October 2010
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“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all...”
– Edward Said, in the Preface to Orientalism (via trastorn)
man, what did the world lose when we lost this man. RIP Edward Said.
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http://twitter.com/shitrobfordsays →
sashya-k:
This is your new mayor Toronto. Is your soul weeping like mine is?
perpetual weeping. perpetual weeping.
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“The best photojournalism speaks for those who don’t have a voice”
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Visa pour l’image (Perpignan, 2010)
(via inslowmotion-sy)
(via petit-four)
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Booked.
damn that Last.fm scrobbler-thing for baiting out my scene of having 90’s pop in my music library.
oh well lol.
widad-deactivated20101113 asked: let's hope your jasmine [god willing] doesn't walk around in public wearing a bellydancing outfit ahah
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oceanofmind:
There are So many positions of Love: Each curve on a branch, The thousand different ways Your eyes can embrace us, The infinite shapes your Mind can draw, The spring Orchestra of scents, The currents of light combusting Like passionate lips, The revolution of Existence’s skirt Whose folds contain other worlds. Your every sigh that falls against His inconceivable ...
Tumblr Chat →
akio:
Oh finally someone made it.
codeit:
Pure awesomeness.
that was scary. i’m never going in there again.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-24) →
John Powell (6)
Ben l’Oncle Soul (5)
J. Cole (4)
98 Degrees (3)
Kanye West (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Kanye West - Runaway (Full-length Film)
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VIVA PALESTINA CONVOY BREAKS SIEGE AND ENTERS GAZA...
afghanipoppy:
The Viva Palestina convoy of almost 150 vehicles, 370 people from 30 different countries and $5 million of aid has entered Gaza. Amidst scenes of jubilation from thousands of Palestinians there to greet the convoy, Kevin Ovenden, the convoy director, expressed his joy at being in Gaza once again. “We have driven more than 3,000 miles to bring this essential aid and to break...
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“There are no magic answers, no miraculous methods to overcome the problems we...”
– Noam Chomsky (via mohandasgandhi)
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The Iraq War: A Descent Into Hell →
vruz:
by Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish / The Atlantic
The NYT’s account of systemic use of torture largely by Shiites on Sunnis, revealed in the Wikileaks doc-dump, is here. It’s horrifying - along the lines of Abu Ghraib and Bagram, but also, in many cases, even worse and cruder. It occurred during US occupation of the country; although most of the torture was perpetrated by Iraqi...
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Iraq War Logs
suburbanleft:
Wikileaks has done it again this time with 390,000-400,000 leaked documents.
Take your pick:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/22/iraq-war-logs-military-leaks
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/world/middleeast/23intro.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/iraq_war_logs/
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Driver testifies in Corrie case: A bulldozer... →
desertxxrose:
Some highlights from the article:
The unidentified former soldier was shielded behind a wood-and-plastic partition, and his testimony about the events leading up to Corrie’s death were relayed into the courtroom over a microphone.
“I wish I could see the whole human being,” Cindy Corrie said before the testimony began, her voice shaking.
Three witnesses were to testify on...
jhameia asked: So, do you have Dreamwidth? =)
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Anonymous asked: Do you ever feel that the things you study in University are too big for you? That there are concepts and ideas that, for a while, seem impossible to conquer?
I'm going through this rut right now. You're an intellectual I respect and I just wondered if that was something you face or have faced. And if it was an issue, how you dealt with it?
I'm going through this rut right now. You're an intellectual I respect and I just wondered if that was something you face or have faced. And if it was an issue, how you dealt with it?
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-thegoodkind:
Lupe Fiasco + Verbal (M-Flo) +...
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I think too many people sleep on this here lady:...
dropsofmystory:
Pick up one of her books and get to know her. She’s BRILLIANT!
BRILLIANT.
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UPR Humanities Occupied
(via occupyca & elitc)
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – As of October 19th, the Humanities Faculty at the University of Puerto Rico, is occupied!
Before the warmth of the morning sun came, the students of the Humanities Action Committee (CAH) of the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras campus, blocked passage to the classrooms of the Humanities Department with trash cans, desks, chairs...
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TED prize: A man who gives slums a human face →
afghanipoppy:
J R, a mysterious worldwide “photograffeur” (graffeur is French for graffiti artist), travels to slums around the world and paints “colossal photographs in downtrodden neighborhoods.” Aside from winning a highly renowned philanthropic prize, TED also grants the winner a chance to make a “wish”: to devote the $100,000 in funds to a humanitarian project that will almost...
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Solving Africa's hunger: For the first time,... →
desertxxrose:
Instead of new hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides, family farmers in West Africa said they want to use local seeds, avoid spending precious cash on chemicals and most importantly to direct public agricultural research to meet their needs, according to a multi-media publication released on World Food Day (Oct. 16).
“There is a clear vision from these small...
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