March 2012
3 posts
Mohandas Gandhi: URGENT: Google privacy policy... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Just got this in an email
In just a few hours, new policies will take effect at Google, endangering your privacy.
Tech publication Gizmodo reports, “things you could do in relative anonymity today [like your web searches], will be explicitly associated with your name,…
“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence,...”
– Why I Am A Male Feminist (via newwavefeminism)
Gay-Friendly Communities Are Good for Straight... →
February 2012
154 posts
“I read Stephen King and at fourteen I found a friend in ‘Carrie’. She wasn’t...”
– Paul Burston (via camillereads)
“Rick, I’m sorry that hearing that JFK speech on religion makes you throw up, but...”
– JON STEWART, on Rick Santorum saying JFK’s historic speech on the separation of church and state makes him want to “throw up,” on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
STUDY: Rich people are more likely to steal candy... →
Think Progress: The insanity of Oscar fashion... →
think-progress:
Think Progress culture blogger Alyssa Rosenberg marvels at the craziness of celebrity starvation diets to fit into Oscar dresses they could easily buy in another size:
We’ve been hearing for years about how designers refuse to dress Christina Hendricks, who is one of the most attractive…
“I watched a music awards show last year and started crying afterwards. I just...”
– Santigold talks to us about the state of popular music and her forthcoming album, Master of My Make Believe. (via pitchfork)
Everything is Connected - Sean Carroll on Brian... →
jtotheizzoe:
Earlier this week, we were treated to rock star physicist Brian Cox explaining how everything in the universe is connected via the Pauli exclusion principle. If you haven’t seen it, go watch it so you’re up to speed.
The clip was from his “A Night With The Stars” televised lecture, which is something that would never make it on TV in the US, and that is sad.
In it, he rubbed a...
“When the newspapers were full of alarms about Iran possibly developing a nuclear...”
– Howard Zinn on Kurt Vonnegut (via sunrec)
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via seabois)
