” of season 1 of XIII: The Series, Rainer Gerhardt taking down the world’s infrastructure, whilst lying on a couch in an unknown location.

Call back to piece on Spartan by Matt Jones:

…the modern Bond villain (and he might have added, villains in pop culture in general) is placeless, ubiquitous, mobile. His hidden fortress is in the network, represented only by a briefcase, or perhaps even just a mobile phone.

Or a rugged laptop.