February 2012
36 posts
Philippine Tarsier is the Only Primate to...
While some primates can emit and respond to calls with ultrasonic components, none are known to use only ultrasonic frequencies in a call. The dominant frequency of the Philippine tarsier’s ultrasonic call was 70 kilohertz, amongst the highest recorded for any terrestrial mammal. They can hear up to 91 kHz, well beyond the 20 kHz limit of human hearing. Whales, dolphins, domestic...
“What’s the worst thing that you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re...”
– Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti (via a-blog-called-everything)
“When is activism ‘terrorism’? When it’s effective.”
– Will Potter, independent journalist
On an ethical lifestyle and organ donation.
hate-wizard:
I’m an organ donor. I also am somewhere in between vegan and vegetarian. I see a contradiction in this.
This means that if I die, any of my usable organs will be harvested and transplanted into another human being, if possible. However, the odds of any of the recipients being vegan or vegetarian is very small. Somewhere around 2% of the Western world’s population is vegan with up...
Ron Paul introduced a bill to abolish Federal...
paxamericana:
Ron Paul introduced a bill in 1980 to deny funding to any group that says homosexuality is acceptable.
Another interesting thing about this bill is that it advocates for racial segregation by undoing Brown V Board of Education:
“Forbids any court of the United States from requiring the attendance at a particular school of any student because of race, color, creed, or...
“Practically every building of any size had been seized by the workers and was...”
– George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
I recommend anyone interested in history and politics to read this book. It paints such a beautiful picture of revolution, but sadly ends with defeat. However, the goals and ideas that so many in Spain died for still lives on in victory. The lessons that can be...
The Bearable Whiteness of Being Gay by Rob Smith
mohandasgandhi:
“When I’m on the train, I read my favorite gay magazine. I can’t remember having ever seen someone who looks like me on the cover. When I read it I see more ads - for underwear, cologne, cruises, hotels, and clothes - with people who don’t look like me. None of the writers look like me, nor are there any stories about anyone who looks like me. When I finally see an advertisement...
“I am a socialist because I believe that socialism will solve the misery of the...”
– Helen Keller (via solitaryforager)
“All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches,...”
– F. W. Nietzsche, Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks (via hollovv)
“Why don’t they have a WHITE history month?? Why don’t they have NON-handicapped...”
– twitter user woodmuffin (via jesuswasacommunist)
Neo-Nazi ties to Ron Paul found by Anonymous after...
Anonymous also claims that American Third Position has links with Republican candidate Ron Paul. “We found a disturbingly high number of members who are also involved in campaigning for Ron Paul,” the statement said, adding that Paul had regularly met with many party members and even engaged in conference calls with its board of directors.
Another target of the hack was the A3P webmaster,...
“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that’s...”
– Malcolm X (via warriorsrise)
Not gonna lie, I am really into solid analogies / effective literary devices. And this one is good.
(via thefuror)
“Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You fear your children will...”
– Audre Lorde, “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” (via arewomenhuman)
Exactly.
(via readnfight)
Just got done reading this for WS. This was one of my favorite quotes.
(via laurenmitchell)
“i wanted to write a poem that rhymes, but the revolution doesn’t lend itself to...”
– nikki giovanni (via heartbreakmonday)
January 2012
147 posts
Israel trying to phase out traditions of Ethiopian... →
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock...
“Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to...”
– Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience