June 2012
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May 2012
27 posts
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I’m sitting in Satellite attempting to do work but a blind date just sat down next to me and I can’t resist conversation between strangers.
Also, there are two hanging flower baskets in the median outside the window I’m sitting next to that are apparently watered from some automatic source because they just began leaking water on the sandy ground below them, creating localized...
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we wander over and under, in and out, and always whither the water; though whether the weather will hold, or whether my stomach will hold a fraction of what I’ve eaten remains to be seen.
Gente es gente, cielo es cielo, but golden hour, la hora dorada, is different every day. This day I am sick and aching and so tired but we clamber across the precarious puente across from the suburban...
Your Daily Fossil: Information about the "T-rex"... →
dailyfossil:
Statement from the President of Mongolia
As some of you might have seen in the media, there is going to be an auction in New York City tomorrow, May 20th 2012. Heritage Auctions is the auction house running the event. The biggest ticket item, and the one that is getting this auction a lot…
Why does injustice have to make its way into dinosaur bones?
:(
MexiCulture: Innovative Vertical Gardens Help... →
mexiculture:
Mexico City was once dubbed “Mexsicko City” because of its pollution and smog, similar to that of Los Angeles, California. Recently, however, Mexico City has made a huge improvement on the quality of its air due to a rise in awareness and various initiatives such as this one from VerdMX:…
May 1st. May Day. Día del trabajador.
It´s a holiday here but I can´t imagine it ever being an official holiday in the US.
April 2012
41 posts
yo I have a question
what´s with all the pastel, washed-out, soft-focus photos right now?
I want CRISP, colorful, confrontational
I want some stark geometry with my ebb and flow
"Landmark ruling" protects trans* people from... →
gaywrites:
In a case officials say could be precedent-setting, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that trans* people are protected on a federal level from discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
The decision comes from the case of Mia Macy, a trans woman who believes she was dropped from consideration for a job when she revealed that she was transitioning from...
"'I just want to make clear what this law is not... →
motherjones:
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Arizona’s immigration law today. What’d we learn? Well for one thing, when it comes to SB 1070, the high court’s conservative justices are living in an alternate universe.
Wooooooooow.
Laboratory Equipment: Institutions Collaborate to... →
laboratoryequipment:
Four of the world’s leading botanical institutions have started a catalog of every plant on the globe, with plans to make the inventory of at least 400,000 species available for free online by 2020. Plans for the catalog called the World Flora were announced by the St. Louis-based Missouri…
This is the kind of basic science that needs to get done but is neglected...
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The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined...
newsweek:
1. Fine Arts
2. Drama and Theatre Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
9. Anthropology and Archeology
10. Hospitality Management
11. Music
12. History
13. Political Science and Government
(Ed: Your primary tumblrs majored in two...
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Watchtheatlantic:
60 Minutes on the Plight of Palestinian Christians
Last night’s 60 Minutes segment about the plight of Christians in the West Bank has gotten a lot of attention, in part because of the attempt by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren to intervene with CBS brass while the segment was being put together. (See the 11-minute point in the video above, where CBS correspondent Bob Simon...
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