May 2013
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What follows are the highlights from Hansardon the 14thof May 2013, when the skywhale was brought up during Question Time.
1. “MRS JONES: My question is to the Chief Minister. Chief Minister, in regard to the Skywhale balloon, referred to in some parts as Hindenboob-”
It is no exageration to say that this is pretty much the best thing a politican has said or will say or is currently saying.
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“The standard liberal feminist or egalitarian stance here is that it is...”
– We don’t call this sexism, we call it, err… » Heteronormative Patriarchy for Men (via brute-reason)
“What did you teach?”
“Geography. And I was very interested in Auriental*...”
– Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times
*The Ankh-Morpork name for the Counterweight Continent and its nearby islands. It means ‘place where the gold comes from’.
(via degenezijde)
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford bolts from meeting to put... →
latining:
fuckyeahtoronto:
“Minutes after Mayor Rob Ford arrived at a contentious community council meeting in Etobicoke on Tuesday evening, he bolted out of his seat, sprinted up an aisle, and left the building — to wander around the parking lot and slap “Rob Ford Mayor” fridge magnets on the doors of cars.
“When a reporter told Ford that some people might find his behaviour strange, he...
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Fuck Yeah Canadian Politics: makeanewbeginning:... →
makeanewbeginning:
Research council’s makeover leaves Canadian industry setting the agenda
The National Research Council, which gave the country canola and the atomic clock, will now be taking its scientific cues from Canadian industry as part of a makeover of the country’s flagship…
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The Oxford English Dictionary is currently... →
Meanderings of Memory by Nightlark, from which 51 words in the OED are thought to be sourced, is nowhere to be found
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Two schools of essay/article writing
shredsandpatches:
fuckyeahrichardiii:
gitju:
A) Hit them with your big idea right up front and then explain it later
or B) lead up to it and save your big bang for the end
fellow scholars, what is your method? I tend to go B (still with a thesis though), but profs seem to like A….
I used to prefer B, but have since learned (the hard way) that if you want to get published you...
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ALSO I FORGOT SARAH AND ROY. BFFS FOREVER.
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“The food movement has been slow to recognise the fact that worker rights and...”
– Know Your Food System: Indigenous Farmworkers in California – this ain’t livin’ (via sinshine)
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fictitiousfake:
J.K Rowling said that her inspiration for Hagrid came from when she was 19 in a pub in the west country and this terrifying looking guy came in with these other biker guys and the only thing he talked to J.K about was how his cabbages were getting on
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littlemissmutant:
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melorapazlar:
MEDA’S STRATEGIES FOR LIFE WHEN YOU HAVE COGNITIVE DEFICITS AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING SUCKS: POSSIBLY PART OF AN ONGOING SERIES
WHEN IN DOUBT, MAKE A TO-DO LIST
WHEN IN MORE DOUBT, BREAK TO-DO LIST DOWN INTO SMALLER STEPS
WHEN IN EVEN MORE DOUBT, PUT STEPS IN A SPECIFIC ORDER
FOR ADDED REASSURANCE, NUMBER YOUR STEPS
if a particular part...
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This actually bothers me much more than the arguments against self-diagnosis coming from professionals. Why?
Because the claim that people who self-diagnose are just “doing it for attention” or because they think it’s “cool” is the exact same claim frequently made about people who get diagnosed professionally.
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However, there’s a difference between someone who’s feeling sad for a few...
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“People tend to discount mental illness, and one case where this really comes up...”
– Anxiety Disorders Are Real, and They Are Serious – this ain’t livin’ (via brute-reason)
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“Mine is exactly the kind of situation that anti-sex work feminists claim to want...”
– What Antis Can Do To Help, Part Two: Aiding Those Leaving The Industry (via brute-reason)
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May is National Masturbation Month
urbieknowsbeats:
U.S. Genderqueer Denied Entry to Visit Canadian... →
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agender-unicorn:
artemis-simetra:
caffeine-queer:
Very disturbing information has emerged about an incident which recently occurred at the Peace Bridge, one of the road crossings along the Canada / U.S. border, at the hands of Canada’s federal Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Yes, yes, yes!
I am so happy!
These people are dear friends of mine, if you are able please reblog this...
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Hello, Tailor: ofgeography: Yoccu: roachpatrol:... →
ofgeography:
Yoccu: roachpatrol: Has anyone made a videogame where you’re a princess…
roachpatrol:
Has anyone made a videogame where you’re a princess locked at the top of a tower and have to fight your way down to ground level? Because dang.
Like, think about it: you’re given this nice little room and no objectives at all and when you open the door the guard says ‘stay in there’ so you wait...
“Every language has its own version of um. French has euh, Korean eum, Finnish...”
– Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/50173/when-and-why-did-people-start-saying-um-when-they-talk#ixzz2R13HfDuP —brought to you by mental_floss! (via mjlogue)
