Jan 10 2012
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Jan 09 2012
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“ I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.
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Republican presidential frontrunner MITT ROMNEY.
Someone should compile all of this idiot’s quotes into a book called “How To Be And Remain Out Of Touch With The American People For Dummies.”
(Source: inothernews, via stfuconservatives)
Jan 08 2012
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Inspired by another post here on Tumblr, I decided to look into the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong a bit more, it truly was one of the most amazing and terrifying places on earth. Being slightly smaller than an NFL stadium, the structure was built of 350 smaller interconnected buildings and hosted, at its peak, a population density of 5 million people per square mile.
To put those numbers in perspective, this would be like taking the entire population of metro Philadelphia, the 4th largest in the US, and putting it in 1 square mile instead of 1,744.
The area was also largely ungoverned and unregulated. Factories, apartments, schools, temples, churches, shops, cafes, hotels and almost anything else one could imagine were housed within the structure that never had a full blueprint of it done. Buildings were built onto buildings, expanded, rebuilt, and re-purposed as needed without a central authority of any kind.
Within the structure, natural light was almost non-existent, and an unknown number of miles of jury-rigged wires provided electricity to everything. Water constantly dripped down to the lower levels from both rain and leaking pipes, while garbage filled every passage. A constant yellow haze filled the structure and there were never any government safety inspections.
The Kowloon Walled City was demolished in the early 1990s as part of the deal that returned Hong Kong to the Chinese from the British. The entire area is now a park.
I find places like this fascinating, it is just incredible what we, humans, build and live in. This, hive, for lack of a better term, was one of the most interesting structures I’ve yet looked at.
For a documentary shot inside of the Kowloon Walled City, check here:
midgar.
Dec 26 2011
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Dec 24 2011
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(Source: awholenewway, via nerdygirllove)
Dec 19 2011
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Big Bend, Moab. That’s me on the rock!
note from rp One of my favorite places to boulder ever.
Dec 18 2011
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2nd Best holiday song, hands down. Ever.
Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
note from rp this just turned my night into a wine and tom waits night.
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Stakes Is High.
Americo Gazaway of Gummy Soul.
Fela Soul (Fela Kuti & De La Soul).
Good stuff.
Dec 16 2011
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Sewing is very post-rock
Dec 15 2011
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Miles Davis and Sonny Stitt—“Stardust” [Live]
Live in Stockholm 1960 (Royal Jazz 1990).
note from rp I love both these players.
Dec 14 2011
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(Source: beckybuckwild, via beckybuckwild)
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Tumblr and Youtube shut down by the end of 2011
As the man say: Don’t just reblog this and feel like you helped the world because you’re half-assing it. Sign it. Reblog it. Sign it and reblog it.
I, for one, find Tumblr one of the more reliable sources of information and one of the most up to date. We knew about the content of Obama’s impromptu surprise announcement before he announced it himself, just to name an example. The same difference applies to Youtube, so when I see things like this:
Sssssooooo…the government is enforcing copyright. Without proof or hearing they uproot a UK resident and SHIP HIM OVER to be persecuted in the US. WITHOUT PROOF.
Now we have The IP Act that is on the fast track of becoming a law.
An except that summarizes what this does: “The PROTECT IP Act would allow copyright owners – movie studios and other content providers – simply to accuse a website of infringement, which could lead to that site being shut down by court order and entire links to the site being wiped clean from the Internet.”
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that if you even pass a disagreeable fart, a big angry fist will punch you in the butthole and seal said butthole forever.
WHERE’S OUR SHIT GONNA GO?
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After:
So the title of this, while an exaggeration of something that hasn’t happened, is a very real possibility and it’s so close to happening.
Don’t just reblog this and feel like you helped the world because you’re half-assing it. Sign it. Reblog it. Sign it and reblog it.
Sign everything and anything you can.
But most importantly…
Calling by phone is much more effective than petitions or e-mails.
Enter your zip code here and get the numbers to call
(numbers shown on right hand side of page)
(Source: dondondadadon)
Dec 13 2011
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SoundClouder of the Day | Cookie Monster Galaxy | God Needed Nujabes (R.I.P.)
Say bonjour to Cookie Monster Galaxy, a Parisian 20 year-old who composes soulful instrumental hip-hop beats on his own. He recently joined the SoundCloud community and is today’s SoundClouder of the Day, chosen by Jane from the Community Team! Peep his tribute song to the great Nujabes right now and check out the rest of Cookie Monster Galaxy here.
