links
news sources
people
- chomsky.info — Noam Chomsky. Audio/video, articles & more by the legendary intellectual & activist.
- Rupert Sheldrake — Biologist Rupert Sheldrake. Morphic resonance theory and more.
- Naomi Klein — Articles & interviews by activist/writer/filmmaker (No Logo, Shock Doctrine, The Take).
- The Last Psychiatrist — A critical look at psychiatry, by psychiatry's Last eloquent insider.
- The Yes Men — Infiltrating the fortified compounds of commerce and smuggling out stories.
audio/video
- Spread the Word — Alternative news site with an impressive, well-organized collection of videos. "News is what you make it. Empathy will save the world."
- Quicksilver — Tons of documentaries to watch online for free.
- Best Free Documentaries — The name says it all. Always the best and, incredibly, hand-picked and updated every single day.
- Free Political Documentaries — Categories include War, Media, Globalization, Society, Health and 9/11.
- TED Talks — 20-minute talks. Some of the world's brightest minds in Design, Education and Technology share inspiring, enlightening, engaging and, at times, earth-shattering stories.
- Podcast Library | Open Culture — "Open Culture explores enlightened podcasts, videos and other web media." No iPod required but you may need to download iTunes, available free for PC and Mac users.
astrology
- MotherSky.com — Articles by astrologer Jessica Murray, whose brilliant 2006 book Soul-Sick Nation is incisive, insightful, fierce and profound — in a class by itself.
- Astrodienst — Daily horoscopes and forecasts, articles, tools and many other useful resources. Sign up for free to save chart data for 100 friends.
- Planet Waves — Updated daily. Well-written, in-depth articles on astrology, politics, sex and current events. Weekly, monthly and annual horoscopes.
- Astrological Musings — Lynn Hayes' site offers a timely analysis of the daily news. "Transformational astrology with a smattering of politics and people-watching."
- Maya del Mar's Daykeeper — Political, historical and otherwise topical astrology articles and forecasts by some of the best writers on the subject.
- Skyscript — UK astrologer Deborah Houlding's site features astrological services, articles, tips for beginners, charts of historical figures, lunar cycles and planetary information.
eye candy
- Stuck in Customs — The world as the highly enlightened (and vice versa) might see it. A master at HDR techniques offers tutorials and Flickr photo galleries for endless visions of heaven on earth.
- we feel fine — Created by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar. Trippy visuals to analyze and animate the global collective mind state. (So cool it's a shame to imagine the more sinister applications...)
- LILEKS (James) — The Institute of Official Cheer, home of the Home Ironizer and the Gallery of Regretable Food, like Jell-o- and milk-based recipes circa 1958 — but this is the funniest thing ever.
- NIAGARA DETROIT — Official Site of Detroit artist Niagara. Pulp noir pin-ups with serious attitude.
- National Archives — Online exhibits of historical art, photos, documents and collections. My favorite is Powers of Persuasion, presenting the art of WWII propaganda in its finest hour.
- oboylephoto.com — Shawn O'Boyle's "Modern Ruins" Photographic Essays explore and reveal the transcendent beauty in abandoned industrial spaces like Bethlehem Steel (shades of Metropolis!).
- WORLDPROCESSOR — Bold, bizarre, perplexing, revelatory, inflammatory and contradictory; this site reimagines the world in ways I almost guarantee you've never seen before.
