May. 30, 2012 at 2:23pm with 49 notes
Reblogged from areasofmyexpertise

no people of color in Romney’s America? makes me nervous

areasofmyexpertise:

I was skeptical when I read about this on KOS, but when I watched this new video from Romney, I was pretty astonished. 

I think (THINK) that we see one African American police officer or firefighter’s head from behind at one point. And the little girl on the tire swing is… brunette, I guess? 

But I honestly could not find one non-white person in this video. That’s a surprising choice, and a very creepy end result. 

May. 26, 2012 at 4:44pm with 21,591 notes
Reblogged from gangstafeminists
May. 24, 2012 at 5:12pm with 2 notes
Reblogged from maskedbrute
I love that this is real!! maskedbrute: We guess a delivery car or bicyclist was too pedestrian for tech folks; over in San Francisco, something called TacoCopter has popped up, delivering online orders of tacos via helicopter — an unmaned, robotic one, to be exact. According to the bare bones web site, all you have to do is place your order on your iPhone, tap away, and await the TacoCopter. Unfortunately, it’s only available in the San Francisco Bay Area, but the little icon on the bottom right indicated a LobsterCopter might just be in the works, lobsters being the “Taco of the East!” We’re praying it’s for lobster rolls, but no word yet on whether any of this is true (or if the tacos are any good). Update: Good news — Dustin Boyer, co-founder of TacoCopter, claims that the TacoCopter really does exist. Over on social networking site Quora, he says, “Yes, we’re definitely real :) There are a number of technical and legal hurdles that our team is working through. If you’re interested in pushing the boundaries of robotics and food please email jobs@tacocopter.com.” Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to currently be a way to get commercial certification for Unmanned Aircraft services in the US, according to the FAA’s FAQ on the subject. Still, it’s an awesome and crazy idea that I wish them luck with.

I love that this is real!!

maskedbrute:

We guess a delivery car or bicyclist was too pedestrian for tech folks; over in San Francisco, something called TacoCopter has popped up, delivering online orders of tacos via helicopter — an unmaned, robotic one, to be exact.

According to the bare bones web site, all you have to do is place your order on your iPhone, tap away, and await the TacoCopter.

Unfortunately, it’s only available in the San Francisco Bay Area, but the little icon on the bottom right indicated a LobsterCopter might just be in the works, lobsters being the “Taco of the East!” We’re praying it’s for lobster rolls, but no word yet on whether any of this is true (or if the tacos are any good).

Update: Good news — Dustin Boyer, co-founder of TacoCopter, claims that the TacoCopter really does exist. Over on social networking site Quora, he says, “Yes, we’re definitely real :) There are a number of technical and legal hurdles that our team is working through. If you’re interested in pushing the boundaries of robotics and food please email jobs@tacocopter.com.”

Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to currently be a way to get commercial certification for Unmanned Aircraft services in the US, according to the FAA’s FAQ on the subject.

Still, it’s an awesome and crazy idea that I wish them luck with.

Apr. 28, 2012 at 6:23pm with 688 notes
Reblogged from darkthoughtsbrightdays
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A 911 operator who worked for Vancouver Police when sex workers were disappearing from the Downtown Eastside says, her superiors repeatedly told her they weren’t going to spend valuable time and money looking for hookers.
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Missing aboriginal women were ‘just hookers’ to police, says 911 operator (via missgreyday)

disgusting… that BBC miniseries “Five Daughters” sprung to mind when I read this (based on the 2006 Ipswich murders in England)

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(via leonineantiheroine)

Apr. 16, 2012 at 2:03am with 291 notes
Reblogged from think-progress
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For every soldier killed on the battlefield this year, about 25 veterans are dying by their own hands. An American soldier dies every day and a half, on average, in Iraq or Afghanistan. Veterans kill themselves at a rate of one every 80 minutes.
— Nicholas Kristof (via think-progress)
1:59am with 140 notes
Reblogged from funnyordie

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!

funnyordie:

Rick Santorum Aborts Presidential Campaign with Ashley Judd

There are a few things Rick Santorum should keep in mind before terminating his candidacy.

Apr. 13, 2012 at 2:43am
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It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there will be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
— http://www.values.com/inspirational-quotes/value/46-Right-Choices
2:42am
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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.”

Tyron Edwards
— http://www.values.com/inspirational-quotes/value/46-Right-Choices
Apr. 4, 2012 at 1:58am with 150 notes
Reblogged from firstbook
Hunger Gamesracismgreat article
Thought-provoking article about how we imagine characters in books.

“In retrospect, it’s easy to see why Hunger Games Tweets took off: the project is a potent mix of pop-culture criticism, social-media sharing, provocative statements, and public shaming. But more important, and no doubt more disturbing, is what Adam’s time line of ignorant tweets—what he calls “the repository of death”—says about a certain generation’s failure of imagination.”

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/03/hunger-games-and-trayvon-martin.html#ixzz1r0CY8Dwf

(Source: firstbook)

1:53am with 2 notes
Reblogged from gangstafeminists
feministmillennialswomengirlsempowerment
I LOVE THIS! gangstafeminists: I’m excited to be announcing a new project to G Fems!!!!! From G Girls to G Fems: Teaching Young Girls about Feminism through Popular Culture In contemporary American culture, young girls are exposed to many different ideas through mainstream media. More often than not, the media offers a foundation of knowledge for young girls, with issues such as body image and the latest fashion trends building the groundwork. Young girls are most impressionable during adolescence; this is due to the many developmental changes that occur during this phase whether it is biological, psychological, or social. My project involves a feminist analysis of popular culture through an array of mediated texts such as books, television, and movies to expose feminism to young girls. G Girls is a website dedicated to girl culture, providing young girls with the necessary skills to analyze these mediated texts through a feminist lens. G Girls will prompt young girls with a character checklist to analyze such texts critically, reviewing target audiences, major themes, setting, race, class, gender, sexuality, etc., enabling young girls to acquire concepts of feminism at an early age, thus understanding how it impacts adolescent culture.

I LOVE THIS!

gangstafeminists:


I’m excited to be announcing a new project to G Fems!!!!!

From G Girls to G Fems: Teaching Young Girls about Feminism through Popular Culture

In contemporary American culture, young girls are exposed to many different ideas through mainstream media. More often than not, the media offers a foundation of knowledge for young girls, with issues such as body image and the latest fashion trends building the groundwork. Young girls are most impressionable during adolescence; this is due to the many developmental changes that occur during this phase whether it is biological, psychological, or social.

My project involves a feminist analysis of popular culture through an array of mediated texts such as books, television, and movies to expose feminism to young girls. G Girls is a website dedicated to girl culture, providing young girls with the necessary skills to analyze these mediated texts through a feminist lens. G Girls will prompt young girls with a character checklist to analyze such texts critically, reviewing target audiences, major themes, setting, race, class, gender, sexuality, etc., enabling young girls to acquire concepts of feminism at an early age, thus understanding how it impacts adolescent culture.