February 2011
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wikihow/how to deal with an existential crisis →
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Reclaiming the banks: Activists turn British banks... →
via ahipstory
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it's not that I don't understand you, I just think...
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lol oppression aka queer aesthetics and...
mewmewfoucault:
aaka mewmew has no few reservations about being grumpy on tumblr
transartorialism:
i am not posting this to be mean or grumpy but just to comment on the nature of tumblr, which i like to do from time to time.
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i find it interesting that i can post a picture of a pretty stand mixer or something from hyperbole and a half about avoiding people for the internet (which is still...
up to 78 international students among the dead in... →
toujoursgai:
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Lateline also mentioned the international students last night, albeit with much more despondent coverage:
(taken from Lateline transcript, broadcast: 24/02/2011)
PETER LLOYD, REPORTER: They are sawing, searching and hoisting debris from the collapsed Canterbury TV building in central Christchurch. Somewhere under all of this rubble could be as many as 120 people. They...
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up to 78 international students among the dead in... →
…The names of dozens of Asian students who were caught in the collapse of the six-level CTV building on Madras Street were also published on the website of their languages school.
The school, King’s Education, occupied the third floor, which meant students, teachers and administrative staff had almost no chance of survival when the building crumbled and burnt in...
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Now There's a WikiLeaks for College
mediafreakgodicon:
Can a WikiLeaks-style site keep colleges and universities transparent and honest in their dealings? That’s the hope of a brand new Australia-based website, UniLeaks, which hopes to create a safe space for people around the world to leak information about back-door shenanigans going on at their schools. The anonymous founders state that they were inspired to create the...
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Traffic blitz turns immigration bust as road op... →
Nine people thought to be illegal immigrants were arrested during a multi-agency traffic blitz in Melbourne’s north-east last night.
The men, who were believed to be working as plasterers in the city, were arrested during a one-hour period on Manningham Road in Bulleen.
Immigration Department officials joined police from the Nunawading Highway Patrol for Operation Mermaid II, aiming to cut...
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white women and the privilege of solidarity
mewmewfoucault:
white women and the privilege of solidarity by houria bouteldja (2010)
[…] Having laid out that question clearly, I now feel more at ease to tackle the second question dealing with the relationship between Western feminisms and Third World feminisms. Obviously it’s very complicated but one of its dimensions is the domination of the global south by the global north. A decolonial...
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DISCOVERY: that the addition of “Harry” to almost... →
libraryland:brittadictarnold:
“Death is not the worst that can happen to men, Harry.”
“Harry, good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
“He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it, Harry.”
“Harry, how can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and...
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"Christchurch in ruins" →
A frantic search for survivors is underway in New Zealand tonight after a devastating earthquake struck the South Island city of Christchurch. At least 65 people are dead, but that’s expected to rise in the coming hours as aftershocks rock the region. The city centre is in chaos, makeshift medal centres have been set up in streets, while other areas have been evacuated or cordoned...
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Laconic phrase//wikipedia →
NUS president to quit after criticism from student... →
leonineclaire:
Besides the antisemitic abuse — lolololol.
One thing I will say for him, at least he had the guts to admit he was wrong for not supporting the protests. When I read his apology I thought it was a parody.
HINT.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20) →
Sleater-Kinney (33)
Rye Rye (26)
Kelis (8)
Starkey (6)
Einstürzende Neubauten (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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it's interesting thinking about how...
isabelthespy:
like probably a) most people have no opinion at all on anne sexton, but also b) there is a group of people where hating on her is indeed unpopular. or i mean, bach sucks: i know loooots of people not down with that, but the average person who does not care for classical music at all (not a commentary on Those Plebes, just an awareness that classical music is a minority thing to...
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Libya: "Tonight is the night. TONIGHT." →
dancingonembers:
*trigger warning for gendered state violence, including sexual violence*
Events in Libya can no longer be termed just anti-government protests. Fighting with anything from heavy weapons to clubs and sticks has broken out throughout certain cities between defecting members of the military who have joined civilians against the remaining factions of Muammar Al Gaddafi’s government...
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How to close doors: language policing and the...
redlightpolitics:
…when the round table was over, he decided to come over and give me a lesson. And what a lesson it was! He shut me down because I didn’t use the correct terminology (in Dutch, he felt his duty to inform me, there is not such a thing as “human trafficking”, instead, the proper wording to use is “human trade”). He also determined that, since I didn’t use the approved word in...
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The rumors that Doctors are being killed in Jalaa...
thelibyanrevolution:
Good News/Bad News.
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“As Maslow himself put it, “”With my students and with other people...”
– poptimist #36, tom ewing (tomewing)
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caitlinate replied to your quote: You have a dismissal relationship style. Dismissal…
Ooo, which quiz was this? I wanna take it too so we can compare our results!
http://apps.facebook.com/mypersonality/rsq_intro.php
but are you saying this is an accurate picture of my cold, arrogant personality? waaaaaah
ETA: I think this test is actually really fucked-up? if you read the full...
“You have a dismissal relationship style. Dismissal people have very high levels...”
– oh god. I have got to stop taking internet personality quizzes.
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Time to end the idle smear of Assange's Swedish... →
that’s time to end the smear on the Swedish women accusing Assange of rape, not time to end their accusations. </unclear headline police>
anyway, this just proves that john pilger is the worst.
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“In late 2010, members of the Revolutionary Youth Council began to plan a...”
– “Behind Egypt’s revolution: youth and the internet”
It’s important to grasp the multiple levels of occurance and competency which come together to generate amazing things like what has happened in Egypt. Not just inspiration and vision, not only strategic thinking and timing, on top of union and...
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Hockey breaks ranks over shipwreck funerals - ABC... →
caitlinate:
I’ve been watching the news reports about the funerals for those that died in the refugee boat wreck near Christmas Island. Tiny coffins for all the children that died, some less than a year old. One eight year old boy’s father, mother and brother were killed and HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN DETENTION. So many people lost multiple family members. One woman who was at the funeral is...
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as you read about the trail of Brisenia Flores's...
radicallyhottoff:
Please note how rarely MSM is calling her murderers white supremacists and how rarely the organization they are a part of is called a hate group.
Notice how key phrases like “hotly contested issue” keep coming up as code words for “white supremacist violence.” Notice how the Minutemen are never called a terrorist organization. Notice how Brisenia is always mentioned in context...
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glittergeek: ode to mystery chests →
glittergeek:
there is a special little phenomenon in kpop that i like to call the mystery chest.
actually, i’m sure it occurs in other places as well. but the frequency in kpop, as well as the virtuoso-level at which it is practiced, is rather unique to my experience.
what, might you ask, is a mystery chest?
it is exactly that. in kpop, it’s seen on male-identified people, although i don’t...
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The Great Gatsby - For NES →
novazembla:
jonathanbogart:
fuckyeah1920s:
1925 meets 1985
BOOK. MARKED.
Oh god YES
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Picketing over underpaid Chinese workers//ABC →
A powerful construction union claims Chinese workers on 457 visas are being exploited on a Perth building site.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union says 50 Chinese workers, who are helping to build apartments on Barrack Street in the centre of the city, are being underpaid.
The CFMEU’s state secretary Kevin Reynolds says they are picketing the site.
“We’ve...
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Cut disabled pensions to pay for floods:... →
The Business Council says cuts to disability services and foreign aid should be considered as alternatives to the flood levy.
…Council president Graham Bradley says all current spending should be reviewed and disability pensions may not be the best use of government money.
“It is one of the large budget items,” he told ABC Radio’s AM.
“And if you look at what...
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“your transaction has been processed by paypal
this purchase will appear on your...”
– i is the revolution//Maxine Clarke//Overland literary journal (via ahipstory)
this is hilarious 