November 2011
“Think about it: there have always been rich and poor people in America, so if...”
– Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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October 2011
“We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
Watchundeadpride:
Meet Tara and Yuri, human supporters of #UndeadPride
I’m a member of FOZOU*. Are you?
*Friends of Zombies and Other Undead.
every track of every John Peel Festive Fifty ever →
This is blowing my mind.
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“Indian girls hold up their name change certificates during a ceremony in Satara,...”
– PhotoBlog - 285 girls make fresh start in India by changing their names from ‘Unwanted’ (via npr)
One more for the ‘good things happen in the world’ blog.
"Connecting people who can benefit each other is... →
changetheratio:
…and is the skill that women most often give away for free (probably related to how often it’s assumed/requested as a “favor” that you’d obviously do to be “helpful” even though it makes everyone else “money”). Monetize yourselves, ladies and connectors all.
The 9 Skills Needed to Be a Super-Connector [TechCrunch]
Been thinking about this lately. Great to read a deeper look...
FBI to expand definition of rape →
Trigger warning: discussion of rape and the definition thereof.
eddyizm:
For the past 82 years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation — in its reporting of national crime statistics — has not recognized that men can be raped, that women can be raped by other women, that men and women can be raped with objects or that men and women can be raped while they are unconscious. Moreover, the FBI...
What Percent Are You? - Real Time Economics - WSJ →
npr:
The calculator shows where your income stands on the wide range of the 99%. An annual salary above $506,000 puts you in the top 1%, while you need to make less than $2,500 a year to be in the bottom 1%. Where do you stand?
THIS IS AWESOME!
“23. Lunatics. Our lunatics can mop the floor with the lunatics from any other...”
– 50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best Effing City in America - Los Angeles Art - Style Council
“To state this as clearly as possible: The four American companies that have come...”
– The Great Tech War Of 2012 | Fast Company
If you work in tech or entertainment, consider this your mandatory Monday morning reading. (via spytap)
Watchlostgrrrls:
Rachel Maddow: Conservatives in Panicked Hysteria over Occupy Wall Street (Oct. 10, 2011)
“This is where the best of American values meet their most masochistic...”
– The Right-Wing Version of ‘We Are the 99 Percent’: Heartbreaking
“Still, for a long time I thought my biggest heist was fooling everyone into...”
– Shoplifting to Stay Free : The New Yorker
“You pay fired executives more in severance than the average American worker will...”
– This is Why They Hate You and Want You to Die | The Reformed Broker
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“I don’t use Twitter because I tend to drink in the evening, and I don’t want...”
– Why George Clooney doesn’t tweet | The Cutline - Yahoo! News (via brooklynmutt)
Oh, c’mon! If topherchris can do it, George Clooney can do it.
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I am Tumblstruck by several people, FYI.
notnadia:
sxt:
Tumblslut.
Snap, oh no you didn’t!
The great thing about Tumblr is that there’ll be no Tumblslut shaming … right?
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