February 2012
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OCCUPY LSX BEING EVICTED NOW. LIVESTREAM BEING... →
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Also on BBC News.
School of Ideas (a legal squat) being evicted too.
silentpunk asked: OMG BBC news, this reporter is so inept.
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OCCUPY LSX BEING EVICTED NOW. LIVESTREAM BEING... →
Also on BBC News.
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“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
“give me intersectionality or give me death” would be a great tattoo
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Sparks electricians claim victory over employers →
A few days old but…
FUCKING A ASDFGHJKL!
This is such amazing news. They’ve been agitating and struggling for months to sort the shit with their work contracts out, and now it’s happened!
DIRECT ACTION GETS THE MOTHERLOVING GOODS
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“At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...”
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via inothernews)
I adored his speech. Well done.
(via mohandasgandhi)
beautiful
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listening to Calvinball reminds me of my old work
I only had the Live Fast… Calvinball tape and OWTH’s From The Bottom.
Good year.
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Morocco #Feb20 update
For obvious (and good) reasons, the uprisings and protest movements in the rest of the MENA are getting the majority of media attention, so thought it’d be good to post a few Morocco updates.
A Year After: The February 20 protest movement in Morocco — on some of the movement’s failings
Morocco’s resilient protest movement — on some of the movement’s successes.
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“PIX FEST is more than watching a bunch of bands. It’s a chance for the goof...”
– Chris Clavin
I want to go so bad
(via diy-orgasms)
aaaaaaaaaaaaah not going this year is gonna suck
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So Andrew Lansley's going to investigate...
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
thesefewpresidents:
name-redacted:
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
In light of apparent secret footage via the Daily Telegraph showing doctors performing sex-selective abortions, my MP and the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley says he is launching an investigation.
”I’m extremely concerned to hear about these allegations. Sex selection is illegal and is morally wrong. I’ve...
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WatchOccupy London refuses avenue for domestic appeal, preparing for transition
Protesters prepare to leave the St Paul’s camp at Occupy London. CNN’s Erin McLaughlin reports.
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Despite arbitrary travel ban, Israel to permit... →
Oh my Christ this shit is so fucking arbitrary and so fucking disproportionate
the irony that he was almost barred from meeting the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression by a travel ban from Israel
when in 2009 the Dutch government asked Israel to lift the travel ban (so he could go and pick up a human rights award) Israel refused
he’s been banned for six years and has NEVER seen...
Visualizing Palestine →
“Intersection of communication, social sciences, technology, design and urban studies for social justice on Palestine.”
looks intriguing, non?
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Faster-than-light neutrino results were due to a... →
proofmathisbeautiful:
cab1729:
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discoverynews:
theweekmagazine:
And not just any mistake. A LOOSE CABLE.
“There was a good reason the measurements and reality weren’t lining up: a loose fiber optic cable was causing one of the atomic clocks used to time the neutrinos’ flight to produce spurious results.”
oops
KNEW IT!
oh damn! there goes that neutrino-walks-into-a-bar...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: On Privilege and Erasure in...
mylifeasafeminista:
Hi Tumblr!
I’m currently working on my senior thesis, a critique of queer theory and queer studies that focuses on the ways in which these disciplines presume a singular queer person/experience, which ultimately centers white gay men and subsequently erases people of color, trans* men and trans* women, non-binary folks, and more.
Although this wasn’t my original thesis...
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Is the US the only country where more men are... →
Misleading headline (given that the answer’s quite clearly “not sure”) but really good article on sexual assault in prisons, and the similarities to sexual assault of non-incarcerated people e.g. in victim blaming.
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WatchRare amateur video captures Challenger tragedy up close
Captured in an era that precedes mobile phones, when few people owned camcorders, it’s one of few video recordings of the disaster by a member of the public. In 2010, an article in The Guardian documented the discovery of a similar video, claiming that it was the only one in existence.
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“When your mother hits you, do not strike back. When the boys call asking your...”
– “Unsolicited Advice to Adolescent Girls With Crooked Teeth and Pink Hair,” Jeanann Verlee (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
this is weirdly beautiful
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successful night of pancakes and clearing email backlog.
failure of a night when it comes to DOING ANYTHING ELSE.
it averages out though, right?
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Israeli decision to release Palestinian detainee... →
A separate footnote on the Khader Adnan story, because I didn’t wanna sully a jubilant post, but…
…the whole logic of the arrest and detention was because they claimed he was a prominent member of Islamic Jihad. If he is, where’s the evidence? If it exists, why is he being released?
On the other (incredibly more likely) hand, if they have no evidence against him, then why...
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Palestinian detainee ends hunger strike: Israel... →
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!
I seriously thought Khader Adnan was gonna end up a martyr. THIS IS SUCH GOOD NEWS.
In the words of a friend: “God bless that man; he not only showed me the value of my dignity, but the length I should be willing to go to protect it…The [fight] continues until we have dignity, pride, and freedom. His words, my mission.”
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The Meaning of Anarchism: Black Flame,... →
Really worth a read for anarchists - on the issues that arise when you try to define anarchism, using Black Flame (and the discussions around it) as a frame.
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