July 2011
June 2011
Earth Observing System: The Wider Value of Music... →
earthobservingsystem:
Having been brought up through the british music education system, the issue of cuts is something that is very close to my heart. It seems that music in schools is seen as a luxury, an unnecessary middle class pursuit- but what is often overlooked is the additional learning that takes place…
Art matters. Music matters. A fundamental part of our ability to be...
“You know how geek girls are called unicorns? Fuck that! I want to be called a...”
– Me, Jill Pantozzi, The Nerdy Bird :)
TheRealVoice.org: STRIKE LOOMS AT VILLAGE VOICE;... →
champagnecandy:
newsweek:
Voice staffers take to Tumblr to publicize strike efforts.
realvillagevoice:
June 28, 2011: For immediate release
The current three-year contract between Village Voice Media and UAW Local 2110, representing the workers of The Village Voice, expires midnight June 30. The membership has unanimously passed a strike authorization vote.
Over the past three years,...
Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment in the successful Mission: Impossible film series, co-penned by J.J. Abrams, and helmed by Iron Giant/Incredibles/Ratatouille directed Brad Bird.
The film, which stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, and...
How You Shop When You Are Poor →
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sugaryumyum:
elfstaranymore:
I had to put this behind a cut because it’s way long for Tumblr, but I really hope you’ll read it because I think it’s a very important post.
I started discussing this a little bit here, but I wanted to expand on the idea of how shopping on a very tight budget works, because obviously some people have no idea....
The "Free Market," is a lie, it's feudalism. →
champagnecandy:
“A new report by the Washington Post on “Breakaway Wealth” contains new research by economists Jon Bakija, Adam Cole and Bradley T. Heim, who analyzed tax returns from the top 0.1 percent of earners in the U.S. That top percentile takes home more than 20 percent of the personal income in the country, and their average income is $5.4 million. The average income of the bottom 90...
This makes me happy. Thank you New York →
The 18th amendment is not for show, and full faith and credit should apply. Until we are all equal, until we are all free - none of us are.
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Watchmarielikestodraw:
frankly-mydear:
Interviewer: What are aspects about yourself that you find comfort in finding in other people? Michael: I think the geek-ish element. I definitely feel like I’m a nerd in so many different ways. I think it’s actually through realizing that you actually have an interest and a passion in something. I feel like I’ve been so lucky that I’ve found a profession...
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Pledge and Effect: What the Anti-Choice... →
An anti-choice group, the Susan B. Anthony List, recently announced that the vast majority of the GOP presidential candidates signed its pledge to enact a wide range of attacks on women’s freedom and privacy if they move into the White House.
NARAL Pro-Choice America reviewed the pledge’s key elements and issued the following assessment of how this extreme pledge would undermine women’s...
Dear America, (signal boost)
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d2fang:
(I’m going to talk about what I know, so most films/tv shows/etc listed will be from east Asia, and the 1990s and on)
Asia and people of various Asian cultures progress with the modern world. Deal with it. Or not, and stay on this track of yours where any successful Asian modern movie is remade and replaced with white people. It’s not like your pathetic attempts have...
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Friends, Sherlockians, Whovians: Lend me your eyes →
@ButMadNNW needs us internet, we’re her only hope. I think most of us know that June has been working a lot of us over. Rebekah has moved back to California recently and is poised to start a new job. But…
Unfortunately, as is the wont of vicious circles everywhere: She needs her car for work but because she’s been out of work, things are a bit oogy on making the car payment.
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“Planned Parenthood of Indiana shuts its doors tonight due to funding cuts....”
– @PPact
Sad. fucking. day.
[UPDATE: It’s possible this was yesterday. The clinics could already be closed. If you find a link confirming date, please send it to me.]
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Horrifying.
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WHY ISN’T THIS BLOWING UP ON TUMBLR?!
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