EARTH NEGATIVETumblr (3.0; @earthnegative)http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.quora.com/Mario-series/What-is-the-political-situation-in-the-Mario-universe">A People's History of the Mushroom Kingdom</a>: <p><blockquote> <div>It is a never-ending condition of war within and war without, fraught and constantly changing as one faction or another vies for control, riven along racial and ideological fault-lines and held together only by the intervention of <em>foreign</em> interlopers, propping up the dominant superpower and whose ultimate motivations are shrouded in secrecy.<span><br/></span></div> </blockquote></p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/48646229181http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/48646229181Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:03:00 -0400mariopoliticshallucinogens<blockquote> <p><span>One of the high points of Shawanga Lodge&#8217;s existence came in 1959, when it was the site of a conference of scientists researching </span><span>laser beams</span><span>. The conference marked the start of serious research into lasers.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Beam_2-0"><span>[</span>2]</sup><span> The hotel burned to the ground in 1973.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><span>[</span>3]</sup><span> Lasers played no role in the fire.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Life along the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht_Belt" target="_blank">Borscht Belt</a>.</p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/48644697782http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/48644697782Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:44:00 -0400lasersbeets<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20rvh5Kcc1rqqasgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/20537648698http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/20537648698Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:40:00 -0400disneythat wrong lovetwitterlow tech photoshop<iframe frameborder="0" height="360px" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/855802805/lowline-an-underground-park-on-nycs-lower-east-sid/widget/video.html" width="480px"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Young designer’s <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/855802805/lowline-an-underground-park-on-nycs-lower-east-sid" title="vision for underground Lower East Side green space" target="_blank">vision for underground Lower East Side green space</a> inverts spatio-economic dogma. Science fiction teaches us that the mutant proles live on the surface and underground while the future-chic kleptocrats inhale flavored air in low orbit highrises. But the presence of curated and controlled parkspace below street level puts smart money and high property values underground. Now we can look forward to playboy sons of asteroid mining magnates driving their drill cars through our houses’ foundations.</p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18422468045http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18422468045Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:23:00 -0500poetics of spaceurbanurban planningdesignecotopia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02ug2mCfR1rqqasgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Study of Late Capitalism</p> <p>Words: abbreviated from <a href="http://www.epoetry.org/issues/issue1/alltext/clary.htm" title="Killarney Clary" target="_blank">Killarney Clary</a> </p> <p>Images: Longsheng (“Dragonbone”) rice terrace, Shanghai skyline</p> <p>Media: Elmer’s glue, heavy weight printer paper, Crane & Co. correspondence card</p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18406542027http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18406542027Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:24:00 -0500Chinacapitalismfuturepostcardsruralurbananimals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02u8nlrrA1rqqasgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Earth Negative</p> <p>Image: Photograph of Earth from <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77201" title="John Glenn's 1962 spaceflight" target="_blank">John Glenn’s 1962 spaceflight</a></p> <p>Media: Elmer’s glue, heavy weight printer paper, Crane & Co. correspondence card</p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18406228268http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18406228268Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:19:00 -0500NASAearthspacestarting overpostcards<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzx700ff5O1rqqasgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Astronomers discover liquid hell planet/Solaris class alien hive mind </p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18212469287http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18212469287Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:09:36 -0500spaceearth 2sci fi<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvlbqGG7I1rqqasgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stay Empty Friends</p> <p>Words: Philly Talks interview with Peter Gizzi </p> <p>Images: Jon Hamm/Don Draper, <a href="http://sleepycity.net/" title="Sleepycity" target="_blank">Sleepycity</a> photograph of Paris Metro</p> <p>Media: Elmer’s glue, heavy weight printer paper, Crane & Co. correspondence card</p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18165085303http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18165085303Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:23:00 -0500emptymadmenpoetryurbanpostcards<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvfxzlk9F1rqqasgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Above The Influence</p> <p>Words: from Mark Leidner’s “Romantic Comedies”</p> <p>Images: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, forest fire</p> <p>Media: Elmer’s glue, heavy weight printer paper, Crane & Co. correspondence card</p>http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18157629627http://earthnegative.tumblr.com/post/18157629627Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:27:00 -0500firemovie starspoetrypostcards