January 2012
“The collection of PDF format documents was roughly the length Leo Tolstoy’s War...”
– Twenty-Something Asks Facebook For His File and Gets It. They have a record of everything you’ve done on the site. Every message. Every poke. Everything you’ve ever liked. Every time you’ve logged in. Every interaction. Everything. (via nedhepburn)
December 2011
“Can the hungry go on a hunger strike? Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You...”
– arundhati roy from the guardian, so into the fact that the URL is “arundhati roy keep destabilised danger” (via counterworlds)
a lot of sadness lurking underneath everything these days. i hope it doesn’t explode in france, which is one of the numerous things i’m afraid of. #afraidofbeingafraid #downwardspiral #butwithbaguettes #eatingmywaythrough
93-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Who Cleaned State... →
mohandasgandhi:
A 93-year-old Tennessee woman who cleaned the state Capitol for 30 years, including the governor’s office, says she won’t be able to vote for the first time in decades after being told this week that her old state ID failed to meet new voter ID regulations.
Thelma Mitchell was even accused of being an undocumented immigrant because she couldn’t produce a birth certificate:
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Watchurbanfoodproduction:
this is a 1.5 hour documentary about the occupy movement. none of you know who i actually am but i am grateful that tumblr spotlighted my blog a few months ago and that there are nearly 7000 followers now. this documentary is pretty good. i think your parents would like it. retired folks would like it. little kids, if they can sit still, might even like it. reblog it. share...
Drunk Thoughts
thefrenemy:
I should buy another drink because if I don’t my social lubricant will dry up and die
I can only talk to people at a certain point of drunkeness
I’m not drunk enough to enjoy all these people
Goodness, I will try my damndest to reach a point of enjoyment
My bed is probably the most comfortable place in the world, like if a cloud burped up flannel and blessed it with cotton candy
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royksopp - le cantique de noel
today in stop stop-and-frisk: 84% of those stopped... →
suddeninevitablebetrayal:
Worth noting that Black and Latino populations represent 26 and 27% of New York City’s population, respectively. (Question, though: where are the Asian and/or Native people on that chart?)
Recent, excellent article on stop-and-frisk in the NY Times here.
Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: Two quotes on... →
motherjones:
From WaPo’s obituary of dead dictator Kim Jong Il:
The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.
From PBS’s report last week on famine in North Korea:
About 60 percent of North Korea’s 24.5…
“The Occupy movement is listed alongside threats posed by the Revolutionary Armed...”
– London Police include Occupy movement on ‘terror’ list
Progressive Friends: The real terrorists are organizations that don’t use the Oxford Comma.
(via progressivefriends)
