February 2011
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“Five male wild chimpanzees living in an African forest have figured out how to...”
– Wild Chimps Outwit Hunters : Discovery News (via goodbyeolepaint)
“We live our lives in anticipation of the next hit of experience as if the one...”
– Joseph Goldstein (via politefight)
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“[My mission in life is] to try to communicate what I feel to be the majority...”
– Arno Gruen in Derrick Jensen’s Listening to the Land: Conversations About Nature, Culture, and Eros (via feminismistheshit)
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“It must be a strange world not being a scientist, going through life not...”
– Dr. Michio Kaku (via ageofreason) Kaku rules!
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“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the...”
– Noam Chomsky (via androphilia)
I get angry about framing issues a lot.
But on top of this, we are all limited, limiting, and must necessarily be so. The problem is when an external power controls those limits.
edit: and I’m not sure it’s conspiracy as much as it is accident of malevolence
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“The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty...”
– John Berger (via rossencraft)
I Hate This Mess: What You Should Know About... →
uhuh-she-said:
The army is holding back and watching looters in both Cairo and Suez. Why? The police just let the Museum in Cairo get sacked despite the best intentions from normal Egyptians guarding it. Why?
Because the looters are commissioned by the government in times like these.…
“What is … very disappointing to the Egyptian people is the message coming from...”
– Mohamed ElBaradei (via soupsoup)
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Leahy Law →
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The Leahy Law prohibits U.S. military assistance to foreign military units that violate human rights with impunity.
Yet the USA is one of the largest dealers of arms to Egypt, supplying ~86% of the military’s weaponry from 2002-2009. We can see on this Egyptian military’s tear gas canister a ”Made in U.S.A” stamp (at bottom left, just above the blue band around...
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Fuckyeahzoology.tumblr.com →
I was getting ready to create this exact blog. I’m stoked that someone already has. The person shares their bday with Darwin too. (and Lincoln) Ha. Super cool.
Our whole lives are mired in competition.
This creates madness, and unhealthy people.
My roommate just asked me why I care so much about...
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It’s not my fault I don’t just worry about rubbish, or that I actually care about people taking a stand.
It’s about feeling alive and connected. This is really important. Revolutions are important.
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“Security officials admitted that there were protests in at least 11 of the country’s 28 provinces. President Mubarak sent tanks on to the streets and announced a 6pm to 7am curfew to support riot police as the fourth day of demonstrations spread.”
“Imagine it’s 1995: almost no one but Gordon Gekko and Zack Morris have...”
– The First Decade of the Future is Behind Us | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine
This is progress. And the world we live is definitely becoming more complex, more interconnected, and more globalized. There will be lots of things and advancements to come in the next few decades.
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Cairo: 32 dead and at least 1,030 injured after... →
Thousands of protesters defied a curfew and stormed government buildings in another day of bloody rioting in Cairo yesterday.
Police and the military clashed with rioters as President Hosni Mubarak sent the army on to the streets and demonstrators burned government buildings, including his party’s headquarters.
They also targeted the foreign ministry and Egypt’s state television HQ.
The death...
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I will never forget today.
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Leahy Law →
The Leahy Law prohibits U.S. military assistance to foreign military units that violate human rights with impunity.
The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What... →
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In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America’s organic consumers and producers are facing betrayal. A self-appointed cabal of the Organic Elite, spearheaded by Whole Foods Market, Organic Valley, and Stonyfield Farm, has decided it’s time...
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“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire, Princesses & Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity. (via starsgowaltzing) “Rape is not a consequence of getting drunk. It’s a consequence of a man deciding to rape someone.” No excuses, and apologism please.
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“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via veganatalie)
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Jon Stewart/Bill O Reilly: Nazi Rhetoric →
This is from last night (1/27/11) and it was superb.
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The Pharaoh Must Fall →
40% of the population lives on less than $2 a day and the gap between rich and poor continues to widen. Under the emergency laws enacted following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 it is illegal for more than five people to gather in public without permission, making organizing incredibly difficult. The laws also allow the government to detain opponents indefinitely without...