February 2011
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Soup: On Social Networking Media and Political... →
jvbrewer:
The Internet is by no means a perfect platform for democracy. In free society, the concentration of personal data on social networking websites could create an opportunity for abusive monitoring and violation of individual privacy. However, in societies without an institutional…
The whole reason I got a Twitter in the first place (after swearing I’d never touch the site)...
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“On an airplane. Those are very efficient.”
– – Best Actor nominee Jesse Eisenberg, explaining to E! host how he traveled so quickly from New York, where he hosted Saturday Night Live the night before, to L.A.
January 2011
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“Society teaches women and girls that being vigilant and sensible will protect...”
– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard (via petitefeministe)
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“One of the most unattractive human traits, and so easy to fall into, is...”
– Stephen Fry (via raineplease)
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don't heckle the supervillain.: Here's my problem... →
californiacornbread:
Every morning when I wake up, I’m happy I live in a world where most people have equal rights. We’re not quite there with the LGBTQIA’s, but we’re getting close.
However, I’m tired of hearing feminists rant on and on about how women have it so bad. Really, they don’t….
This is a joke, right? Skimming the rest of his blog…somebody tell me this idiot is a...
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UPDATE: Al Jazeera Correspondents in Egypt... →
newsflick:
Nick Nolan AJE Tweets: We’re okay, they held us for 3 hours, we’ve been released, took cameras, laptops and phones.
(updated)
@Alanfisher AJE and @nolanjazeera
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Well, looks like a ton of outdated posts are...
Brought to you by: My Broken Queue. Awesome.
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I Hate This Mess: andtheskygoesblack: Don’t say... →
andtheskygoesblack:
Don’t say rape when you don’t mean rape.
There are many things rape is not:
consensual sex
affectionate contact
a bear hug
a tackle
eye contact
an argument
a surprise
overburdening
an athletic loss
a neutral metaphor
There are only a few things rape is:
forcing sex on a person
despoiling a population or place
[a mustard plant or grape residue]
No one rapes...
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BREAKING: Six Al Jazeera journalists arrested by... →
newsflick:
Correspondents Tweet: Unsure if arrested or about to be deported. 6 of us held at army checkpoint outside Hilton hotel. Equipment seized too…
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Watchsoupsoup:
Watch : Live stream of Al-Jazeera English
Liveblogs
Reuters
Al-Jazeera
New York Times : The Lede
CNN
Guardian
BBC
Mother Jones
Human Rights Watch
Social Network Aggregation & Live Reports
Twitter list of accounts providing Egypt updates
Tumblr #Egypt
RNN News Network on Facebook
Video Feeds
Egypt State TV : Nile
Al-Jazeera
CNN
Download Livestation...
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Dear god, Colin Firth is actually the cutest,...
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“The culture of the United States has always been one of massive internal...”
– Bram Dijkstra from Naked: The Nude in America (via kateoplis)
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“I … would have steered clear of politics,” Graham, now 92 and in need of...”
– Billy Graham’s Regret: ‘I Would Have Steered Clear of Politics’ (via apsies)
Interesting.
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The Green State: Sitting Supreme Court Justice's... →
liberalsarecool:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife’s income from a conservative think tank on financial disclosure forms for at least five years, the watchdog group Common Cause said Friday.
Between 2003 and 2007, Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative…
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DIRECT TV viewers: You can watch Al Jazeera...
ryking:
…and everyone else can watch it online here.
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Watchsoupsoup:
The irritating centrist in me hates the typical partisan shoutfest in this clip, the liberal in me loves Maddow shouting down the Reagan-era lie that trickle-down economics works.
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The Green State: Think the Bible is 100%... →
stfuconservatives:
sequinedk:
stfusexists:
This post was originally published here, on the Rabble Pro Choice site, and sent my way by the lovely pianycist. Enjoy!
Exodus 21:22-23 If an attack on a woman causes a miscarriage the attacker must pay a fine. If he causes serious…
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“My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of...”
– Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited (via liquidnight)
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“Of even greater concern to many doctors and advocates are conflicts over...”
– Religious hospitals’ restrictions sparking conflicts, scrutiny
There are no words for the horror—THE HORROR—that this should make women feel about their ability to receive basic medical care.
(via robot-heart-politics)
Unthinkable. Wow.
(via stfuconservatives)
this is disgusting. women are...
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“Political Correctness” is a reactionary term... →
stfuconservatives:
Laurence Berg, Canada Research Chair for Human Rights, Diversity and Identity, disagrees with the idea that PC language and policies are oppressive. Why? Because he doesn’t really believe that PC policies existed in the first place.
“What [they]’re calling the ‘PC movement’ I would call a social movement by marginalised people and the people who support them,” he said....
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WatchObsessed.
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“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he...”
– Epicurus - one of my favourite quotes. I’m pretty sure this is the third time I’ve posted it. (via sexfoodatheism)
I never, ever get tired of this one.
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Christopher Nolan: Hollywood takes too many... →
quadrille:
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