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How To Recognise A Militant Secularist. A 12-Point...
atheismfuckyeah:
With all the dire warnings now in the media on the dangers of militant secularists and the imminent threat they pose to the fabric of society, law and order and life on this planet as we know it, I thought I would produce a handy print-off-and-keep list to help people recognise these individuals and show why it’s important to resist their perverted ways. The first thing to...
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Eileen submitted: Animals practice birth control...
stfuprolife:
Wooly spider monkeys in Brazil eat certain plants that increase their estrogen level when food is low to have a lower chance of pregnancy.
http://westerlymsscience.pbworks.com/f/Really%20Wild%20Remedies-Medicinal%20Plant%20Use%20by%20Animals%20-%20National%20Zoo%20FONZ.pdf
And baboons eat abortifacient plants when a new male becomes alpha male to prevent that male from killing...
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“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...”
– Aaron Freeman “You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral”
(source: npr)
I can’t stop crying.
(via everythinginthrees)
Not a bit of you is gone— you’re just less orderly.
(via qglas)
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YA Lit FTW →
yaflash:
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NYT article about the power of mobilizing YA Lit readers through the stories they love so much. Awesome.
HTTY
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Support the Restaurant Opportunities Center United... →
stfuconservatives:
Did you know that the minimum wage for servers hasn’t been raised in 21 years? In addition to increasing the restaurant worker minimum wage, this bill would allow waiters to accrue paid sick time. I cannot stress enough how important that is. I worked as a waitress for three years in college, and I knew plenty of coworkers who came in sick because they couldn’t afford to miss...
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“One argument that the government was trying to make is that somehow health care...”
– Christian psycho and Minnesota representative Michelle Bachmann accusing 40 million Americans (including myself) of lying about not being able to afford health insurance. (via mgolladwyne)
I love how Republicans tend to ignore reality and bend the truth. Yeah, people just don’t want to pay...
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to... →
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The Birth of Physical Anthropology in Late... →
judaizers:
open access ahead-of-print article from the new issue of Current Anthropology
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Every Time I Go Out In Public
97% of rapists receive no punishment whatsoever,... →
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I didn’t feel like going to class today, and so I skipped it and stayed home to clean my room and organize all my craft stuff. It took me all day. And then I went over to my sort-of-friend’s house to consolidate the plans we made for tomorrow, and she bailed on me because of a test that she has to take on freaking Wednesday. We were gonna go to New York City and stop by Strand and then...
In loving memory of the black girls who died... →
usesforroots:
Please spread this. To not talk about gendered experiences of race is to erase the most subjugated voices.
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How will Brazil remedy race relations? →
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