February 2012
345 posts
The Donald Trump wind turbine fiasco could be... →
We all have different priorities in life. But how many of us are moved to consider that the right to drive off the tee with an unencumbered sea view is the real challenge humanity faces?
News that Donald Trump was to fund the campaign against renewable energy in Scotland will provoke mixed emotions. An America tycoon, Trump has been objecting since September 2011 to plans to build an offshore...
“Anytime you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is...”
– Malcolm X (via warriorsrise)
That’s the truth.
(via way-of-seeing)
When a person can no longer control their own reproductive system because of someone else’s religious beliefs, it is no longer freedom of religion. It is the infringement of religion onto human freedom.
A note on the "friend zone"
vagabondaesthetics:
It’s a voluntary position to be in. Either ask the person out or remove yourself from their life. Otherwise, stop whining because you’re volunteering to be in a position of bitterness and emotional torment.
“The estimated 50,000 rapes that occurred during the conflict in Bosnia have...”
– Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict (via selchieproductions)
Massive TW: rape
selchieproductions:
I think these massacres are worse for us women, because first the women are raped … and after raping her, they pull out her tongue, they put out her eyes, they tear away her breasts, and afterwards, they just leave her dying there. Many times we have said – witnessing such terrible suffering – that we’d prefer it if they simply shot us, but not be killed in this way.
Mayan...
“And let’s be honest, any deal where libraries are giving publishers money for...”
– Annoyed Librarian on libraries and ebooks and patrons and ebooks and what are we going to do about this because I’m really hoping we gain some ground in the right direction very, very soon. (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
Terrible idea for publishers to alienate libraries. Not all publishers will do...
5 FACTS about rising gas prices, Republicans, and...
think-progress:
1. Domestic energy production has soared under President Obama.
2. President Obama has taken huge steps to reduce our dependence on oil.
3. Big oil made a record $137 BILLION in profits last year.
4. Republican politicians refuse to end taxpayer handouts to big oil.
5. Republican politicians want to cut big oil’s taxes even more.
More details at Think Progress
On playing dress-up.
dearcoketalk:
Dear Coquette,
I’m interested in so many fields. From bartending to chemical engineering and journalism and law. I get that no one cares about your degree, but since these areas do all kind of require some kind of credentials, how should I prepare for them?
Sincerely,
An Enthusiastic High School Junior
You don’t want to be a bartender. You want to be a hipster mixologist...
How to Remove Your Google Search History Before... →
On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google’s other products. This protection was especially important because search data can reveal particularly...
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