Stand up for yourself by New Zealand Wild
New Zealands native Sky Blue mushroom, Entoloma hochstetteri
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Instagram founder Kevin Systrom, photographed at Ocean Beach, in San Francisco – Photograph by Jonas Fredwall Karlsson
What? I’m not crying, That’s just space dust in my eye …
ISS Astronaut/All-Around Badass Dude Chris Hadfield has already taught us that crying in space isn’t a good idea, but this lonely astronaut music video is equal parts beautiful and touching. This space-traveler’s quest for happiness grabs me right at the heart of my emotional galaxy, man …
The song is “Tambourine” by Dave Armstrong.
(via io9)
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If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one’s enemies.
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If you behave like there’s no such thing as society, in the end there isn’t.
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What is more troubling is my inability to ascertain where my own selfishness ends and her neo-liberal inculcation begins. All of us that grew up under Thatcher were taught that it is good to be selfish, that other people’s pain is not your problem, that pain is in fact a weakness and suffering is deserved and shameful. Perhaps there is resentment because the clemency and respect that are being mawkishly displayed now by some and haughtily demanded of the rest of us at the impending, solemn ceremonial funeral, are values that her government and policies sought to annihilate.
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I do not yet know what effect Margaret Thatcher has had on me as an individual or on the character of our country as we continue to evolve. As a child she unnerved me but we are not children now and we are free to choose our own ethical codes and leaders that reflect them.
Russell Brand on the passing or Margaret Thatcher, via The Guardian
Aztec Dance, Photograph by Aydin Palabiyikoglu via National Geographic Photo of the Day
Jungles of Ecuador – Photographs by Steve Winter, National Geographic
Cherry Blossoms, Japan by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, via National Geographic Photo of the Day
But the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace does not depend only on politicians signing an agreement. It also depends on citizens, who can make or break any such pact. The people should lead the politicians.
In my work as a conflict resolution specialist, I have found that the majority of Israelis and Palestinians are indifferent and ineffective. Indifference is the greatest enemy to peace and justice.
The antidote to that apathy is interaction. What Israelis and Palestinians need more than anything right now is to find ways of being with each other. We need to put cracks in the walls that separate people. We need to take classes together.
I don’t know what the final agreement between Israelis and Palestinians will look like–one state, two states, or a confederation. I do know that no agreement will survive if the people from both sides don’t start a true reconciliation project.
Our division should never be between Israelis and Palestinians but rather between those who work tirelessly for peace and those who do not.
“Well,” Tony said. “I have a story to tell you.”
And when he had finished, my dad’s head must have been on a teacup ride.
Actually, I’m pretty sure he thought Tony was putting him on. Both Tony and my dad had long histories as practical jokers, and the jokes my dad liked best were the long cons, where you can convince people of a story that alters their reality in some small way.
by Kevin Guilfoile about his aging father, Bill Guilfoile
So true. Like the sound of a yawn or sigh my 4 month old daughter makes.
(Source: my--teen--quote, via cairnpress)
