February 2010
me: ****** is pretty. can i have him?
s: you'd break him.
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On Language: Crash Blossoms →
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meloukhia:
One of my favorite crash blossoms is this gem from the Associated Press, first noted by the Yale linguistics professor Stephen R. Anderson last September: “McDonald’s Fries the Holy Grail for Potato Farmers.” If you take “fries” as a verb instead of a noun, you’re left wondering why a fast-food chain is cooking up sacred vessels. Or consider this headline,...
January 2010
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“Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the...”
– Voltaire
artpixie
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dude! what an awesome quote! voltaire just got so many coolness points in my book!
(via isabelthespy)
that’s almost up there with my favorite Emma Goldman quote…
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“I always wondered why Howard Zinn was considered a radical. (He called himself a...”
– Bob Herbert’s beautiful op-ed about Howard Zinn’s life at the New York Times (via marthaq) (via tiredofbeingignored) (via glitterbombing)
see, this annoys me because it assumes “radical” is a bad thing. because getting to the root of the problem (the mathematical use of the word...
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“Unless we are going to float our way to equality on rivers of white tears, I am...”
– Latoya (via amandaw)
Latoya is awesome.
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“Let’s talk about how many times a woman gets called “intimidating” just for...”
– Tiger Beatdown › Girl Culture and the Race to the Bottom: About that Rant About Women (via bthny) (via halvgal) (via tiredofbeingignored) (via katoleary) (via clingtomymouth) (via glitterbombing)
hello so fucking true. the amount of times that I’ve been called intimidating, a...
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Trade School
abbyjean:
so … somewhere along my internet browsing last night, i came across a link to an organization that would let you take classes by bartering skills of your own. i love that kind of idea - i would totally do someone’s turbotax or make them a huge batch of stew or casserole to freeze or drive them somewhere or do some errands for them if they would help me deal with removing the hanging...
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“Well I’d say this is evidence that we can, in fact, try and convict terrorists...”
– Jill, commenting on the Scott Roeder conviction (via amandaw)
yep.
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U.S. suspends medical evacuations from Haiti |... →
abbyjean:
The U.S. military said on Friday it has stopped flying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States for medical attention following concerns by some state governments about who will pay for the treatment.
“At this moment in time, yes, the flights have stopped,” said Navy Captain Kevin Aandahl, a spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Command, which manages the military’s medical...
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this was gonna be another rant about how much i...
isabelthespy:
because listening to madonna reminded me of some conversations i’ve had that remind me about how much i hate it when opera fans slam pop music for being stupid, because LOL LIKE OPERA IS THE MOST INTELLECTUALLY ENGAGING THING IN THE WORLD. but i thought it would be more fun to teach by example. below, some selections from john eccles’ opera semele (1707; not performed until the...
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“In the digital and information activism communities, there is obviously a lot of...”
– Dacia, commenting on Are you Voiceless, or Unheard? at Brian Conley’s News & Notes (via amberlrhea)
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“whether you’re doing something deliberately saucy (like wearing a...”
– Amanda Palmer’s Armpit Hair Attracts Hail Of Online Criticism - amanda palmer - Jezebel
I like her. I am pro-Palmer and pro-Gaga and unashamed.
How to take good photos
ekswitaj:
pasithee:
Take photos everyday.
Even if you don’t want to. Force yourself to do it. Even if you don’t have an interesting camera. Even if you didn’t go anywhere interesting that day. Take photos of something. Your toes, the patterns of shadows on the wall, whatever. Take photos every single day and don’t go a day without taking at least one photo.
Repeat steps 1 and 2.
I’d...
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so.
(reblogging this so that I can get answers.)
I went to another so-called “radical” space last night, a bookstore that is pretty awesome in the grand scheme of NYC bookstores (of which there are MANY). Went to see a screening of short films that my coworker’s brother co-produced, drank tea and ate a vegan cookie, and generally did what you do in radical cafe/bookstores, right?
Except I’m so...
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so.
I went to another so-called “radical” space last night, a bookstore that is pretty awesome in the grand scheme of NYC bookstores (of which there are MANY). Went to see a screening of short films that my coworker’s brother co-produced, drank tea and ate a vegan cookie, and generally did what you do in radical cafe/bookstores, right?
Except I’m so tired of the glaring...
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WatchHoward Zinn. The reason we work like crazy putting out this little TV show. Well, not the only one, but one of the inspirations that keeps us going.
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“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our...”
– Howard Zinn (via fuckyeahradicalquotes) (via skirtonfire) (via fyeahsocialism)
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Matthew Yglesias » Bill Gates, Coca-Cola, and... →
abbyjean:
One of the Gates Foundation’s newest investments is $7.5 million to link 50,000 poor fruit farmers in Uganda and Kenya to Coca-Cola’s supply chain. The goal is to double the farmers’ income by 2014. What always leaves me scratching my head about uber-rich philanthropists is why so many of their activities are so depoliticized. The state plays an enormous role in the economy and in...
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You still can't say that "Catcher in the Rye" is...
sadydoyle:
Because that’s how I know that you don’t read them.
my coworker and I got into an argument about Salinger last night. he has class rage directed at Catcher and couldn’t believe that I didn’t. Instead, I may be the only person on earth that is thoroughly Meh about Salinger.
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“What’s so ironic about this is that Brooks, in arguing against class warfare,...”
– Populism: Just Like Racism! - Matt Taibbi - Taibblog - True/Slant
When Taibbi is right, he is right.
And demanding that everything be traditionally...
sadydoyle:
I think I can say that.
Really. bell MOTHERFUCKING hooks. Was I the only person who read that lady? I DON’T THINK SO, but maybe I am way off the mark.
you are not off the mark. you are awesome. keep it up. ;)
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“And that is why coalition building, multi-issue politics, and cross-pollination...”
– Staceyann Chin (is amazing, wonderful, badass). Read her whole tribute to Howard Zinn.
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fyeahsocialism:
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unburyingthelead:
BILL MOYERS: What do you think these characters from the past that we will see on the screen, what do they have to say to us today?
HOWARD ZINN: Well, I think what they have to say to us today is think for yourself. Don’t believe what the people up there tell you. Live your own life. Think your own ideas. And don’t depend on saviors. Don’t depend...
“The group that started the lawsuit, Citizens United, also weighed in.
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– 44 - Alito’s State of the Union moment
maybe you should think about the implications of these things say, before pushing the Court to overturn years of precedent.
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“Scholars, who pride themselves on speaking their minds, often engage in a form...”
– Howard Zinn, Vietnam: A Matter of Perspectives
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“More and more in our time, the mass production of massive evil requires an...”
– Howard Zinn, The Bombing of Royan