fairyroom:

Vintage travel posters for Hogwarts

BEN BEN OMG WE NEED THESE

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bookling-stormborn:

merryplz:

andrewfishman:

Blake Fall-Conroy, “Minimum Wage Machine,” 2008-2010

This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like.  Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour.  This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York.  

This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary.  Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank.  A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank.  This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.  

ah yes totally mentioning this in my paper

relevant to my interests

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chicagobusiness:

ashleydemon:

Chicago CTA manicure by Astrowifey

Whoa!

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sunrec:

Berlin Wall. Christmas 1962.

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I will do this for my kids’ rooms someday.

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