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09

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Apr
19

cultureofresistance:

letterstomycountry:

prettayprettaygood:

A Yemeni youth activist has been tweeting his reactions to his village being struck by a U.S. drone. Amazing.

See Also: Afghan Villagers Flee Their Homes, Blame U.S. Drones
See Also: US Drones Blow Up Any Hope Of Close Ties With Yemenis

#colonization #imperialism #war #drones #crimes against humanity

Feb
27

aliciafran:

Living in a country where half the people have more passion for guns than human rights is seriously sickening.

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Feb
08

andrewfishman:

Blake Fall-Conroy, “Minimum Wage Machine,” 2008-2010
This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York.
This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.
Here’s a piece that another artist is working on that could also help inspire change in the U.S. government. He’s trying to raise money to send every U.S. Senator a copy of Dr. Seuss’ “The Zax.” They clearly should have paid more attention to stories about compromise like this in kindergarten. Indiegogo.com/TheZaxProject.

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20

Nov
22

thedailywhat:

Time-Lapse Video of the Day: Video producer Jeremy Williams captured 30,000 photos over a ten month span — plus 750 hours of rendering — in order to create this beautiful time-lapse tilt-shift video of San Francisco.

[laughingsquid]

Oh my lovely city <3

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Nov
07

Oct
28

motherjones:

America now has 300 million firearms, a barrage of NRA-backed gun laws—and record casualties from mass killers.

Aug
16

motherjones:

theweekmagazine:

BANKRUPT USAA numerical look at the average family’s financial struggles:
$126,400 Net worth of the median American family in 2007
$77,300 Net worth of the median family in 2010
40 Percentage drop in wealth over that three-year period
15.2 Median percentage of debt that was education-related in 2007
19.2 Median percentage of education-related debt in 2010
7 Percentage of Americans late on their debt payments in 2007
11 Percentage late on payments in 2010
The dwindling wealth of the American family: By the numbers

It ain’t getting better.

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Jun
23

mohandasgandhi:

Most armed country in the world: The U.S. has 90 guns per 100 people
Are U.S. gun rights being trampled? No.

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09

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08

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Apr
05

kimjonggoon:

sensorydeprivationprincess:

turboslime:

Say hello to mechanically separated chicken. It’s what all fast-food chicken is made from—things like chicken nuggets and patties. Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it.Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve—bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this.There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually. Then, because it tastes gross, it will be reflavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color.But, hey, at least it tastes good, right?High five, America!

oh my god

i screamed

You know…this looks alot like some gif from teletubbies or something. All this aside, even if the gif isn’t real, I have seen pictures of processed chicken and it looks pretty similar. Pescetarianism for the win.