January 2012
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“While black holes are certainly frightening, they’re not nearly as powerful as...”
– 6 Myths Everyone Believes about Space (Thanks to Movies) | Cracked.com
Wisdom from Cracked; the internet is vast indeed.
(via pickpocket)
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couldbeyourlife:
trionerd:
couldbeyourlife:
agletthatiscracked:
trionerd:
Dear Ryan Murphy and Company,
I did not, will not, and CAN not care about Samuel Larsen’s character and storyline, especially during a season when a) Tina Cohen-Chang continues to be chronically underutilized b) Mercedes has been used as a dumping ground for your racist and misogynistic bullshit and is only...
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sharkyteeth:
“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put my poems up. They put my stories up. They put my stuff up on the web. I had this belief, which was completely erroneous, that if people put your stuff up on the web and you didn’t tell them to take it down, you would lose your copyright, which actually, is simply not true.
And I also got very grumpy...
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WhiteHouse.gov Petition: Investigate Chris Dodd &... →
singforfood:
entropicflux:
“Investigate Chris Dodd and the MPAA for bribery after he publicly admited to bribing politicans to pass legislation.
Recently on FOX News former Senator Chris Dodd said (as quoted on news site TechDirt), “Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job...
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FOUND THE OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PETITION TO STOP...
leahclaire:
breakthrough-by-design:
agniology:
westfalias:
voldemortattacks:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK
Please pass along and sign!
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Signed!
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WhiteHouse.gov Petition: Investigate Chris Dodd &... →
“Investigate Chris Dodd and the MPAA for bribery after he publicly admited to bribing politicans to pass legislation.
Recently on FOX News former Senator Chris Dodd said (as quoted on news site TechDirt), “Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job...
Mother Jones ›› End of the Road →
“In the beginning, Rashbaum had problems performing abortions. First, there were his father’s objections. “Growing up, the worst thing my dad could say about another doctor was he did abortions,” he says. Like the other board-certified doctors who were suddenly doing procedures previously relegated to back alleys, Rashbaum lacked training in the necessary medical...
MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who... →
wilwheaton:
Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what’s happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they’d better pass Hollywood’s favorite legislation… or else:
“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to...
Techdirt: Megaupload Details Raise Significant... →
“Where my concerns come in is in some of the “evidence” that’s used to add to the overall indictment. To be clear, in a case like this, the issue is the evidence as a whole, combined to show intent and a general pattern to actions. So the allegations in the indictment don’t necessarily mean that any individual action is, by itself, illegal. But, I still worry that...
Investigate Chris Dodd and the MPAA for bribery... →
rcmclachlan:
Recently on FOX News former Senator Chris Dodd said (as quoted on news site TechDirt), “Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to me when my...
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Busta Rhymes Backs Megaupload, Says Record Labels... →
sharkyteeth:
“There’s a key point in all of this that we missed in our earlier analysis about paid accounts at Megaupload. In the indictment, the government seems to assume that paid accounts are clearly all about illegal infringing works. But that’s not always the case. In fact, plenty of big name artists — especially in the hip hop world — use the paid accounts to make themselves money. This...
SinceRoe.com →
noonday:
To mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood set up SinceRoe.com, a website full of people’s messages about how Roe has made a difference in their lives.
It’s beautiful, and important. (And made me cry.)
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slightestwind:
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slightestwind:
Read More
at this point my only real concern is finding a beta who will want to read all this for me. /o\
You rang?
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Not everything is about outcasts, Will
boycottingtrends:
fckyeahitslauren:
They started midnight showings of Rocky Horror because it had generated a cult following that enjoyed watching the movie while acting it out.
Well, Rocky Horror is about outcasts. What Will conveniently glosses over, though, is that the outcast culture that Rocky Horror appeals to and was championed by was specifically queer culture. The midnight showings...
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After a date rape (by a "poet") during a trip to... →
motherjones:
“The Way It Was”: Abortion in the US before Roe v. Wade.
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Good Lesbian Books: Lesbian Young Adult Fiction →
pickpocket:
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goodlesbianbooks:
Lesbian (and bisexual) girls have tragically little young adult fiction to themselves. According to recent research by YA author Malinda Lo, about 0.25% of published YA books in the US are about lesbians. And yet, for such a short list of works, it was surprisingly hard to track them all down - there are plenty of GLBT YA lists, but these tend...
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“Because of Edison’s patents for the motion pictures it was close to financially...”
– from The Pirate Bay’s press release regarding SOPA and PIPA (via davidfinchers)