January 2011
30 posts
48 hours to save Brenda →
concord327:
afterthecurtain:
http://allout.org/en/brenda/
Brenda Namigadde, a Ugandan lesbian in the UK, faces deportation THIS WEEK (tomorrow, on Friday 28th) back to the life-threatening persecution she fled eight years ago.
With David Bahati, the Ugandan politician and author of the…
Done. Please sign. This kind of oppression, this hatred and violence toward people who are different...
Anyone hiring? →
After 5 years I think it’s finally time to move on & try something new. Semi-willing to relocate.
Too Gangster
Can’t close the wallet. Too much cash inside.
We Won’t Always Be The Biggest →
jonprins:
Ezra Klein: We Won’t Always Be The Biggest
technipol:
Ezra Klein keeps getting it right:
This bugged me last night, and it’s worth talking about today: One of the first big applause lines of the speech came when Barack Obama said, “For all the hits we’ve taken…
snafubar-deactivated20111119-de asked: Thanks. I'm a bit surprised at the amount of female support I've gotten in the women are crazy department.
Gulf Oil Spill Blood Tests Reveal Alarming Levels... →
camxvx:
No, dudes, all the oil is gone. Don’t worry, it’s all over. ’Merica!
Anyone surprised? Anyone?
Tough Mudder
ofakind:
Do not let its sleek simplicity fool you: This Goruck backpack (c/o my friend Ben) is not for sissies. Sure, it has a laptop compartment, but it also has one of those water bladder things built-in so you don’t get dehydrated during your Tough Mudder. Yes. Whoa. —erica
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Reblogging because of the awesome backpack but mostly for the Tough Mudder reference. As someone who...
Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your...
– Lawrence M. Krauss (via inmymountainofdreams)
If I ever get famous & win an award I’m going to get on stage, point at the ceiling and say “Of course I’d like to thank the stars, for exploding so I could be here tonight. Thanks, stars.”
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Arizonans Rally to Prevent Westboro Church... →
tanya77:
winstonwolfe:
Arizona residents are locking arms to stop the Westboro Baptist Church from disrupting the funerals for victims of Saturday’s shooting in Tucson, with bikers and others organizing a massive counter-protest and state lawmakers fast-tracking a bill to hamstring the group.
“It makes me sick to my stomach,” said Glen Littell, who’s bringing a pack of bikers from the...
Undo Send
Of all the things Google has given the world, undo send in gmail is BY FAR the greatest. You’ll never convince me otherwise.
Post-Irony, the hipster breakfast of champions →
I was about to pat myself on the back for inventing the perfect phrase to describe the hipster mentality, but it turns out that I’m so incredibly uncool that it’s already a phrase & I didn’t even know it.
Post-irony: the sarcastic liking of something that you are aware is uncool.
So there you have it, due to the fact that I’m a 26 year old hag, if we’re...
Well that didn’t work. I’m still hungry. I’m hedonism-bot.
– RobTodd, after a bowl of pasta
I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and...
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Neil Gaiman (via The Pursuit of Happyness )