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Fri, 17 May 2013 12:50:49 -0400

walzerjahrhundert: Art Nouveau restaurant in Paris,France: “La...

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:49:07 -0400

Art Nouveau restaurant in Paris,France: “La Fermette Marbeuf”, originally created around 1898-1900 as the dining room of Hôtel Langham, then covered up when the style had become unfashionable.It was rediscovered by accident in 1978 and then restored to life.

No, you're not entitled to your opinion

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:45:55 -0400

No, you're not entitled to your opinion:

Every year, I try to do at least two things with my students at least once. First, I make a point of addressing them as âphilosophersâ â a bit cheesy, but hopefully it encourages active learning.Secondlyâ¦

This needs to be read everywhere, by everyone. Everyday.

richkidsofinstagram: Before and after @thebrekkyclub. Too full...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:05:38 -0400

richkidsofinstagram:

Before and after @thebrekkyclub. Too full to get out #pancakes #r8 #london by lonandaniel

emilianadarling: When you play the game of butts, cheek is...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:32 -0400

emilianadarling:

When you play the game of butts, cheek is better than thigh. (x)

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Thu, 16 May 2013 10:14:03 -0400

therealjimricks: from “A Land Without People for a People...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:12:04 -0400

therealjimricks:

from “A Land Without People for a People Without Land” by Nuno Coelho and Adam Kershaw.

npr: Scientists Clone Human Embryos To Make Stem Cells :...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:38:03 -0400

npr:

Scientists Clone Human Embryos To Make Stem Cells : Shots

The achievement is a long-sought step toward harnessing the potential power of such cells to treat diseases. But the discovery raises ethical concerns because it brings researchers closer to cloning humans, and involves creating and then destroying human embryos for research purposes.

Graphic Source: Mitalipov Lab/OHSUGraphic
Credit: Adapted for NPR by Alyson Hurt

It’s good to have goals.

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:56:15 -0400

It’s good to have goals.

A perfectly packed meal is a beautiful thing.

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:54:01 -0400

A perfectly packed meal is a beautiful thing.

fieldbears: norsegays: astrolope: People being angry about...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:55:43 -0400

fieldbears:

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.

I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i’m a transman.

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.

Target always seems to have an unusually high ratio of trans employees… so, not surprised by this news.

Also, pronoun training. Damn. Get it, Target.

You may have lost a few customers over this but you’ve won me, Target.

Doctor who?

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:51:16 -0400

Doctor who?

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Wed, 15 May 2013 08:36:53 -0400

rosalarian: Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you...

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:31:42 -0400

rosalarian:

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you hadn’t heard. How dare she remove those ticking time bombs from her chest, amiright? Like, hasn’t she learned by now that her body is public domain and we all get to vote on what she does with it? Sheesh, how selfish can ya get.

pritheworld: In impoverished urban neighborhoods in Africa,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:53:06 -0400

pritheworld:

In impoverished urban neighborhoods in Africa, children face many obstacles to obtaining a good education. One is simply getting to school.

Those who can’t afford bus fare must often walk for miles and risk being mugged - or worse - on the way.

In the latest installment in our “School Year” series, set at a Cape Town high school, The World’s Anders Kelto joins one student on his long morning walk. http://ow.ly/kZnPS

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Neil Gaiman and Terry Gilliam

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:53:19 -0400

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Neil Gaiman and Terry Gilliam

fastcompany: Floating Sheep’s map charting hate tweets,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:38:57 -0400

fastcompany:

Floating Sheep’s map charting hate tweets, which allows you to search on several flavors of hate, is a creative use of data and mapping to raise awareness.

tenderghost: awwww-cute: One of my friends got chased by...

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:54:57 -0400

tenderghost:

awwww-cute:

One of my friends got chased by little piggies during his bike ride

this is the opposite of a problem

"DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:51:22 -0400

“DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in love with a bauble of a woman. Maybe that’s intentional?”

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People Magazine’s review on ‘The Great Gatsby’

Did these people even read the book? I mean seriously, now…

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OMFG….

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Yes. Yes, that is intentional. It’s literally the point of the story

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THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I’VE EVER READ.

IT’S NOT A LOVE STORY. REPEAT AFTER ME. IT’S NOT A LOVE STORY.
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Unarmed Father of 4 Pleaded for His Life as Police Beat Him to Death

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:20:12 -0400

Unarmed Father of 4 Pleaded for His Life as Police Beat Him to Death:

socialismartnature:

TW: POLICE BRUTALITY: Jesus Christ. These cops are straight-up murderers. The police department says they are “investigating” the man’s death, but can anyone honestly expect these cops to be brought to justice by the very institution which trained, employed, armed, and has already mounted a defense of them?

This is why police brutality and murder must be protested and combated at every turn, lest their unaccountable violence continue indefinitely.

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David Sal Silva, a 33-year-old father of four small children between the ages of 2 and 10, was beaten to death by as many as nine police officers in Bakersville, California, early Wednesday morning. Police say Silva was intoxicated and fighting officers. But this was contradicted by several eyewitnesses.

Grainy security camera footage obtained by 23ABC from a person who was “afraid of a cover-up by deputies and wanted ‘the truth to come out’”, appears to corroborate witness accounts, showing several men striking a man laying on the ground with objects over a dozen times.

The release of a 911 call from a woman who witnessed the beating (listen here) doesn’t bode well for the officers either. The woman can be heard telling the dispatcher:

“There’s a man laying on the floor and your police officers beat the shit out of him and killed him. I have it all on video camera.I am sitting here on the corner of Flower and Palm right now and you have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight Sheriffs. The guy was laying on the floor and eight Sheriff’s ran up and started beating him up with sticks. The man is dead laying right here, right now.”

Despite the hazy security footage and 911 call, police are sticking to their story. So, someone is lying. But who? Fortunately, at least two witnesses captured the beating on their cell phones. However, the devices were immediately seized by police, which is illegal in California.

Cops vs. Witnesses

Kern County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Ray Pruitt says that a deputy with a canine was responding to a call from Kern Medical Facility late Tuesday night about an intoxicated man outside when he spotted and approached Silva at a nearby intersection. Pruitt claims that Silva put up a fight when the deputy attempted to take him into custody, at which point more deputies and two California Highway Patrol officers showed up to help. Silva then had trouble breathing. He was taken to Kern Medical Center and died less than an hour later.

But Witnesses tell a very different story.

Just minutes before Silva’s encounter with police, a woman, who asked not to be identified, told ABC23 that she saw Silva lying on the sidewalk seemingly unconscious. ”I seen the guy laying there. I thought something was wrong with him. Then when I saw him moving… I saw his chest moving up and down…I knew that he was just drunk and eventually he’ll wake up,” the woman said.

It’s hard to imagine that Silva was able to muster the strength to fight off several police officers just minutes after he was purportedly incapacitated.

Ruben Ceballos, 19, told The Bakersfield Californian he was at his home and in bed when he awoke around midnight to screams and loud bangs, which he soon recognized as the sound of police batons smashing into Silva’s skull. ”When I got outside I saw two officers beating a man with batons and they were hitting his head so every time they would swing, I could hear the blows to his head,” Ceballos said. The beating continued for several minutes despite the desperate cries for help. Then Silva went silent and became unresponsive, Ceballos said.

“His body was just lying on the street and before the ambulance arrived one of the officers performed CPR on him and another one used a flashlight on his eyes but I’m sure he was already dead.”

The Sheriff’s office told the Californian that they will not comment on the case until their investigation into the matter is complete.