February 2011
Attention girls of facebook: →
afternoonsnoozebutton:
I would like to lay out some ground rules for taking your profile picture with a webcam. It’s totally possible to take a nice, normal picture. Exhibit A:
But, most of the time, when someone uses a webcam to take a photo, they look really dumb. Here’s 10 pointers to avoid looking like a complete idiot: 1. Back the hell up. We don’t want to see your pores
Imagine...
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Silly boys
OMG OMG OMFG I AM LITERALLY DYING →
So delicious and cute
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danielsupanick:
“Elderly Woman Behind the...
January 2011
Dear weather, if you prevent me from seeing Jon...
“Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire...”
– From the decision handed down by Florida Federal District Court judge ROGER VINSON essentially striking down the new healthcare reform law, ruling part of it unconstitutional.
Dear Judge Vinson: I’m not a lawyer, but tea and healthcare, with all due respect, are NOT THE SAME FUCKING THING.
(Full...
The weather forecast for tonight/tomorrow looks...
I’m really starting to wonder just how in the hell the commute to NYC is going to be…ugh
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“To ask a dictator to implement democratic measures after 30 years in power is an...”
– Pro-democracy activist and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, on ABC’s “This Week”
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“One year after the catastrophe, it’s important to look back on what has been...”
– Dr. Unni Karunakara, President of the International Council of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Haiti One Year After report that MSF released earlier this month. (via doctorswithoutborders)
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Why am I so good at convincing myself that 3 hours...
Delusional Rasika
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Time is the substance from which I am made. Time...
Jorge Luis Borges
Who's driving the Egyptian revolution? →
theweekmagazine:
A look at key players in the uprising:
Internet-savvy 20-somethings The April 6 Youth Movement, made up of Internet-fluent Egyptians under 30, organized the first mass protest on Jan. 25 via social media sites. “The public here mocked those young people who had taken to Twitter and Facebook to post calls for protest,” says Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin in The New York...
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Secession of South Sudan has overwhelming mandate
shortformblog:
99% of South Sudanese voted for secession from the north source
About time
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I'm so excited to go to The Daily Show tomorrow!
NYC, friends, Jon Stewart, and I just found out that his guest will be none other than MICHAEL STEELE, former chairman of the RNC!
This is going to be hilarious.
Egypt may risk bank run as uprising against... →
jakke:
Egypt’s banks may risk a surge in customer withdrawals when they open for business, placing them among companies worst hit by the nationwide uprising against President Hosni Mubarak.
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Asked about the risk of a bank run, Mohamed Barakat, chairman of state-run Banque Misr and head of the country’s banking association, said in a telephone interview that Egyptian lenders are “very...
