May 2012
18 posts
espinozaj:
joshishollywood:
I don’t think we take enough time to appreciate the periods in our life when our noses aren’t runny. Is your nose runny right now? No? Think about that. Honestly reflect on it. Enjoy this era of peace. There are dark times on the horizon.
Lol I think about this all the time!
5 mind-bending facts about dreams →
In Germany, police fired 85 bullets in all of...
think-progress:
In the U.S., police fired 90 shots at one unarmed man in Los Angeles.
“It occurs to me that the peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is...”
– “Fragile Things” by Neil Gaiman (via julie911)
“The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell...”
– Donald Miller (A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life)
So I had no voice at work today, and since I work...
thesoundofacolour:
I had a little note pad, in which I wrote, “Can’t speak, Ursula the Sea Witch stole my voice! But I’m happy to assist you!”And a little girl came up to me, read my notepad, grabbed my hand, and dragged me all around the store,asking random guys if they’d like to be my “true love” so I can get my voice back and stay human.…it was the most adorable, awkward situation I had ever...
April 2012
70 posts
What everyone who uses the internet needs to know... →
think-progress:
Here’s a quick look at the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, with the full details at ThinkProgress.
CISPA’s broad language will likely give the government access to anyone’s personal information with few privacy protections.
The bill completely exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act.
CISPA gives companies blanket immunity from future lawsuits.
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Etsy's Coding Scholarship for Women →
futurejournalismproject:
via GOOD:
Etsy may be better known for knit products than coded ones, but the company just announced that it’s teaming up with Hacker School, a three-month coding program in New York City, to give out scholarships to women who want to become better programmers. The tech world has long been a boys’ club—not even one in five software developers are women—and the idea is...
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“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion....”
– Harlan Ellison (via amandaonwriting)
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“‘Come to the edge.’ ‘We can’t. We’re afraid.’ ‘Come to the edge.’ ‘We can’t. We...”
– Guillaume Apollinaire (via booksandnerds)
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