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artchipel: Art Venti - The Underside of Up. Colored pencils, 45x34 in [found at actegratuit]


actuallygrimes:

ok i need to go to work

but, damn kimbra can SING live

this performance is better than the album version.  the weird little inflection she adds in the chorus just takes it to a new level

Nothing is more perfect than this right now.  Nothing.



the-irresistible: milkstudios: Advice From Mr. Nice i will put this on my wall

The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
Ernest Hemingway  (via wethinkwedream)

(Source: heartbloodspirit)



Schoolgirl tries science experiment, arrested for felony

wired:

shortformblog:

Who among us hasn’t — just once in our lives — put a couple of things in a test tube, a bottle, or our mouths and wondered what might happen?

Occasionally, this might have difficult consequences. But rarely does someone try to arrest us for it.

16-year-old Kiera Wilmot wasn’t so lucky.

Short Version: A 16-year-old high school student creates an “explosion” that doesn’t even generate the force of a firecracker, and gets expelled for discharging a weapon on school grounds. She’s now also facing possible felony charges for what her own principal considers to be a simple science experiment gone wrong. Anybody think the school district is out of line?

“Despite the fact that Wilmot reportedly told police this was nothing more than the experimentation of a curious mind, she was taken to a juvenile detention center and may now be labeled a felon.”

Wow. Punished for a science experiment… have we time-traveled to the Middle Ages?

Carelessly creative?




lovelyjubblyphotosets:

Requested by lainwen~ Stockholm, Sweden



May Day at UC Santa Cruz

thepeoplesrecord:

Join us on May 1st!

To Demand:

  • Free Public Education
  • Affordable Healthcare
  • Fairwages reasonable workload and job security
  • Just immigration policy
  • Self Governance


12-2:30 Picnic, Grade in, and Teach In On Science Hill (In front of the S&E Library)
2:30 Rally (In front of the S&E Library)
3:00 March
5:30 – 6:30 Sign-waving/human bill-boarding for immigration reform, (Santa Cruz Clock tower)
6 – 10 UAW 2865 Pub Night, (Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery)

https://www.facebook.com/events/152810264892248

If you can..


pbsparents:

A few examples of Buzzfeed’s “13 Creepiest Things A Child Has Ever Said to a Parent.” Click HERE for the rest… if you dare!

Haha. Creepy



Who else had the skates that went over your shoes? !

scandinavia-mania: Svinafellsjokull Glacier by AliJG on Flickr.


timgspears:

Window Socket - Kyuho Song & Boa Oh


So this is an absolutley brilliant idea! Just attach the plug on to a window and it will harness solar energy. A small converter will convert it into electricity which can be freely used as a plug when you are in the car, on a plane or outside.

Love this design and I really think it has a great potential.



allthingseurope: Lviv, Ukraine (by Iryna Mandryka)

If you're a fan of The Pirate Party, we have good news from Iceland.

shortformblog:

On Saturday, Iceland held national parliamentary elections and the newly-formed Pirate Party of Iceland won 5.1 percent of the vote. This earned the party three seats in parliament, making the new Píratar the most successful Pirate Party in any national legislative body around the globe.

Iceland’s unicameral parliament, known in Icelandic as the Alþing (“All-thing”), has just 63 members to represent the country’s 320,000 people.

Iceland has a really interesting recent political history, including complete financial upheaval, unsuccessful efforts at a crowdsourced constitution, and Reykjavik’s mayor, Jon Gnarr, a comedian running on a comedy platform who has managed to stay in power longer than seven of his predecessors. Gnarr actually ran for parliament as part of the upstart Bright Future party, and the party that actually did pretty well in yesterday’s elections, winning six seats. However, the center-right Independence Party, which was behind the financial implosion, won the election Saturday, gaining 26.7 percent of the vote. But the Pirate Party’s appearance on the national stage couldn’t have come at a better time—The Pirate Bay, perhaps the purest representation of the party’s ideals, just moved to Iceland.

But maybe you don’t care about all that and just want to see pretty pictures.

Yesssss.yesyesyes




engineeringisawesome:

One of the most curious buildings in Japan is the Gate Tower Building in Osaka, Japan. This building is the result of an unusual compromise between the land owner and the Japanese government. The 5th, 6th and 7th floors of this 16-story office building is occupied by an express highway - passing right through the building. On the building’s floor information board on the ground floor, the tenants for the three floors are listed as the Hanshin Expressway.

The tunnel does not make contact with the building. Highway passes through as a bridge-tunnel, held up by supports next to the building. The highway is surrounded by a structure to protect the building from noise and vibration. [Source]



militantweasel: lamalachim-diva-hi-imperia: freeplanetickettonorthkorea: cultureshit: n the UK we don’t hear an awful lot about Palestine, or at least not for the right reasons. In fact news on Israel’s ‘illegal occupation’ (words of the UN, not mine) are a somewhat rarity and are forgotten just as quickly as they are broadcasted. Although we are presented with pleasantly thorough and heart wrenching coverage when a story speaks of the Israeli struggle, be that past, present or future. All alone, surrounded by regions who don’t like them, who want to apparently wipe them off the map and who do not ‘recognise’ their state or birth right. It seems Israel can do no wrong, like butter wouldn’t melt, even. So much so that just commenting on their blatantand confirmed (by the international community) atrocities is a damning outrage and requires an apology. So just to put this into perspective, Israel: Has illegally occupied the West Bank (since 1967) Created 7 million Palestinian refugees Mercifully allowed 1.5 million Palestinians to live under its race-based apartheid laws creating inhumane ghettos with:Race-based ID cards Restricted Marriage laws Property acquisition discrimination (Palestinians cant buy land) Restricted social participation Restricted public transport (visualised, not that public transport is overly accessible to Palestinians in the first place) Restricted road usage segregation Restricted and purposefully contaminated water supplies (with intentional destruction of the already limited infrastructure and sewage system) Border checkpoints where Palestinians are forbidden to travel between their own regions whilst also being humiliated, intimidated and discriminated against. This has in some cases even lead to women giving birth at checkpoints and others dying in labour at checkpoints. Restricted access to hospitals because of the Israeli checkpoints Israeli settlers stoning Palestinians (grown apparently civilised adults stoning school children whilst the soldiers watch on. Weird how we only usually associate the Palestinians with throwing stones…) Has banned Palestinians from studying at universities in the West Bank Bombed and damaged civilian structures including over 100 schools Has used weapons including white phosphorus and tungsten against the Palestinian population Has used up to 75 tonnes of depleted uranium on the Palestinians (resulting in a sharp increase in cancer) Is the largest recipient of US taxpayer-funded military aid ($30 billion from 2009-2018). Thats $8.5 million aday Regularly sprays the Palestinian territories with its missile ridden drones (hell, they can afford to right) Holds part of Syria illegally Has created siege manufactured poverty leading to 80% of Gaza’s 1.5 million Palestinians to be food-aid dependent with 10% of children under five years old suffering from malnutrition and also spreading rampant anemia among women, in particular those who are pregnant Turned Gaza into the worlds largest open-air prison camp (with the blessings and funding of the US Government) Destroyed Gaza’s sole power plant (in 2006) resulting in daily power outages (that last between 8-20 hours) Injured and killed over 7,700 farmers and fishermen as they worked out at sea (making the Palestinians all the more dependent on Israeli controlled food sources) Enforced a buffer zone which has cut off Gazan’s from 35% of their agricultural land (again depriving them of more land and food sources) Use Palestinian civilians as human shields Have this wayward perception that it is okay to sniper scope children. To some readers though all of the above may be deemed ‘collateral damage’, so here’s an infographic that visualises the deaths on BOTH sides. Considering Israel is under apparent constant battle trying to ahem, defend itself it doesn’t seem have an awful lot of casualties does it? Not to fear mind, the Palestinian causalities seem to more than make up for that… Looking at the infographic, some of you with a keen eye may also have noticed that Israeli casualties actuallydropped after Hamas won the parliamentary election and came into power…funny that isn’t it (or at least it would be, had this not been about slaughtering human beings)? Also notice the spikes after both US Presidential elections? Yes, I did too. Benjamin Netanyahu also said Israel would ‘abandon the peace process’ (I know the audacity) between Israel and Palestine if the UN voted to investigate Israeli war crimes in Gaza (talk about throwing your toys out of the pram). This investigation however still went ahead and found Israel to be surprise surprise… guilty of war crimes. Not that anything came of this as the US vetoed the claim, not for the first time. So for taking the peaceful and non-violent route(à la UN bid), the very bid the Palestinians fought for despite thethreats, after the UN verdict Israel returned in kind by cutting off $100 million in tax transfers to the Palestinians and announcing plans to continue building thousands more new homes in the West Bank. Not to mention Netanyahu also said the “unilateral step the Palestinians took at the U.N. is a gross violation of previous agreements signed with Israel”. The government of Israel, he added, “rejects the General Assembly’s vote”. So just to clarify Israel controls oppresses the people in its vicinity yet is portrayed as the innocent bystander, peacekeeper, victim even. Anything against its wishes is deemed as inciting hatred and is categorically rejected whilst its own views are just, true and unquestionable. Israel also has full monetary, food, medical, water and population control. Palestinians are not fighting for their land, before they can even contemplate that ‘luxury’ they are having to fight for the meager right to exist in a dignified humane manner on a land that they have always lived on but is controlled by others. This quote from the Israeli (and obviously impartial) border patrol guard seems to somewhat capture the essence of the occupation and eloquently reflects their stance on peace and the Palestinians whom they lovingly oppress: “Animals. Animals. Like the Discovery Channel. All of Ramallah is a jungle. There are monkeys, dogs, gorillas. The problem is that the animals are locked they can’t come out. We’re humans. They’re animals. They aren’t humans we are.” - Israeli border police (you can find at 5:03 of this video) And this border patrol solider who says Arabs cannot use the same walkways because “that’s the law”. But its fine, lets just pretend Israel is the victim and ignore the sadness is this child’s eyes as he travels to and from school or the unnerving trauma so many Palestinians, in particular children have become accustomed to, not just through the terrorism inflicted upon them but also due to the loss of loved ones. Lets just blame Hamas or something. Does Israel really look out of control to you? Does Israel really look like the casualty? The one that needs protecting, rescuing? p.s Ohh and please don’t misunderstand or misrepresent this article as being against the Jewish community, Thereare plenty of rabbi’s that agree with me. Besides there is nothing more anti-semitic than Zionism… Ok you laid your points but here are all mine… Prager University: The Middle East Problem - “The Conflict in a Nutshell” Hamas leader admits ‘Palestinians’ do not exist Ten myths that prevent peace with the Arabs Muslim Woman Speaks about Women under Islamic Rule Balfour Declaration Proving Britain wanted to give Israel to the Jewish People in 1917 and around when the Ottoman Empire collapsed Pre Holocaust Patronizing Palestine Because we are Racists The “3 No’s of Khartoum”: no peace with Israel, no negotiations with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and ‘maintenance of the rights of the Palestinian people in their nation.’ The Etymology of the word Palestine Boycotting Jewish Inventions in the Muslim World So you want to Boycott Israel? So here is a list of all the things to Boycott then The History of Palestine Hamas bears legal responsibility for EVERY civilian death in Gaza. Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth About the Peace Process Just a handful of Innovations Israel has made, to give you an idea of what anti-Israel activists need to know. Jerusalem: The Media Myth of Two Cities “Hamas is Expert at Driving Media Agenda,” British Commander Tells U.N. Debate Syrian Leader Admits there is no such thing as Palestine Arab Attitude towards the “Palestinian Refugees” and why the Arabs refuse to help them  History of Jews and Muslims in Israel Palestinian Human Shield Policy Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth about the West Bank Understanding the UN Bias against Israel Difference between Hamas terrorism and Israeli Self-Defense Parts of the Hamas’ Charter proving they have no intentions of peace What the Quran really says about Israel Hamas Terrorism and Tactics Hamas a Genocide of the Jewish People Palestinian Authority Doesn’t Believe in Freedom of Expression What “moderate” Palestinians teach kids about Christians and Jews Israel is the only country in the middle-east protecting gay rights What has Israel done for peace Pallywood the Palestinian staged news propaganda Israel an Apartheid State? Behind the Scenes and the Truth about Palestinian demonstrations Palestinian “Photo Fraud” many photos recycled from past conflicts, and other forms of “Photo Fraud” I’m just too tired of having to write over and over how Israel did not “Illegally Occupy the West Bank” it was actually occupied by the Jordanians and in’67 we took it from them not the Palestinians and more points. So luckily for me I compiled this list. Such as how the Quran even says itself the land belongs to the Jewish people so Muslims can’t even follow their own religion apparently. Or how Hamas and PLO really don’t want peace or freedom based on what they tech kids on their television programs. Bless those links (the ones freeplaneticket posted). Idk about cultureshit but I live in the UK that bangs on about Palestine, that dresses Israel up as the big bad wolf, that teaches us to hate Israel, that gives no other separatalist groups any time of day because oooooh Palestine. Do you like in some different UK on a different planet in another dimension? ^ Don’t know what part of the UK you’re from but we’re most certainly not all told that Israel is the big bad wolf; at all. Every teacher i have asked about the conflict has always been on Israel side, i’m yet to find a one on Palestine’s side or nobodies side. Almost every politician within Parliament supports Israel, its not easy to climb up a parties power ladder without showing support for Israel (ie Labour Friends of Israel, Conservative Friends of Israel). The media calls every Palestinian act “terrorist/terrorism” and Israeli acts “self-defense”. The British state supports Israel financially and politically. From my own experience of being at multiple anti-Israel financial support demo’s, the majority of the people we spoke to supported Israel or didn’t care, with hardly anybody being on nobodies side or the Palestinian side. I myself am on the victims of the oppressors side. I’m anti-Israel, anti-Palestine, anti-hamas and anti state in general.  Long-ish, but worth the read!

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