thesmithian:

…up to 200,000 people angry with high costs and poor public services took to the streets. Protesters in Rio de Janeiro burned cars and looted buildings as police attempted to disperse them with teargas and rubber bullets. Aerial images showed thousands of people attempting to storm the congress building in Brasilia. The rallies…are some of the biggest ever seen in the country…

more.

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penguinabominations:

envynervine:

ticktocksheep:

atokniiro:

Please don’t remove the artist’s caption/comment when you reblog a drawing/comic/etc.

I obviously can’t speak for everyone, but in my case the caption is often an addition to the joke, and if you take it away, you take away a part of my comic.

this is really creepy omg

I like this. It’s about time someone made something to show exactly what butchering an artists posts is like.

Thank.

bluepac:

justlikenoel:

bluepac:

what if there was no backspace key and you had to live with your mistakes forever

A typewriter, that thing you’re thinking, it’s a typewriter

I was actually thinking of a computer without a backspace key 

Typewriters had whiteout, so everyone could see your mistakes even after they were fixed.

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electricpastry:

Mass Effect: Foundation #3

^{“The loss of the human colony Eden Prime was the first in a series of catastrophes to mark the return of the Reapers—a race of sentient AI that would threaten all life in the galaxy. Now, in her own words, Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams reveals what she saw.”}

Preorder Here.

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officially freaking out

finals are next week.

My project is due this week

I just failed a quiz

I have to work tomorrow, which means, I have one more day. maybe 2 to get everything done and start studying my ass off.

And theres no break between classes so I’ll immediately be starting astronomy and e-commerce afterr finals. 

I also still need to find a place to live

If my hair is not completely white by the time all this is over I will be amazed.

perscientiamlibertas:

How Urban Agriculture Is Revitalizing Local Economies

The rooftop at 810 Humboldt Street in Brooklyn is much different from other buildings; it is home to a 15,000 square-foot hydroponic greenhouse that produces over 100 tons of food per year. The greenhouse, built and operated by New York-based company, Gotham Greens, is supplying year-round ultra-local produce to nearby grocery stores and restaurants.

The greenhouse in Brooklyn epitomizes the rise of a new urban agriculture — farming that is taking place within cities rather than rural areas. Rooftop greenhouses, backyard farms, and community-managed garden plots are all examples of this growing movement. At my own house in Southern California, we are growing over 5,000 pounds of food per year on a plot of land the size of an NBA basketball court — enough food to feed my family of four all year.

The local food movement has its roots in a desire to eat honest, non-toxic, nutritious food. The emerging framework of urban agriculture, however, is having as significant of an effect on our economy as it is on our health.

As it is, about 20 percent of U.S. farmland is located near metropolitan areas, yet metropolitan areas are home to over 80 percent of our population. Over three-quarters of the U.S. population is sharing only 3 percent of U.S. land area. The same demographics are present in most Western countries, and most of the rest of the world is on a similar trajectory.

By shifting a share of food production away from the rural areas and into the urban areas themselves, urban farming is changing the food system. Changes in the food system have ripple effects through everything because food is a central part of all human activity. The growth of this new agriculture is reviving and stimulating local economies like never before.

Here are four ways this is happening.

Continue reading

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reblog if you want your followers to tell you one thing they secretly think about you.

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theinjuredamericanpsyche:

Remember the Stuebnville Rape Case? Well, we certainly do as we have been following it from day one. The Anonymous member who gathered and released the social media evidence against the rapists could face up to 10 years in prison for doing so. The 2 rapists that were convicted only got 2 years each. That is bullshit.
Read up on this and if you find it as appalling as we do, please see what you can do to help KYAnonymous.

Article on Gawker

Article on PolicyMic.com

The KYAnonymous Fan/Support page on Facebook

The Whistle Blower Defense League Fund

Most Importantly, do whatever you can, whenever you can to put an end to Rape, to fight against Rape Culture, stand up for the rights of Rape Victims and put an end to Victim Shaming.

 

SO fucked up

That this guy is at risk for going to prison for longer than the men whose true actions and mindset he revealed?

Ridiculous.

are you kidding me

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monkeydseehr:

Weaponry - Mass Effect [◼]

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professortennant:

rereading anything you wrote ever

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