December 2011
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“Celebrity culture is not a convergence of consumer culture and religion, but...”
– Chris Hedges (summarizing Neal Gabler) - Empire of Illusion (via jduerrstein)
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“When we presume to lie for the benefit of others, we have decided that we are...”
– Sam Harris - Lying (Kindle Single)
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Butterball turkey farm raided after abuse claims →
socalfeminist:
The raid Thursday came after the nonprofit Mercy For Animals provided law enforcement with secretly recorded video footage that showed live turkeys being kicked, thrown, dragged by the neck and wings, and hit with some sort of stick or bar.
The video was collected during several weeks in November and December by an activist who got a job at the company’s turkey semen...
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Skype.
My skype name is pmftheman. Let’s talk and look at each others faces.
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Primatologist Jane Goodall on gender roles...
“I think if I had been male, I wouldn’t have been pushing these anthropomorphic ideas. I was told I shouldn’t have given the chimps names, that it is more scientific to number them, and that you shouldn’t talk about their personalities, their minds, or their feelings because those are attributes of our own species. Fortunately, I was able to think back to the wonderful teacher I had as...
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I remember once....
deepwithfuture:
when I was about 13 and my sister was about 7, we decided to walk up to our school to play on the playground and the soccer field. On the way there, there was a group of boys ahead and they were walking toward us. They seemed like they were feeling a bit rowdy and it was just us two. I felt the need to tell her to “not look scared.” I remember telling her that if she looked...
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“This weekend, Pakistan ordered the closure of the US drone base after a US...”
– Bugsplat: The Ugly US Drone War in Pakistan.
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The Christmas Drone Truce – CIA Stops Airstrikes... →
cultureofresistance:
Apparently the CIA has taken the rare step of acknowledging the sovereign rights of another country, as well as the existence of public opinion and blowback, by suspending drone attacks in Pakistan, according to the LA Times. They claim that the hiatus is in its sixth week.
In an effort to mend badly frayed relations with Pakistan, the CIA has suspended drone missile...
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“It speaks to the importance of feathers that in spite of their lightness, they...”
– Thor Hanson in Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
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“Hair and scales pale by comparison - the structural complexity of feathers...”
– Thor Hanson in Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and...”
– Richard P. Feynman (via starsinhereyes)
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“To prevent Africans and Native Americans from uniting, Europeans played...”
– William Loren Katz, Black Indian: A Hidden Heritage (via adailyriot)
Introductory Soil Science resources - on building...
cultureofresistance:
A couple of good intros I was just put onto by the Australian Association of Soil Scientists - “The Story of Soil” by Rob Avis. “Top Six Characteristics of Healthy Soils” - from the Soil Health Knowledge Bank (Australian Government)
EAAA | World Soils Day Special 5th December 2011 Fantastic resource. Stacks of links. And all in the name of World Soil Day!
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'Criminal' penguin caught on film. →
From the series Frozen Planet, this is a clip of an male Adelie penguin stealing stones from a fellow male’s nest to bolster his own nest and to score the female. It’s all about the females, yo. All about the laddddiieeees.
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“The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes...”
– Charles Darwin, pondering feather evolution, 1860, in a letter to botanist, Asa Gray
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Keystone XL: The Persistent Illusion of Jobs,... →
written by Tom Zeller, Jr. for the Huffington Post.
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The Ability to Love Takes Root in Earliest Infancy →
psychotherapy:
via The Association for Psychological Science:
“The ability to trust, love, and resolve conflict with loved ones starts in childhood—way earlier than you may think. That is one message of a new review of the literature in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science. “Your interpersonal experiences with your mother...
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“In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a...”
– Heinrich Heine, Gedanken Und Einfalle
Anonymous asked: I love your list of books, first of all. What are you reading currently, or have you read recently? :) Anything new to recommend?
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U.S. Vegan Population Doubles in Two Years →
islesandglaciers:
abookamind:
According to a new Harris Interactive study commissioned by the Vegetarian Resource Group, the number of vegans in the United States has doubled since 2009 to 2.5% of the population. An amazing 7.5 million U.S. citizens now eat vegan diets that do not include any animal products – no meat, poultry, fish, dairy or eggs.
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RSA Animate/TED Videos
occupyonline:
I am a big fan of Ted Talks and RSA Animate videos. I think they are incredibly educational; and the RSA Animates, specifically, are very easy to digest as the drawings help to engage all parts of the brain. Here are a few that speak, in my opinion, directly to the movement and definitely worth watching:
Crisis of Capitalism Changing Education Paradigms The Empathic...
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“As a historical science, evolution is confirmed by the fact that so many...”
– Michael Shermer - Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design
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“I don’t know how you expect to distinguish true self-deception from simple bias....”
– Daniel Kahneman
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Believe Me, It's Torture →
Written by Christopher Hitchens; published in Vanity Fair in 2008. [One of my favorite Op-ed’s of Hitchens. He will be missed.]
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A preview of one of the last interviews that... →
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Kyoto Protocol: Canada Withdrawing From Climate... →
cultureofresistance:
Canada made good Monday on speculation that surfaced two weeks ago regarding the country’s intentions to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol.
Speaking at a news conference in Ottawa, Canada’s minister for the environment, Peter Kent, said the decision would save the nation some $14 billion in penalties that would accrue for failure to meet emissions targets agreed to by a...
