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Source: feministthoughtSPACEFISH IS: a 23 year old vegan dude. Likes tortoises, fish, fish in space, being a nerd, gardening, tea and sweet food. Lives with his partner in crime Lumos-Avis on Canada's prairies, but his home is Vancouver where there are whales sometimes. He's an environmental engineering student, borderline hippie and socially awkward. Very exciting.
3 days ago
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"There are the Brothers of Cool, a reserved and secretive sect which believes that only through ultimate coolness can the universe be comprehended, and that black works with everything, and that chrome will never truly go out of style."
- Thief of Time - by Terry Pratchett
5 days ago
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"The vast majority of the green advice you’ll read? It’s irrelevant. There are four primary activities that dump carbon into the atmosphere: traveling from place to place, keeping buildings at pleasant temperatures, creating electricity, and raising animals for meat.
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The rest of the green living pantheon—bamboo utensils, composting, eating local, reclaimed wood tables, organic cotton sheets—are nice gestures. And they often have other benefits: they might keep chemicals out of the water or provide a livelihood for local farmers. Many are also better than the alternatives they’re replacing.
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But when it comes to tackling climate change—not only the most dangerous environmental issue the world faces, but also a looming human rights problem—choosing these green products can only make a tiny difference."
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A quote from the GOOD Magazine article, ‘Debunking ‘Green Living’: Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products’.
Related:
- ‘Cooler Smarter book provides practical steps for low carbon living’ (Sustainable Guernsey)
- ‘Going Green But Getting Nowhere’ (New York Times)
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5 days ago
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Female pilot boots passenger for sexist comments
SAO PAULO — A Brazilian airline says one of its female pilots tossed a passenger off a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes.
Trip Airlines says in a Tuesday statement the pilot ejected the man before takeoff as he made loud, sexist comments upon learning the pilot was a woman. The jet continued on to the state of Goias after a one-hour delay.
The passenger involved in Friday’s incident has not been identified. He was met by police at the plane and escorted out of the Belo Horizonte airport. Police at the airport have not responded to calls and it isn’t known if the man has been charged with anything.
Trip says it won’t tolerate disparaging remarks made about any of the 1,400 women working for the airline.
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Source: terriblestingloling
Excellent use of Disney!
LOVE.
Grandmother Willow XD Nice
I like how it shows off the inefficacies of the films in modern feminist idealism without berating the film for it. There is wiggle room in these observations. I like it.
Also, Grandmother Willow = Wisdom.
1 week ago
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Veterans return medals at NATO summit
CHICAGO — Chanting “N-A-T-O, NATO has got to go,” rows of veterans marched in formation Sunday leading thousands in an anti-war protest as world leaders gathered here for a two-day NATO summit.
Upon arrival near the convention center where the summit is taking place, one veteran threw his medals on the road, calling them symbols of lies. ”I choose human life over war,” Jerry Bordeleau shouted through a microphone.
Dozens of veterans followed suit, with many dedicating their medals to the children of Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Source: fuckyeahmarxismleninism1 week ago
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House Democrats propose online voter registration
House Democrats on Thursday introduced voting legislation designed to counter restrictions on voting rights that have been enacted across the country since 2010.
“The ability to vote should be easy, accessible and simple,” Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), the sponsor of the Voter Empowerment Act, said. “Yet there are practices and laws in place that make it harder to vote today than it was even one year ago. The sponsors of this act believe we need to take action or risk losing the liberties we have enjoyed. We should be moving toward a more inclusive democracy, not one that locks people out.”
The bill seeks to promote access to voting by allowing U.S. citizens to register and update their information online. Those who registered or updated their information online would also be able to receive voting information through email rather than just regular mail.
The Voter Empowerment Act would also promote voting by allowing for same day registration in federal elections and requiring states to assist voters with disabilities.
Nearly 3 million Americans were turned away during election day in the 2008 Presidential election because of voter registration problems. Nearly one in four eligible voters, about 51 million people, are not even registered to vote.
“This bill ensures that everyone — seniors, the disabled, working families, students and our military can register to vote,” one of the bill’s co-sponsors, Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA), said. “It makes registering to vote simpler, faster, and more secure for each and every American. The Voter Empowerment Act reaffirms the basic principle our democracy: one person, one vote.”
Hope this turns out well :)
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Source: sinidentidades1 week ago
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"I go into the polling booth and I push one or another button depending on which of those positions I want. Now, that’s a very limited form of democracy. In a really meaningful democracy, I’d play a role in forming those positions. Those positions would reflect my active, creative participation — not just me, but everyone, of course. That would be real democracy. We’re very far from that. But now we’re even departing from the point where there is ratification. When you have stage-managed elections, with the public relations industry determining what words come out of people’s mouths, even the element of ratification is disappearing. You don’t expect the candidates to stand for anything, you simply expect them to say what the public relations expert tells them will get them past the next obstacle."
- Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
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