January 2012
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Liberals Are Cool: Obama Pushes For Lower Tuitions →
kileyrae:
“President Obama is announcing Friday morning a new proposal to limit federal student loans for students going to schools not making an effort to curb costs. There will be more details when he speaks at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
If enacted, the pool for Perkins loans would increase from $1 billion to $8 billion, increasing the number of participating schools from...
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Catrente: elementalhero: Something -worse- than... →
elementalhero:
Something -worse- than ACTA? Yes, it is: TTP.
stormofthunder:
“From what I can tell it’s even LESS known than ACTA. I haven’t even been able to find any YouTube videos on it. Here are two lovely quotes I think you will find interesting: “A leaked version of the February 2011 draft U.S. TPP Intellectual Property Rights Chapter indicates that U.S. negotiators are pushing for ...
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Show the EU that ACTA isn't what the internet... →
Last week, 3 million of us beat back America’s attack on our Internet! — but there is an even bigger threat out there, and our global movement for freedom online is perfectly poised to kill it for good. ACTA — a global treaty — could allow corporations to censor the Internet. Negotiated in secret by a small number of rich countries and corporate powers, it would set...
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my finger is on the button: IMPORTANT: ACTA is NOT... →
morganmouse:
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lordmeowrail:
( I’d like to ask that anyone who reads this to PLEASE reblog this so there isn’t a widespread panic and violent protests. Tumblr needs to stop posting partial information. It is counterproductive and we need to know the truth so we don’t give up and think the fight is over. )
There wasn’t a vote. It was a signing and the voting isn’t going to happen...
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I'm usually the last one to talk about feminism
heysawbones:
because I like to save up social justice complaints for when they count. This is probably not one of those times.
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Liberals Are Cool: How Wall Street Knowingly... →
liberalsarecool:
The always-interesting Francis Fukuyama has a great interview on the financial crisis. Money quote:
What I thought was most interesting about Michael Lewis’s book, “The Big Short,” was that there is, to this day, a view about the whole pathology of collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) – these highly complex, packaged mortgage securities – as well as the credit...
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How many miles to Babylon?: Things I Associated... →
manzanas-amargas:
Things I Associated with Newfoundland Last Week:
-whales
-picturesque coastlines
-jokes about ditziness not unlike Polack jokes
-folk dancing?
-an accent apparently different from mainland Canada?
-accordions??? (due to that one Kate Beaton comic with the Vikings, but anyway)
-one particular individual who I want to one day visit & cook/bake for
Things I Associate...
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I am not going to shut up about this. If we don't... →
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I'll tumblr for ya: Art Reference: Online... →
kilomonster:
sailorswayze:
princeofthesands:
There is a multitude of expressions and 21 views of each. You can slide around each picture as well as zoom in and out. It’s great for reference, especially since it’s in black and white it’s good for seeing only the values.
Here
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Liberals Are Cool: MegaUpload v Universal Music:... →
liberalsarecool:
MegaUpload announcement in December 2011:
There’s another gigantic wrinkle in the MegaUpload drama. Not only is MegaUpload fighting tooth-and-nail against Universal Music Group, but they’re now planning the launch of a cloud-based music locker, download store, and do-it-yourself artist service. It’s called MegaBox, and it’s already up in beta with listed partners...
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Cervical Health Awareness Month: It's Not Just for... →
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“If they can get their message out loud and clear enough, maybe they can induce...”
– Love, Joy, Feminism: On Abortion, Murder, and “Post-Abortion Trauma” (via greaterthanlapsed)
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STFU, Sexists.: truth-has-a-liberal-bias: SOPA... →
truth-has-a-liberal-bias:
SOPA sponsor has another Internet bill that records you 24/7
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Republican Congressman Lamar Smith, lead sponsor of the currently dead SOPA bill you’ve heard so much about, has another bill in the works that uses Child Pornography as a screen to push through an amendment that’ll have your internet service provider tracking all of your financial dealings ...
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“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– angels-and-angles (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
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KING RAT: Debunking Abortion Myths, in Honor of... →
ohfortheloveofsagan:
ARTICLE FOUND HERE
This post was originally written on January 21, 2011 to commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision to legalize abortion in the United States. To honor Roe, and to honor the groups, practitioners, nurses, staff, and volunteers who have dedicated their lives to providing reproductive health care, we’re debunking some common...
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Tennessee is trying to pass a bill that makes it... →
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“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this...”
– former Sen. Chris Dodd, head of MPAA.
Although everyone knows that large campaign contributions from large companies are little more than bribes, it is pretty rare for one of the bribers to say it so candidly and publicly.
Although useless, here is a Whitehouse petition to have Dodd investigated.
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“A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...”
– Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)
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FOUND THE OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PETITION TO STOP...
thesylverlining:
agniology:
westfalias:
voldemortattacks:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK
Please pass along and sign!
signal boost go!
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WORK YOUR TUMBLR MAGIC.
FLY, MY PRETTIES!
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madseason:
Okay, that picture going around with the guy holding up the card saying something along the lines of “don’t girls know that guys don’t like sluts? RESPECT YOURSELF” is still making me angry. (Though the response by the girl holding the notecard is awesome).
LET ME ELABORATE ON WHY (though it’s all probably stuff that has been said and said and said before).
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It needed to...
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like an angsty porcupine: Why Black March Is a... →
korybing:
postcardsfromspace:
To the people proposing this:
You dumb bastards. You know who this’ll hurt? Not big media. Not on any significant scale.
No, the people this will really fuck over are the EXACT same people SOPA and PIPA would fuck: Creative professionals; small publishers; independent businesses.
If you want to do something that makes a statement, consider shifting your...
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Gay marriages performed in Canada for... →
“Despite efforts by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to quell the controversy, opposition had grown swiftly Thursday to the Justice Department’s position that thousands of same-sex couples who married in Canada were not legally wed.” - The Globe and Mail
Update: May have been a single lawyer’s opinion on a case, but it does seem to reflect the current state of the law. Which I...
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“As we mentioned, [Newt Gingrich’s] SuperPAC is airing an ad targeting Mitt...”
– —GOP Candidates Vow to Force Pregnant Women to Have Babies via Jezebel
While this is a sobering and very important problem with sexism in the GOP (one of many), that particular line made me spit Coke Zero all over myself. I couldn’t not share it with you peeps.
(via stfusexists)
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like an angsty porcupine: so re: the girl scouts... →
euclase:
rattyhugs:
If you’re interested in donating, I think going here and donating to Girl Scouts of Colorado specifically would be MUCH better rather than just buying the cookies, since that would go to Girl Scouts of Colorado (which has stood in support of this young trans girl)…
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“We accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members. If a child...”
– Rachelle Trujillo, vice president for communications of the Colorado Girl Scouts, responding to a story about a transgender girl who was allowed to join the Brownies.
Looks like I’ll be buying a ton of cookies this year.
(via Shakesville article on various bigoted attacks on the GSA by religious...
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