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Maunsell Army Sea Forts – Whitstable – England

Part of the Thames Estuary defense network, the anti-aircraft tower-forts were constructed in 1942, with each fort consisting of a cluster of seven stilted buildings surrounding a central command tower. When operational, catwalks connected the buildings. After their successful wartime career, the forts were decommissioned in the 1950s.

In the 1960s and 70s, the remaining abandoned forts were famously taken over as pirate radio stations. The micro nation Principality of SeaLand occupies a nearby Navy fort of a different design known as the Roughs Tower, also by Maunsell. All of the Army Forts are now abandoned.

Wonder what it would be like live in one for a long time? Read about a guy who did. 

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction

What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves English while circumventing the security on your OS to customize settings and activate disabled hardware. Whoa.

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction

That moment..: when participant becomes observer. And when to turn back… How?… Open door means inquiry. Step back, realign, choke on it. When reflection becomes direction rather than documentation. Realization. Standing in line to attribute value. Scared, vulnerable, hope, legacy. Transmission. Intake to saturation. Then… Van Morrison.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Martin Luther King Jr., April 1963