January 2011
30 posts
48 hours to save Brenda →
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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 needs to stop. Now. Fight for the right to be who you are without fear of being persecuted. Please sign the petition.
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Anyone hiring? →
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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 →
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Ezra Klein: We Won’t Always Be The Biggest
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…
Thanks. I'm a bit surprised at the amount of female support I've gotten in the women are crazy department.
The only ones who aren’t crazy are the ones who understand & truly believe that women are, in fact, really hard to handle. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE!
Gulf Oil Spill Blood Tests Reveal Alarming Levels Of Toxic Chemicals In Residents →
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No, dudes, all the oil is gone. Don’t worry, it’s all over. ’Merica!
Anyone surprised? Anyone?
Tough Mudder
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
Reblogging because of the awesome backpack but mostly for the Tough Mudder reference. As someone who can’t even stand jogging I was blown away when one of my college professors (a woman of probably 5’2” & maybe 100 lbs) said she was going to cancel class one week so she could participate in this event.
It’s a “race” or really more of a personal challenge where you run a 7-12 mile course that often includes waist-deep mud bogs, sections where you run through electrified wire tentacles hanging from above, loose rock piles & other hostile terrain. My professor said that it was something “fun” to do while she was training for her 3rd half Iron Man. She seemed to have an odd definition of fun.
If you’ve never heard of it before definitely click the link above & check it out. Be warned, though, it’ll leave you feeling like the biggest wimp of all time. These people who enter these events are seriously tough & seriously out of their minds.
“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: you are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.”
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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 Disruption of Shooting Victims' Funerals →
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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 Phoenix Motorcycle Rider Group to Tucson on Thursday. “They’re a stench from a slaughterhouse. We’re just going to block the stench so the family can catch their breath….
Nothing says stand back and be silent like a Hells Angels presence,” he said.
Oh, Momma.
I’m not a religious person, but I’m praying that someone out there is getting ready to build an ark. Bring on the floods, God. I think it’s time.
