Hans Gerwitz
@gerwitz
Aspirational autodidact
Hans Gerwitz
hans.gerwitz.com
Collective 10: Containers by Cássio Vasconcellos
India-19/2003, Surinder Kumar Mandal
from Jan Banning’s Bureaucratics project documenting civil administration
we reserve the right to be wrong, and to change our minds. We are always learning, and deepening our view and understanding of any one thing.
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But no other candidate on the ballot has a snowball’s chance in hell of beating former President Donald Trump, who holds the most insane stance you could possibly hold on every single one of those issues, whose stated policy proposals will dramatically increase inflation, end American democracy as we know it, and endanger the lives of every margina... See more
Stranger Election Control Board • The Stranger’s Endorsements for the November 5, 2024 General Election
my uncle works at spalding. they did this because people in focus groups were confused why canada was so small
They put the Mercator Projection on a basketball. Think about that for 5 seconds.
Twitch Safety Center
Twitch attire standards (which may be relaxed for “workout” streams)
Nazca geoglyph
I like the “walking” theory of geoglyphs, that they served a similar role as western labyrinths.
Simply to suggest so many nondrivers exist forces a conversation about how our mobility needs are discounted as unimportant, secondary to the “real” people who can drive where they need to go. It’s the conversation we need to be having, but it is a challenging conversation for everyone who is benefiting from the status quo.
Anna Zivarts • Op-Ed: Recognizing Nondrivers Can Spur a Revolution in Transportation and Housing - The Urbanist
culture and philosophy and justice
Ieshia Evans protesting the shooting of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
In New York, people speak fast. In the American South, they speak slowly. Both of them are a form of politeness, understood in a different way. In New York, you speak quickly because you respect the value of the other person’s time and you don’t want to take up too much of it. In the South, you speak slowly because you want to respect the person by... See more