December 2011
87 posts
A poet should be of the
old-fashioned meaningless brand:
obscure, esoteric, symbolic, — the critics demand it;
so if there’s a poem of mine
that you do understand
I’ll gladly explain what it means
till you don’t understand it.
-Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
STFU, Conservatives: 11 Facts From 2011 →
think-progress:
1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support…
Ramen for Breakfast
The Easter Island "Heads" Have Bodies
courageuse:
kittencreamery:
mentalflossr:
Huh.
WOAH
i mean duh but WOW. I never thought about this, and now my mind is blown.
“Education is really the long-term solution to other social issues.”
– Dan King, Ojibwe (via nativeskins)
“War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.”
– Howard Zinn, historian, professor, author, playwright, and social activist (1922-2010)
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond... →
fuckyeahsexeducation:
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above Their Value The De Beers cartel has systematically held diamond prices at...
“I’m a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of...”
– Eduardo Galeano
“You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it...”
– Abbie Hoffman (via capitalist-chan)
“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all...”
– Edward Said (via cultureofresistance)
Always remember.
(via mehreenkasana)
