May 2012
Vertebrates share ancient neural circuitry for... →
Nanoscale protein containers could aid drug,... →
“The concept of microaggressions redefines racism and makes room for racism,...”
– Stuff Students Say About Racism (via sociolab)
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“Just because it’s digital doesn’t mean it’s disposable. Treat your work with...”
– (via zadi)
Finnish Scientists Announce a Possible Universal... →
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MPG of a Human - Do the Math →
jtotheizzoe:
A walking human gets about 75 MPG (miles of travel per gallon of food energy). A biking human? Even better, at 290 MPG.
But when you factor in all the fossil fuels that go into making that food, we only get 18 MPG walking and 70 MPG on a bike. Check out the full rundown of the energetic calculations at Do The Math.
Will Obama's Civil-Liberties Failings Cost... →
“I love my country but fear my government.” It’s a timely slogan that you can find emblazoned on assorted paraphernalia from bumper stickers and baseball caps to baby blankets. Professional Democrats tend to regard this fear and loathing of government as a right-wing pathology, but it’s liable to intensify on the left as the Obama security state intensifies its attacks on Occupiers, anti-war...
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“And then, the day before I graduated from college, the news flooded my inbox: in...”
– Chloe Angyal at Feministing
Today is the 3-year anniversary of Dr. Tiller’s murder by an anti-choice zealot.
(via keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
Anyone else think that if not for the connection to religious beliefs (specifically Christian religious belief) that anti-choicers would be labeled a...
“[The] Defense Department is currently killing suspects in Yemen without knowing...”
– Too Much Power for a President (via humanformat)
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2012/05... →
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And later today...
inothernews:
…Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York, who is thought by some to have a decent chance of becoming the first American pope, and whose charm and wit and guile the Catholic Church counts on to help shepherd through their message in the media, will refuse to discuss how he used to pay off priests who raped children, but will gladly sermonize on Sunday about how...
Man 'stabs himself and throws intestines at... →
truly an attack that no one knows how to deal with
“FINALLY, I can link my Facebook account to my Tumblr account so all my friends...”
– No one, ever. (via christophernolanss)
Based on my posts, leave in my ask 5 things you've...
dominicandarwinism:
fuuun!… maybe
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“[S]ociology is an inescapably political science, in that it continually finds...”
– Loic Wacquant, Symbolic Power and Democratic Practice (via humanformat)
IRON MAN 3 - Patriot Armor Revealed in Set Photos! →
oh we’re getting the Iron Patriot in this movie, yes please
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“Did I see the iPad and iPhone? No. What I saw was this: Apple was the only...”
– Tim Cook joined Apple because even ‘when customers got mad at Apple, they’d continue to buy’ — Engadget
That just such a creepy way to look at your consumers
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“They came in armoured vehicles and there were some tanks. They shot five...”
– From an account of the Syrian government’s massacre in Houla, Homs province by an 11-year-old survivor, as told to The Guardian.
Jesus fucking Christ. (via inothernews)
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“Did you catch that? For Dr. Land – and surely for many of us who share his...”
– Trayvon, Dr. Land, & the “Myth” of Racism (via azspot)
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“Pegg is full of praise for Cumberbatch’s baddy, whom he describes [as] “not just...”
– Simon Pegg Insists That Benedict Cumberbatch Is Not Khan in STAR TREK 2 - News - GeekTyrant
Sex News: Lars Von Trier, Berlusconi’s Barack... →
oh right, its sex news time with Violet Blue
